8. ὅτινῦνζῶμεν] In view of the preceding ἄρτι (v. 6), νῦν is best taken in its full temporal force, and if so ζῶμεν can only refer to the present life lived in the fulness of power and satisfaction : cf. 2 Corinthians 6:9 and for the thought see 2 Corinthians 4:7-15. For a similar use of ζῆν corresponding to the Heb. çÈéÈä in the pregnant sense of fulness of life in the Divine favour cf. Deuteronomy 8:3, Psalms 118. (119.) 40, 93, 137. (138.) 7, Isaiah 38:16.ἐὰνὑμεῖςστήκετεκτλ.] ‘ if ye stand fast in the Lord’ (Beza si vos perstatis in Domino; Est. ‘ si vos in fide Christi Domini constantes permanetis’ )— the condition on which the Apostles’ ‘ life’ depended, and which is expressed by ἐάν with the ind., perhaps to bring out more strongly the writers’ confidence that it would certainly be fulfilled.For other exx. of ἐάν with ind. in the N.T. cf. Luke 19:40, Acts 8:31, 1 John 5:15, and such passages from the LXX. as Genesis 44:30 ἐὰνεἰσπορεύομαι, Job 22:3 ἐὰνσὺἦσθα. The same irregularity is frequent in the papyri, e.g. P.Tebt. 58, 55 f. (2./b.c.) ἐὰνδεῖ, P.Amh. 93, 24 (2/a.d.) ἐὰνφαίνεται (Moulton Prolegg. p. 168).For the late form στήκω (mod. Gk. στέκω) formed from the perf. ἕστηκα cf. 2 Thessalonians 2:15, 1 Corinthians 16:13, Philippians 1:27, and see WH.2 Notes p. 176, Dieterich Untersuchungen p. 219. Bornemann suggests that in ζῶμεν, ἐὰνὑμεῖς º στήκετεἐνκυρίῳ we may have a citation, somewhat altered, from a Jewish or a Christian hymn.