Our God and Father himself (αυτος ο θεος κα πατηρ ημων). Note one article with both substantives for one person.

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Now God himself. This is evidently a prayer; he earnestly sought from God that he would be allowed to visit them, and that God wo…

God himself and our Father.—Better, our God and Father Himself. If we are to find any special person with whom the word “…

Paul recognizes the uselessness of personal efforts toward a revisit unless God “clears the way.” At the moment, no return is possible (cf. 2:18), …

Now God himself. He now prays that the Lord, having removed Satan’s obstructions, may open a door for himself, and be, as it were, the lea…

Now God himself, and our Father
The Oriental versions leave out the copulative "and", and read, "God himself, our Fa…

Prayer is religious worship, and all religious worship is due to God only. Prayer is to be offered to God as our Father. Prayer is not only to be o…

Paul mentioned the trials the The alonians had endured and the relief he intended to supply for them. Here he recalls how he came to their a istanc…