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assault by him.] — d/Ajjv) The transcribers very often added this word to prayers, although here almost all the copies are without it. Baumgarten however defends it.1
21. 2 vvepybc,, fellow-labourer ) He is placed here before the kinsmen. His name however is not found in ch. i. 1, because he had not been at Rome.
22. ’Afford fyfxou, I salute) Tertius either by the advice or good- natured permission of Paul put in this salutation. Paul dic- tated, from which it is evident, how ready the apostles were in producing their books, without the trouble of premeditation. — T epnog, Tertius) a Roman name. An amanuensis no doubt well known to the Romans. — sv, in) construed with I who wrote ; an implied confession of faith.
23. Tu/og , Gaius) a Corinthian, 1 Cor. i. 14. — oXqg, of the whole) For very many used to resort to Paul.2 — o/xoi/o/aos, the chamberlain) The faith of a man so very high in station could not but be a matter of joy to the Romans. — rr\g ^oXscag, of the city). doubtless of Corinth.
24. H yd pig — j 'wuv) The Alexandrians were without this reading.3 * * — d/A?ji/, we have lately spoken of this particle..
25. Tw $s, now to Him) As a doxology concludes the disquisi- tion, ch. xi. 36, so it now concludes the whole epistle. So 2 Pet. iii. 18; Jude, ver. 25. The last words of this epistle plainly correspond to the first, ch. i. 1-5 ; especially in regard to “ the Power of God,” the 6 Gospel/ ‘ Jesus Christ,’ the ‘ Scriptures, the u obedience of faith,” u all nations.” — duva/x evw, that is of power — xard to zbayyt Xiov /aou, according to my Gospel) The power of God is certain, i. 16 ; Acts xx. 32, note. — vfxdg, you) Jews and Gentiles. — crrip^cci) we have the same word, i. 11. — avondXv^iv) This same word is found at i. 17. — xard uffoxuXu-^iv must be construed with svayyzXiov /aou. — /Au<mj/>/ou, of the mystery) concerning the Gentiles being made of the same body , Eph. iii. 3, 6. — ypomg d/wwo/g, since the world began)
1 Rec. Text has it in opposition to ABCD(A)G Vulg. and almost all ver- sions.— Ed.
2 Whom, as well as Paul, Gaius entertained. — Ed.
3 ABC Vulg. (Amiat. MS.) Memph. Versions omit it, whom Laclim. fol-
lows. But D(A)G fg have the words (except that G^ omit T yigov Xpiorov)
and Tischend. accordingly reads them ; as also the dpiyjv. — Ed.
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