{Beloved} (agap(8874)oi). As in 3Jo 1:2 . {All diligence}
(p(8373)an spoud(886e)). As in 2Pe 1:5 . {Of our common salvation}
(peri t(8873) koin(8873) h(886d)(936e) s(9374)(8872)ias). See this use of koinos
(common to all) in Tit 1:4 with pistis, while in 2Pe 1:1 we
have isotimon pistin, which see. {I was constrained} (anagk(886e)
eschon). "I had necessity" like Lu 14:18 Heb 7:27 . {To
contend earnestly} (epag(936e)izesthai). Late and rare (in
Plutarch, inscriptions) compound, here only in N.T. A little
additional (epi) striving to the already strong ag(936e)izesthai
(ag(936e) contest). Cf. 1Ti 6:12 ag(936e)izou ton kalon ag(936e)a. {For
the faith} ( (8869)--pistei). Dative of advantage. Here not in the
original sense of trust, but rather of the thing believed as in
verse 20 Ga 1:23 3:23 Php 1:27 . {Once for all delivered}
(hapax paradotheis(8869)). First aorist passive participle feminine
dative singular of paradid(936d)i, for which see 2Pe 2:21 . See
also 2Th 2:15 1Co 11:2 1Ti 6:20 .
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