PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Expositor's Greek Testament — Volume 3
Nicoll, W. Robertson (editor), 1851-1923 · 383,339 words · 613 reading sections
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faith must find expression, that it cannot be silent, is the Apostle’s adaptation of the words. With τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς πίστεως ef. Kom. Vill, 15, τ Cor. 1v.-21, Gal. νι. ο Ερα ματ ο Lim. ἂν 7. οἷος Deiss- mann (Neue Bibelstudien, p. 78) illus- trates the introductory formula of citation here employed by the legal fo…
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t Rom. xv. t = t ~ Ὅν δόξαν τοῦ ' Θεοῦ. IV, τ6---τϑ, 16. διὸ οὐκ " ἐκκακοῦμεν ᾿ GAN’ εἰ καὶ ὁ χι 31; ἔξω ἡμῶν ἄνθρωπος "διαφθείρεται, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ ἔσωθεν 2 “ ἀνακαινοῦται Phil. ii. 11; ο΄. (ἡμέρᾳ καὶ ἡμέρᾳ. 17. τὸ γὰρ "παραυτίκα "ἐλαφρὸν τῆς "θλίψεως chap. vi 19. Ὁ Reff.ver.1. ἡμῶν καθ "ὑπερβολὴν εἰς" ὑπερβολὴν αἰώ…
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Hebraism (see last verse), IND) IND =‘exceedingly”’ ; it cannot qualify βάρος (as the A.V. takes it) or αἰώνιον, but must go with κατεργάζεται, as above (cf. Gal. i. 13). Stanley points out that the col- location βάρος δόξης may be suggested by the fact that the Hebrew 71 means both “ to be heavy’ (Gen. xviii. 2…
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μι from God, sc., not built up by the natural processes of growth but the direct gift of God, a house not made with hands (this being added to emphasise its ‘super- natural”? character; the σκῆνος of the natural body is also, of course, ἀχειρο- ποίητον, and so the idea is not as fitly in place as at Heb. ix. 11…
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3. εἴ! γε καὶ ᾿ ἐνδυσάμενοι” οὐ γυμνοὶ εὑρεθησόμεθα. 4. καὶ γὰρ οἱ ὄντες ἐν τῷ σκήνει ὅ στενάζοµεν “ βαρούμενοι,! ἐπειδὴ > οὐ θέλομεν ᾿ ἐκδύσασθαι, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπενδύσασθαι, ἵνα ' καταποθῇ τὸ " θνητὸν ὃ ὑπὸ 5. ὁ δὲ κατεργασάμενος ἴ ἡμᾶς εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο Θεὸς," ὁ pVer.8; καὶ οοὺς ἡμῖν τὸν ’ ἀρραβῶνα τοῦ " Πνεύματος. Vv. 6.…
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μοῦμεν 1 ἀπὸ τοῦ Κυρίου 3: 7. διὰ πίστεως γὰρ " περιπατοῦμεν, οὐ διὰ " εἴδους - 8. θαρροῦμεν * δὲ, καὶ " εὐδοκοῦμεν μᾶλλον ἐκδημῆσαι ἐκ ὅ τοῦ σώματος, καὶ ἐνδημῆσαι πρὸς τὸν Κύριον. 9. Διὸ καὶ ’ φιλοτιμούμεθα, etre’ ἐνδημοῦντες, εἴτε ἐκδημοῦντες, Υ εὐάρεστοι αὐτῷ εἶναι. tal a a “A , δεῖ ” ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ ” βήματος …
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Vv. 9,10. WE MUST REMEMBER THE JUDGMENT TO COME.—Ver. 9. διὸ καὶ φιλοτιμούμεθα κ.τ.λ.; wherefore also we make it our ambition (see reff.), whether at home or away from home, sc., whether at His coming He finds us ‘‘ in the body ”’ or * out of the body,” to be well pleasing to Him; cf. Rom. xiv. 8, Phil. i. 20, 1…
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Vv. 11-13. REITERATION OF HIS SIN- CERITY OF PURPOSE.—Ver. 11, € οὖν τὸν φόβον κ.τ.λ.: knowing, there- fore, sc., because of the conviction ex- pressed in ver. 10, the fear of the Lord, sc.,as Judge (cf. Heb. x. 31), we persuade men, sc., of our sincerity, but we have been (already) made manifest to God, as we …
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69 καρδία.” 13, etre (1 oat ς Thess. ii. alae. ᾿ἀγάπη 17 and on chap. 1.11, 'kptvavtas τοῦτο, ὅτι εἰ" εἷς ὑπὲρ g acre only n Paul; πάντων ἀπέθανεν, ἄρα οἱ πάντες ἀπέθανον: καὶ ὑπὲρ πάντων ἀπέ- cf: Mk. ili. 21. θανεν; ἵνα ot ζῶντες μηκέτι ἑαυτοῖς ζῶσιν, ἀλλὰ τῷ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν h Rom. xii. 11, 6. i Rom. viii. 35; …
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70 m Ἐν exis ἀποθανόντι καὶ ἐγερθέντι. γ. 16. ὥστε ἡμεῖς “ ἀπὸ ™ τοῦ ™ νῦν οὐδένα 48; Jobn οἴδαμεν "κατὰ "σάρκα" εἰ δὲ] καὶ ἐγνώκαμεν κατὰ" σάρκα Χριστὸν, viii. 11; Acts xviii. 6. n Reff. i. 17. 1 The best supported reading is ει και $*BD* 17; G, the Latins and the Peshitto have και ει; ΝΕΟ ΡΟΕΕΚΙ, and the Har…
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erfected hereafter. The preposition ὑπέρ, ‘on behalf of" (cf. chap. xii. το), employed in these verses is the one usually employed in the N.T. to express the relation between Christ’s Atoning man after the fresh, i.é., are quite in- different as to his mere external quali- fications as a preacher of the Gospel, …
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in the great apologetic passage, chap. xi. 22-33. Other writers, 6.ς., Jowett, ex- plain the latter clause of this verse by supposing that the Apostle is contrasting his more mature preaching with his preaching at an earlier stage of his Christian ministry when he had not yet emancipated himself from Jewish pre-…
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worthy views as to the Supreme. But that St. Paul would have felt any diffi- | culty in such a phrase is very unlikely, The important point to observe in the present passage is that it is God Himself who is the ultimate Author of this Recon- ciliation ; cf. Rom. v. 8, viii. 31, 32, and especially John iii, 16. T…
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20. ὑπὲρ” Χριστοῦ οὖν ᾿ πρεσβεύομεν, * a Rom. 73 Eph. νι. 20; Phil. 3 , 3 =z τὰ ο. i. 20. δεόμεθα ὃ * ὑπὲρ τον ᾿ μα τῇ ) ἧ ἧ 20 only. μὴ γνόντα ἁμαρτίαν ὑπὲρ cere 1o;chaps, Viii. 4, Χ. > 2; Gal. i. 17, 111, 5, 21, 22, X. 3; Jas. i. 20; 2 Pet. i. 1 only 1 D*EG, g have (του) εναγγελιου Tov λογον- 2 D*G, d, …
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74 ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΟΙΟΥΣ B γι, a Mk. xvi. διῶ ο. ἐν αὐτῷ. Cor. xvi. 16; Jas. ii. 22 only. A ek VI. τ. "Συνεργοῦντες δὲ καὶ παρακαλοῦμεν μὴ "εἰς vill. 285 1” κενὸν τὴν χάριν τοῦ Θεοῦ δέξασθαι ὑμᾶς 3- 2. (λέγει γὰρ, “ Καιρῷ °Sextd “ ἐπήκουσά σου, καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σωτηρίας “ ἐβοήθησά σοι -" b Gal. ii. 2; ἰδοὺ νῦν καιρὸς ᾿ …
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Ver. 3. μηδεμίαν ἐν μηδενὶ κ.τ.λ.: giving πὸ occasion of stumbling (see reff.; Alford aptly quotes Polybius, xxvii., 6, 10, διδόναι ἀφορμὰς προσκοπῆς) in anything, that our ministration be not blamed. The clause is parallel with ver. 1, διδόντες corresponding to σννερ- γοῦντες, both being descriptive of the way…
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Ver. 5. (0) These outward hardships are next more definitely exemplified from the opposition and persecution which St. Paul encountered from opponents during his missionary experiences. ἐν πληγαῖς, ἐν φυλακαῖς, ἐν ἀκαταστασίαις: in stripes (see reff. and cf. Acts xxii. 24), im tm- prisonments (see on xi. 23), in…
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Tim. i. 8; 1 Pet. i. 5. fChap. xi.21,etc. g Here only. 2, 3). And itis true that νηστεία (see reff.) and νηστεύω are always (outside this Epistle) used of fasting as a devotional observance. But in the parallel passage xi. 27 νηστεῖαι is clearly used of involun- tary abstinences from food; and this meaning seem…
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Ver. 9. ὡς ἀγνοούμενοι καὶ ἐπιγινω- σκόµενοι: as unknown, sc., an obscure person without proper credentials (οὐ, iii. 2, x. 10), and yet well known (cf. xi. 6).— ὡς ἀποθνήσκοντες καὶ ἰδοὺ ζῶμεν: as dying (as was doubtless often reported when he was ill; see on i. 8 above, and cf. xi. 23, where he speaks of the c…
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Ver. 12. οὐ στενοχωρεῖσθε ἐν ἡμῖν κ.τ.λ.:; ye are not strattened in us (this carries on the metaphor of πεπλάτυνται), but ye are straitened in your own affec- tions ; 1.ε., his adversaries at Corinth may have said that he was a man of narrow sympathies, and that there was no room in his heart for his Corinthian …
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fallen man ; μολυσμός is always used in the LXX (see reff.) of a too intimate association of the chosen people with heathen nations, and such ‘“ contamina- tion’ is exactly what it stands for in this place. As an argument on the other side, there occur in this section several quite common Pauline ideas and secte…
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h Isa. 111. 11. 79 an . mere) win ἢ Here only: μετὰ εἰδώλων ; ὑμεῖς ὶ γὰρ tk τ 5 ὃς. 66% 12 : XXiii. 51. εἶπεν ὁ Θεος, “ Οτι Scouse» ἜΣ Can nL: 3 -“ . καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτῶν ὁ Θεὸς, καὶ αὐτοὶ τό, 17; 2 ate i Λ 3 « Thess. ii. 17. "8s “ἐξέλθετε ἐκ μέσου αὐτῶν καὶ ος “Kal ἀκαθάρτου μὴ ἅπτεσθε"” ““κἀγὼ 19; Eph. ii. 21…
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vil. aRom. xii ΤΙ, 1, Ταύτας οὖν ἔχοντες τὰς ἐπαγγελίας, " ἀγαπητοὶ, " καθαρί- 19; 1 Cor. 58; chap o Eph. v. 26; Tit. ii. 14 only in Paul. Cor. viii. 7. d iii. 13 only. ii. 6. hx Cor. iii. 17, xv. 33; Ver. 17. διὸ ἐξέλθετε κ.τ.λ.: where- fore, “Come out from among them and be separate,” saith the Lord, " «πὰ…
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at in the three words ἠδικήσαμεν, ἐφθεί- paper, ἐπλεονεκτήσαμεν. They are used quite generally, the only one that offers any ambiguity being the second, φθείρειν often (see reff.), though not always, carrying a reference to bodily defile- ment through lust; here (as at 1 Cor. iii. 17) it seems to connote injury …
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13), but [we were] afflicted on every side. Note the anacoluthon, the participle θλι- βόμενοι being used as if it were a finite verb (cf. v. 12 for a like constr.).—€§w0ev µάχαι κ.τ.λ.: without were fightings, sc., 8 G, g and the Peshitto omit δε after povoy, with adversaries (cf. 1 Cor. xv. 32), with- in were f…
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δ. Ὅτι εἰ καὶ ἐλύπησα ὑμᾶς ἀανῆ οι; ἐν τῇ ἐπιστολῇ," ob? " μεταμέλομαι, εἰ ὃ καὶ μετεμελόμην - βλέπω a1(Ps.cix. γὰρ * ὅτι ἡ ἐπιστολὴ ἐκείνη, εἰ καὶ "πρὸς "ὥραν, ἐλύπησεν " ὑμᾶς. 4) only. cJohn v.35; 9. Νῦν χαίρω, οὐχ ὅτι ἐλυπήθητε, ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι ἐλυπήθητε εἰς “μετάνοιαν Gal. ii. 5 Phiim. ἐλυπήθητε γὰρ "κατὰ “Θεὸν, ἵνα…
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8—13. 83 12. ἄρα εἰ καὶ ἔγραψα ὑμῖν, οὐχ εἵνεκεν τοῦ ἀδικήσαντος, οὐδὲ 3 u Reff. ii. 14. v Reff. iv, 2. εἵνεκεν τοῦ ἀδικηθέντος 1+ ἀλλ᾽ εἵνεκεν τοῦ " φανερωθῆναι τὴν 'σπου- ν τ Cor. δὲ Be χὰ ‘ ς Ν ε a 4 ‘ ek a ν ην υρων την υπερ ημων ΄“ πρὸς υμας Xvi. 18; ἐνώπιον τοῦ “Θεοῦ. 13. Διὰ Philm. A , MON) δα , Con! ἢ …
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Vv. 13-16. THE Joy oF TITUS IN THE TIDINGS HE BROUGHT. Chrysostom notes the tact which leads St. Paul to communicate this so emphatically ; Titus was going back to Corinth on the busi- ness of the collection (viii. 6, 16, 23), and it was very desirable that he should be well received there.—émi δὲ τῇ παρα- κλήσ…
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ΤΝ” om. παντων. on his mission to the Gentiles, one of the stipulations made with him was that he should ‘remember the poor” (Gal. ii. το). This stipulation he faithfully observed, and it was to convey the money thus entrusted to him to its proper recipients that he paid his last visit to Jerusalem (Acts xxiv. …
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85 VIII. 1. ΓΝΩΡΙΖΟΜΕΝ δὲ ὑμῖν, ἀδελφοὶ, τὴν χάριν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν ἃ Rett i. ᾿ δεδομένην ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις τῆς Μακεδονίας: 2. ὅτι ἐν πολλῇ " δοκιμᾷ "θλίψεως ἡ “περισσεία τῆς χαρᾶς αὐτῶν καὶ ἡ κατὰ βάθους ἁπτωχεία αὐτῶν ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς tov! πλοῦτον τῆς ° ἁπλότητος 4 αὐτῶν : 3. ὅτι κατὰ δύναμιν, ᾿ μαρτυρῶ, καὶ ὑπὲρ” …
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Vv. 6, 7. εἰς τὸ παρακαλέσαι κ.τ.λ.: so that we exhorted Titus (the epistolary aor: infin. ; this is the exhortation to Titus “ 86 ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ Β νΠΠΠ, 5 5εε ον ἵν. τὴν χάριν ταύτην. 7. ᾿Αλλ᾽ ὥσπερ "ἐν " παντὶ περισσεύετε,! πίστει" ο = ad καὶ λόγῳ καὶ γνώσει καὶ “ πάσῃ " σπουδῇ, καὶ τῇ ἐξ ὑμῶν ὃ ἐν ἡμῖν 18: c…
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Vv. 8-15. HE couNSELS (THOUGH HE WILL NOT COMMAND) THAT THEY FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF THE MACE- DONIAN CHURCHES, ACCORDING TO THEIR ABILITY.— Ver. 8. οὐ κατ᾽ ἐπιταγὴν λέγω κ.τ.λ.; I speak not by way of com- mandment, i.¢., I do not give you an authoritative and formal command (as I | might do), but as proving thro…
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Greek ; Deissmann (Neue Bibelstudien, p. 49) notes its occurrence in a papyrus of the second cent. B.c., of which the words run: ὅτι εἰσὶν ἐν τῷ κεραμεῖ ἀπὸ πέρυσι ιβ κ.τ.λ., ἡ.6., “that twelve drachmae are in the pot from last year”. This parallel is important, as showing that ἀπὸ πέρυσι does not necessarily me…
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11 Cor. xvi. ὑστέρημα, 14. ἵνα καὶ τὸ ἐκείνων περίσσευμα γένηται εἰς τὸ ὑμῶν 17; chaps. ix. 12, xi, ; Phil. li. 30. m Exod. xvi. 18, n Here only. ὑστέρημα: ὅπως γένηται ἰσότης, 15. καθὼς γέγραπται, ™“‘O τὸ πολὺ, οὐκ ἐπλεόνασε καὶ ὁ τὸ ὀλίγον οὐκ " ἠλαττόνησε”. 16. "Χάρις δὲ “τῷ “ Θεῷ τῷ διδόντι ᾿ τὴν αὐτὴν ἢ …
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14-22. εὐαγγελίῳ διὰ πασῶν τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν" 19. "οὐ " μόνον δὲ, ἈΝ ‘ | - 3 ~ τ ΣΡ ean | m8 ΩΣ καὶ " χειροτονηθεὶς ὑπὸ τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν συνέκδηµος ἡμῶν 1 σῦν 2 τῇ χάριτι ταύτῃ, τῇ διακονουμένῃ ὑφ᾽ ἡμῶν πρὸς τὴν αὐτοῦ ὃ τοῦ Κυρίου δόξαν, καὶ " προθυμίαν ὑμῶν: 20. 7 στελλόμενοι τοῦτο, μή τις ἡμᾶς “μωμήσηται ἐν τῇ " ἁδρότ…
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16 in question, one cannot be too careful ; and the prudence of the method pursued in this collection, whereby the contribut- ing Churches appointed colleagues to accompany St. Paul and to check his accounts, is worthy of close imitation in the ecclesiastical finance of a later age (cf. vi. 3). ; ΩΝ Ver. 22. συ…
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is boast; for “Achaia” see on i. 1) has been prepared since last year (see on viii. το above), i.¢., to make its contribu- tion. It would seem that the Apostle feared that he had somewhat overstated the case, as he is evidently anxious about the Corinthian collection. The use of the present tense, καυχῶμαι Μακεδ…
283 wordsSECTION 98Acts xx. 5, 13.
Ἰ ἐνδείξασθε,] kat? εἰς ''πρόσωπον τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν. ΙΧ. τ. Περὶ μὲν | Rom. ii 15, ix.22 Eph. ii. 7. γὰρ τῆς διακονίας τῆς εἰς τοὺς ἁγίους περισσόν μοι ἐστὶ τὸ ὃ γράφειν Eh ti. 7. ὑμῖν. Μακεδόσιν, ὅτι ᾿Αχαΐα παρεσκεύασται ὑμῶν " ζῆλος “ ἠρέθισε " τοὺς ° πλείονας. φοὺς, ἵνα μὴ τὸ ᾿καύχημα ἡμῶν τὸ h , bh , ine ‘ 3 …
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92 ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ B ΙΧ, a Rom εἶναι, οὕτως ὡς εὐλογίαν, καὶ] μὴ ὥσπερ” “ πλεονεξίαν. 6. τοῦτο Col τίς; δὲ,” 6 "σπείρων "φειδομένως φειδομένως καὶ "θερίσει: καὶ ὁ σπείρων 1 Thess. ἐπ᾽ 4 εὐλογίαις ἐπ᾽ “ εὐλογίαις καὶ " θερίσει. 7. ἕκαστος καθὼς ii. 5 τὰ Cor. ix. “προαιρεῖται ὃ τῇ καρδίᾳ: μὴ ἐκ λύπης ἢ "ἐξ " ἀνάγκης…
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6—12, 93 ἔχοντες, περισσεύητε ἢ εἰς ¥ πᾶν " ἔργον "ἀγαθόν: 9. καθὼς γέγραπ- 2 Tim. ii. ται, ὅ ““᾿Εσκόρπισεν, ἔδωκε τοῖς πένησιν - ἡ δικαιοσύνη αὐτοῦ μένει 2 Ps. cxi. 9. 3 εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα 1... ν 3 3 A ο , 3 και αρτον εἰς βρῶσιν χορηγησαι, κ 1Ο. ὁ δὲ " ἐπιχορηγῶν " σπέρμα 2 τῷ σπείροντι αἱ “᾿ πληθύναι ὃ τὸν a Gal…
721 wordsSECTION 101Ix. 13—15.
Ver. 13. διὰ τῆς δοκιμῆς τῆς διακ. κ.τελ.; inasmuch as they, i.e,, the Judean Christians, through the proof, sc., of you, afforded by this ministration (cf. viii. 2 for a similar gen. after δοκιμή), glorify God (cf. Matt. v. 16, 1 Pet. ii. 12) for the obedience of your confession in regard to 94 Ρ Reft. ii. 9. …
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Cuapter X.—Vv. 1-6. He Beas THEM NOT TO FORCE HIM TO EXERT HIS AUTHORITY WITH SEVERITY WHEN HE comes. He first expresses the hope that their conduct will be such as to admit of his being ‘meek and gentle” when he arrives at Corinth, of his coming in a “spirit of meekness,” and not “with a rod” (x Cor. iv. 21).—…
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Ver. 2. δέομαι δὲ τὸ μὴ παρὼν κ.τ.λ.: nay (sc., ‘‘ however that be,” δέ recom- mencing the sentence) I beseech you, that I may not (the use of the article with μή and the inf. is somewhat unusual; but cf. ii. τ, Rom. xiv. 13; τὸ adds emphasis to the thing asked), when present, shew courage with the confidence (a…
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u Κε. ix. 5. εἰς τὴν ὑπακοὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ, 6. καὶ ἐν” "ἑτοίμω ἔχοντες ᾿ ἐκδικῆσαι ν Rom. xii. 19; cf. vii. 11. w Rom. v. 19; Heb. πᾶσαν " παρακοὴν, ὅταν πληρωθῇ ὃ ὑμῶν ὁ ἡ ὑπακοή. 7. τὰ "κατὰ "πρόσωπον βλέπετε; εἴ τις πέποιθεν " ἑαυτῷ Χριστοῦ ὃ ii. 2 only. εἶναι, τοῦτο λογιζέσθω πάλιν ἀφ᾽ 7 ἑαυτοῦ, ὅτι καθὼς αὐτ…
687 wordsSECTION 105Acts xxv.
Ver. 8. ἐάν τε γὰρ καὶ περισσότερόν κ.τ.λ.; for even if I should glory some- what abundantly (or, perhaps, ‘‘ some- what more abundantly,”’ sc., than I have already done in vv. 3-6; but the com- parative need not be pressed; cf. ii. 4), concerning our authority (which the Lord gave for building you fe and not fo…
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5 C*P, the Peshitto and Bohairic omit ηµωγ. 6 ημιν is found in DcEGKL (P 73, f and the Harclean have ηµιν ο κυρ.) ; om. new S*BCD* 17, d, 6. 7 D*EG, d, ε, g give δοξωμεν. 9 Better αι επιστ. μεν with ὃν Β, τ. 8 DE, d, e, g give εκφοβουντες. 10 \$DEGKLP, d, e, and the Bohairic have φησιν, which is also preferred by…
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to take the words as reproducing the charge against the Apostle commonly made by those who were disaffected at Corinth. They are ‘‘remarkable as giv- ing a contemporary judgment on his Epistles, and a personal description of himself” (Stanley).— δὲ παρουσία τοῦ σώματος k.t.A.: “διέ his bodily presence is weak (…
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15 δ" om. yap after αχρι. ἀλλὰ shall refer to the Apostle, and not to his opponents, as it must do with the longer reading. Nevertheless we believe that the omission is simply an attempt to evade the difficulty of the true text; it would be quite unlike St. Paul to speak of himself as his own standard of con- d…
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99 w Rom. xiv, 4, Χν. 20; 1 Tim. v. 22. λυνθῆναι κατὰ τὸν κανόνα ἡμῶν” εἰς "περισσείαν, 16. εἰς τὰ Ret vi. 5. hil. 1, 20. "ὑπερέκεινα ὑμῶν εὐαγγελίσασθαι, οὐκ ἐν ἀλλοτρίῳ κανόνι εἰς τὰ ZReff.viii.2, » ἕτοιμα καυχήσασθαι. a Here only; 17. “ὋὉ δὲ “ καυχώμενος ἐν "Κυρίῳ °Kau- ο΄. Amos ε A A γ. 27. χάσθω -" 18.…
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10Ο a τ Cor. iv. 8; Gal. v. 12. b Vv. 17, 21; kal ἀνέχεσθε * μου. ΧΙ. τ. *"Odedov! ἀνείχεσθέ 3 μου μικρὸν τῇ ὃ " ἀφροσύνῃ - ἀλλὰ 2. “ ζηλῶ γὰρ ὑμᾶς Θεοῦ ὅ ζήλῳ " "ἡρμοσάμην ΜΚ. vii. γὰρ ὑμᾶς ἑνὶ ἀνδρὶ, παρθένον ἁγνὴν " παραστῆσαι τῷ Χριστῷ 3. 81; Gal. ἵν. 17. d Κεβ.ν 7 7. e Here only. f Reff. vii. 11. 1. k…
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Ver. 4. εἰ μὲν yap ὁ ἐρχόμενος κ.τ.λ.: for if he that cometh (ὃ ἐρχόμενος may point to some one conspicuous opponent, but it would not be safe to press this, or to lay stress on the verb as indicating one who comes without authorised mission, as at John x. 8; it is probably a quite in- definite phrase, “if any o…
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Ver. 6. εἰ δὲ καὶ ἰδιώτης τῷ λόγῳ κτλ; but even if I be rude in speech (see on x. το; ἰδιώτης is a “layman,” who is without professional training), yet am I not in knowledge, sc., of divine things (see on vili. 7 {οτ]λόγος and γνῶσις) ; but in everything we have made it, sc., τὴν γνῶσιν, manifest (reading φανερώ…
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Ver. 9. τὸ yap ὑστέρημά pov κ.τ.λ.;: for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia (very likely Silas and Timothy; see Acts xviii. 5, Phil. iv. 15), supplied the measure of my want ; and tn everything I hept myself (note the aorists as ss to the definite period of his residence in Corinth) from being burdensom…
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103 13. ot} γὰρ ' τοιοῦτοι * ψευδαπόστολοι, ἶ Ref. 11. 6. k Here only. ἐργάται * δόλιοι, μετασχηματιζόµενοι εἰς ἀποστόλους Χριστοῦ: 14. 11 Cor. iv. καὶ οὐ θαυμαστόν 3: αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ ™ Σατανᾶς μετασχηματίζεται εἰς ὃ 6; Phil. iii. 21; 4 Macc. ix. ἄγγελον φωτός; 15. οὐ μέγα οὖν εἰ καὶ οἱ διάκονοι αὐτοῦ µετα- 22 τα …
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Ver. 14. καὶ οὐ θαῦμα κ.τ.λ.: and no marvel ; for even Satan fashioneth him- self into an angel of light. Light is the symbol of God (1 John i. 5, 1 Tim. vi. 16) and His messengers (Matt. xxviii. 3, Acts xii. 7), as darkness is the symbol of Satan (Luke xxii. 53, Eph. vi. 12, Col. i. 13). The μετασχηματισμός of …
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face. A blowin t Ver. 19. ἡδέως γὰρ ἀνέχεσθε κ.τ.λ.: for ye bear with the foolish, 1.¢., the false teachers, gladly, being wise yourselves, the latter clause being, of course, ironical, although (see reff.) it was true that φρόν- ησις was a quality which he had seriously ascribed to the Corinthians in a former …
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Ver. 22. ‘EBpatot εἰσι; κἀγώ; are they Hebrews? so am I, At a later period the term 'Ἑβραῖος was not con- fined to Palestinian Jews (Eus., H.E., ii., 4, 2, ili, 4, 2), but expressed mere nationality, However in the N.T. it is used in contrast with Ἑλληνιστής (Acts vi. 1; cf. Phil. iii. 5), and denotes a Jew who…
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ak 24. ὑπὸ Ἰουδαίων " πεντάκις τεσσαράκοντα "παρὰ “μίαν ἔλαβον, 25. τρὶς ἐρραβδίσθην," ἅπαξ ἐλιθάσθην, τρὶς *évavdynoa, Ενυχθήµερον ἐν τῷ " βυθῷ πεποίηκα: 26. «μιας πολλάκις ὃ" heya 16, Κ κινδύνοις ποταμῶν, κινδύνοις λῃστῶν, κινδύνοις ἐκ ᾿ γένους, κινδύ- ΤΟ iv. 6 νοις ἐξ ἐθνῶν, κινδύνοις ἐν πόλει, κινδύνοις ἐν “ ἐ…
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from swollen torrents dangerous to ford (Stanley notes that Frederick Bar- barossa was drowned in the Calycadnus, not far from Tarsus; see Ramsay, The Church in the Roman Empire, p. 23, for several illustrations of the dangers of the Pisidian highlands), in perils of robbers, on account of whom travelling in Asi…
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Ver. 29. τίς ἀσθενεῖ κ.τ.λ.: who is weak, sc., in prejudice (as at Rom. xiv. 1, 1 Cor. viii. 11), and Iam not weak, 1.6., in Christian sympathy (cf. 1 Cor. ix. 22 ἐγενόμην τοῖς ἀσθενέσιν ἀσθενής) ; who is made to stumble, and I burn not ? 1.6., with the fire of righteous indignation (cf. πυρωθείς = “inflamed” at…
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