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Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary

Philippians 2:24

ἐλεύσομαι. א*ACP, vulg syr (pesh) copt add πρὸς ὑμᾶς. Lightfoot inserts these words, in square brackets.

24. πέποιθα. See above on πεποιθώς, Philippians 1:6; and cp. on οἶδα, Philippians 1:25.

ἐν κυρίῳ. See above, on Philippians 1:8.

ταχέως. The word is elastic; it may refer to weeks or to months. What he is “sure of” is that he will follow promptly in Timothy’s track.—Lightfoot compares the closely parallel language of 1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Corinthians 4:19 : ἔπεμψα ὑμῖν Τιμόθεον, ὅς ἐστίν μου τέκνον … ἐλεύσομαι δὲ ταχέως πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ἐὰν ὁ Κύριος θελήσῃ.

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