Abide
John 15:4–7, 9–10, 16
Excerpt
R. Bultmann (John [Eng. tr., 1971] 535n.1) correctly emphasizes two aspects of μένω ἐν: In reference to humankind “abide in” designates “loyalty”; in reference to the revealer or God, it designates “the eternal validity of the divine act of salvation for the believer.”
Balz, Horst Robert, and Gerhard Schneider. Exegetical dictionary of the New Testament1990– : 408. Print.
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