1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 sn A quotation from Deut 27:26. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 sn A quotation from Gen 12:7; 13:15; 17:7; 24:7. 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 sn On the phrase because of the faithfulness of Jesus Christ, ExSyn 116, which notes that the grammar is not decisive, nevertheless suggests that “the faith/faithfulness of Christ is not a denial of faith in Christ as a Pauline concept (for the idea is expressed in many of the same contexts, only with the verb πιστεύω rather than the noun), but implies that the object of faith is a worthy object, for he himself is faithful.” Though Paul elsewhere teaches justification by faith, this presupposes that the object of our faith is reliable and worthy of such faith. 51 52 tn Grk “being confined.” 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60