10. Having—possessing (éyovres—xaréxovtes). The con- trast is twofold: between having and not having, and between temporary and permanent having, or having and keeping. Com- pare Luke viii. 15; 1 Cor. xv. 2; 1 Thess. v. 21; Heb. iii. 6.
11. Ye Corinthians. The readers are addressed by name in only two other epistles, Gal. iii. 1; Philip. iv. 15.
Is enlarged (wemAdtvuvtat). Only here, ver. 13, and Matt. xxili. 5, where it is used of widening the phylacteries. From mratus broad. Quite common in the Septuagint, and with var- ious shades of meaning, but usuaily rendered enlarge. Of worldly prosperity, ‘waxed fat,” Deut. xxxii. 15; compare Gen. ix. 27. Of pride, Deut. xi. 16. Of delwerance in dis- tress, Ps. iv. 1. Hxpand with joy, Ps. exix. 82. The idea of enlargement of heart in the sense of increased breadth of sym- pathy and understanding, as here, is also expressed in the Old Testament by other words, as concerning Solomon, to whom God gave largeness of heart, Sept., xia outpouring. Compare Isa. lx. 5.
12. Not straitened in us. It is not that our hearts are too narrow to take you in. Séraitened in antithesis with enlarged.
In your own bowels (rots omddyxvous tudv). See on 1 Pet. iii. 8; Jas. v. 11. Rev., affections. It is your love that is contracted.
14. Unequally yoked (érepofuyoirres). Only here in the New Testament. Not in classical Greek, nor in Septuagint, though the kindred adjective érepdguyos of a diverse kind, oc- curs Lev. xix. 19. Unequally gives an ambiguous sense. It is not inequality, but difference in kind, as is shown by the suc- ceeding words. The suggestion was doubtless due to the pro- hibition in Deut. xxii. 9, against yoking together two different animals. The reference is general, covering all forms of intim- acy with the heathen, and not limited to marriage or to idol- feasts.
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The different shades of fellowship expressed by five differ- ent words in this and the two following verses are to be noted.
Fellowship (ueroy7). Only here in the New Testament. * The kindred verb peréyo to be partaker is found only in Paul’s epistles and in Hebrews: péroyos partner, partaker, only in He- brews and Luke v. 7. Having part with is the corresponding English expression.
Righteousness— unrighteousness (S:xcavoovvy — avopia). Lit., what sharing is there unto righteousness and lawlessness ? Atxatoctvy righteousness, though the distinctively Pauline sense of righteousness by faith underlies it, is used in the general sense of rightness according to God’s standard.
Communion (xowevia). See on Luke v. 10; Acts ii. 42.
15. Concord (cupdevyats). Only here in the New Test- ament. From ovv together, dwvy voice. Primarily of the concord of sounds. So the kindred cupdawvia, A. V., music, see on Luke xv. 25. Compare ctpdavos with consent, 1 Cor. vii. 5; and cupdovéw to agree, Matt. xviii. 19; Luke v. 36, ete.
Belial (SeAdap). Beliar. Belial is a transcript of the He- brew, meaning worthlessness or wickedness. The Septuagint renders it variously by transgressor, impious, foolish, pest. It does not occur in the Septuagint as a proper name. The form Beliar, which is preferred by critics, is mostly ascribed to the Syriac pronunciation of Belial, the change of | into r being quite common. Others, however, derive from Belyar, lord of the forest. Were a synonym for Satan. Stanley remarks that our associations with the word are colored by the attributes ascribed to Belial by Milton (“ Paradise Lost,” B. ii.), who uses the word for sensual profligacy.
16. Agreement (cvyxatdJecis). Only here in the New Testament. Compare the kindred verb ovyxatartiSepas to con- sent, Luke xxiii. 51. Lit., a putting down or depositing along with one. Fence of voting the same way with another, and so agreeing.
Ye are. Read, as Rev., we are.
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