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the first verse with the preceding chapter, ver. 8, is manifest. — ru) (3f>u>/j,ar/ toil, with thy food \meatf) Do not value thy food more than Christ valued His life. — fxrj anoWvs, do not destroy) 1 Cor. viii. 11. Even the true brother may perish, for whom Christ most lovingly died.
16. Mj$, not) Liberty is the good of [peculiar to] believers, 1 Cor. x. 29, 30, flowing from the privileges of the kingdom of God. Generous service in ver. 18, is opposed [antithetic] to the abuse of this liberty. In the writings of the fathers the Lord’s Supper also is usually denominated r'o ouyadov, the good , as Suicer shows, Observ. Sacr., p. 85, which is indeed not inconsistent with this very passage of Paul, who, writing on the same sub- ject, 1 Cor. x. 16, takes his argument from the Lord’s Supper. It is comprehended under the good of believers. But he speaks of ro aya&bv, the good , to show the unworthiness of evil-speaking , of which either the weak, who consider the liberty of the stronger, licentiousness, or even others might be guilty.
17. 'H (SaffiXtla rou &eov, the kingdom of God) The kingdom of God is, when a man is under the power [influence] of God, so 1 Cor. iv. 20. — (3punng xai <xo<r/g, eating and drinking [not meat and drink , which would be fipuy, a, etc.]) It does not consist in the bold and careless use of liberty, for example in relation to meat and drink. — dixanxsvvr), righteousness) in respect of God. The three points of this definition relate to the sum of the whole epistle in their order. The one peculiar characteristic of faith and life [in the Christian], independently of the article of the sinner’s justification [through faith] is righteousness. — tiprivri, peace) in respect of our neighbour; comp. ch. xv. 13. — xup&, joy) in respect of ourselves : comp. ch. xv. 13.
18. *Ev rouroig , in these things) whether he eats or not the Alex, and others, Lot. [Y ulg.] have h rovru : rovru in the sin- gular has no antecedent, to wrhich it can be made to refer. It may have arisen from its alliteration with rp, which follows.1 — tvdpeffrog — doxipog, acceptable — approved) He does that, by which he pleases God and approves himself to, and ought to be ap-
1 ABCD corrected later, Gfy Memph. Theb. Versions, Origen, have iv rovra. Rec. Text is supported by the two Syr. Versions alone of ancient authorities in reading iv tqvtoi — Ed.
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