God hath said, etc. The quotation is combined and con- densed from Lev. xxvii. 11, 12; and Ezek. xxxvii. 27, after the * Septuagint. Paul treats it as if directly affirmed of the christ- ian Church, thus regarding that Church as spiritually identical with the true church of Israel.
17. Come out, etc. Isa. lii. 11, 12, after the Septuagint, with several changes.
18. I will be to you, etc. From 2 Sam. vii. 14, where the Septuagint and Hebrew agree. Paul says sons and daughters for son.
Almighty (sravtoxpdtwp). The word is peculiar to the A poc- alypse, occurring nowhere else in the New Testament. Here it is a quotation. Frequent in the Septuagint.
1. Filthiness (worvopod). Rev., defilement. Only here in the New Testament. For the kindred verb pordve to defile, see on Apoc. xiv. 4. Compare 1 Cor. viii. 7.
2. Receive (ywpycate). From yépos place or space. Prim- arily, to leave a space, make room for. See on containing, John ii. 6; viii. 37. The meaning here is make room for us. Rev., open your hearts to ws, which is felicitous in view of the reference to ch. vi. 12. It is equivalent to saying enlarge your hearts to take us in, as our heart is enlarged (ch. vi. 11).
Defrauded (ésAecovertjcapev). Used by Paul only. It adds the idea of wrong for the sake of gain, which is not necessarily implied in either of the other verbs.
4. My boldness. Note the change for the first time to the first person singular.
Comfort. The Greek has ¢he comfort, the article appar- ently pointing to the special comfort he had received through the coming of Titus (ver. 6).
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lam exceeding joyful (ivepmrepiccevouar TH yapd). Lit., I superabound with the joy. Rev., I overflow with joy. Note the article again, the joy.
5. Rest (aveow). Rev., relief. See on liberty, Acts xxiv. 23.
6. God. The Rev. improves on the A. V. by putting God in its emphatic place at the end of the clause. “He that com- forteth,” ete.—‘“‘ even God.”
Those that are cast down (rods tazrewods). Rev., the lowly. See on Matt. xi. 68. Here the A. V. is more nearly true to the idea, which is that of depression through cireum- stances, rather than of lowliness of character. The neater rend- ering would be the downeast.
7. Comfort. The manner in which Paul, so to speak, fondles this word, is most beautiful. Compare ch. i. 4-6.
Mourning (odupuov). Only here and Matt. ii. 18. It im- plies a verbal expression of grief. Cebes, a disciple of Socrates, in his Pinax* represents Av’irn Lupe, Sorrow, as a woman, with her head bowed upon her breast; ’Od’vn Odune, consuming Grief, follows, tearing her hair. By her side is "Oduppos Odur- mos, Lamentation, a revolting, emaciated figure, whose sister is "ASuula Athumia, Despondency.
8. Repent (etapérouas). See on Matt. xxi. 29. Rev., regret Ut.
Though | did repent. Punctuate as Am. Rev., J do not regret it: though (even if) I did regret wt (for I see that that epistle made you sorry, though but for a season) I now rejorce.
9. Repentance (uerdvorav). See on the kindred verb re- pent, Matt. iii. 2, and compare on Matt. xxi. 29. Aepentance is different from regret of ver. 8, indicating a moral change, as is shown by the next clause. tee ee
* Tablet, a philosophical explanation of a table on which human life with its dangers and temptations is symbolically represented.
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Ye might receive damage (fnuiwdjre). Rev., might suffer loss. See on Matt. xvi. 26; Luke ix. 25. This somewhat ob- scure sentence means that the salutary moral results of the apostle’s letter compensated for the sorrow which it caused. The epistle which won them to repentance was no damage to them.