Was Paul crucified for you ? (uz ITatnros éotravpdIn brrép duov). A negative answer is implied. Paul surely was not, ete. or is i7ép on behalf of, not epi on account of, as some texts.
In the name (eis 76 dvowa). Rev., correctly, into the name. See on Matt. xxviii. 19. Of Paulas the name of him whom you were to confess. The order of the original is: Was 2 into the name of Paul that ye were baptized ?
15. | had baptized (€8drrtica). The correct reading is éBarriadnre ye were baptized. So Rev. Paul’s commission contains no mention of baptism. Compare Acts ix. 15, with Matt. xxviii. 15. From his peculiar position as the inaugurator of a second epoch of Christianity, many would be tempted to
* On this very complicated and difficult subject the student may profitably consult Weiss, ‘‘Introduction to the New Testament ;” Schaff, ‘‘ History of the Apostolic Church ;” Meyer’s Introduction and note on this passage ; and Godet’s note on the same.
+ So Meyer, Stanley, Westcott and Hort. The interrogative is maintained by De Wette, Alford, Ellicott, Edwards, Godet. As to the interrogative par- ticle, these latter refer to 1 Cor. x. 22, and 2 Cor. iii. 2, as parallel, and urge that the 4} introduces a new form of interrogation respecting a new individual —Paul.
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regard him as the real founder of the Church, and to boast of having been baptized into his name. ‘No outward initiation of converts entered into his ministry ” (Edwards).
16. And | baptized also. Another exceptional case oc- curs to him which he conscientiously adds. The dé and has a slightly corrective force.
17. Should be made of none effect (xevw9h). Lit., emp- tied. Rev., made void. Compare ts made void, Rom. iv. 14, and the kindred adjective xevov, xevt) vain, ch. xv. 14. The nucleus of the apostolic preaching was a fact—Christ crucified. To preach it as a philosophic system would be to empty it of its saving power, a truth which finds abundant and lamentable illustration in the history of the Church.
18. The word of the cross (6 Adyos 0 Tod ctavpod). Lit., the word, that, namely, of the cross. The second article is de- finitive and emphatic. The word of which the substance and purport is the cross.
To them that perish (rots dzroAdvuévois). Lit., that are perishing. So Rev. The present participle denotes process : they who are on the way to destruction. Compare 2 Cor. ii. 15,
Foolishness (uwpia). Only in this epistle. See on have lost his savor, Matt. v. 13.
Which are saved (roils cwfopuévois). Rev., being saved: in process of salvation.
19. | will destroy, etc. Cited literally from the Septua- gint, Isa. xxix. 14, except that the Septuagint has cpio J will conceal, instead of I will reject. The Hebrew reads: “The wisdom of its (Judah’s) wise men shall perish, and the sagacity of its sagacious men shall hide itself.”
Wisdom— prudence (copiav—avveow). The two words are often found together, as Exod. xxxi. 3; Deut. iv. 6; Col. i. 9. Compare copol Kat ovvetot wise and prudent, Matt. xi. 25. For the distinction, see, as to copia wisdom, on Rom. xinooe as to atveows prudence, on Mark xii. 33; Luke ii.47. Wisdom is the more general; mental excellence in its highest and full-
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est sense. Prudence is the special application of wisdom ; its critical adjustment to particular cases.
Will bring to nothing (a3erncw). See on Luke vii. 30. Originally, to make disestablished (dJerov) something which is established or prescribed (Serdv). Hence to nullify, make void, Srustrate, and, in a milder sense, to despise or reject, as Gal. il. 21. The stronger sense is better here, so that Rev., reject is not an improvement on the A. V. The American revisers render: And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.