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prayers] is introduced with great elegance at 2 Cor. i. 11 ; Phil, i. 19 ; Philem. ver. 22.
31. K ai ha, and that) This is also an important matter. — g uffpoffdzxros, accepted) that the Jews and Gentiles may be united in the closest bonds of love. The liberality of the Gentiles, which was shown for the sake of the name of Jesus, afforded to the Jews an argument for the truth and efficacy of the Christian faith, and for lawful communion with the Gentiles, 2 Cor. ix. 13.
32. ’Ey yjapa tXdw, that I may come to you with joy) I may come , has respect to the former part of ver. 31, and, with joy , to the latter.
33. 'O ©eog rrig s/prjvrig, the God of peace) A gradation in reference to ver. 5, 13 : The God of patience, hope; so, the God of love and peace, 2 Cor. xiii. 11, The God of peace, ch. xvi. 20 ; 1 Cor. xiv. 33 ; Phil. iv. 9 ; 1 Thess. v. 23 ; Heb. xiii. 20. 1 * * * *
1. $>oi(3riv, Phoebe) The Christians retained the names bor- rowed from the heathen gods, as a memorial of the heathenism, which they had abandoned. — olauv 8/azom, who is a [ servant ] minister) without the office of teaching. She might have been considered as a minister in respect of this very errand, on which she was sent. — KsyypiaTg, at Cenchrea) near Corinth.
2. ’Ey Kvpiu, in the Lord) There is ver}7 frequent mention of the Lord, Christ, in this chapter : In the Lord : at the present day we say, in a Christian manner [as Christians ]. The phrase is peculiar to Paul, but often used. — zai yap, for even) a strong argument, 1 Cor. xvi. 15, 16 ; Phil. ii. 29. There is an all-embracing [comprehensive] relationship among believers :
1 ’ Apcviv, the Greek transcribers loved to add the final Amen from its very
frequent use, not to say, in doxologies only, which have Amen in Ps. xli. 14,
lxxii. 19, etc., but in prayers and at the conclusions of books. — Not. crit.
AG^r omit dpviv. B (judging from its silence), CD(A)/Vulg. have it.
Tischend. therefore supports it. Lachm. brackets it. — Ed.
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