αὐτὸς δὲ, perhaps with a slight implicit apposition to the you or we of the previous sentence. ἀγαπήσας καὶ δοὺς, κ. τ. λ., connection as in John 3:16. παράκλησιν for this world, ἐλπίδα for the world to come; all hope is encouragement, but not vice-versa.

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