to others their Memento Mori, do thou urge this joyful expecta- tion.— V, g.].
8. "05, who) God, ve r. 4 [not Jesus Christ , ver. 7] : comp. ver. 9. — g rsXovg , even to the end) an antithesis to the beginning im- plied in the phrase, which was given , ver. 4. This end is imme- diately described in this verse, comp. ch. xv. 24. — h rr\ fi/ispy, in the day) construed with unblamed tylameless^, 1 Thess. v. 23. After that day, there is no danger, Eph. iv. 30 ; Phil. i. 6. Now, there are our own days, in which we work, as also the days of our enemies, by whom we are tried ; then there will be the day of Christ and of His glory in the saints.
9. Iherbg, faithful) God is said to be faithful , because He per- forms, what He has promised, and what believers promise to themselves from His goodness. — hXijQrire, ye were called) Calling is a pledge of other benefits, \to which the end , ver. 8, will corres- pond.— V. g.] — Rom. viii. 30 ; [1 Thess. v. 24] ; 1 Pet. v. 10.
10.1 As, Now) The connection of the introduction and discus- sion : You have [already sure] the end and your hope, maintain also love. Brethren, is a title or address suitable to the discus- sion, on which he is now entering. — S/a,) by. This is equivalent to an adjuration. — rov Kvp/ou, of the Lord) Paul wishes that Christ alone should be all things to the Corinthians ; and it is on this account, that he so often names Him in this chapter. — r'o a vr» Xsyrjrs, ye may speak the same thing) In speaking they differed from one another; ver. 12. — /syjtfiara, divisions) antithetic to zarr,pri<t{ism, joined together : comp. Matt. iv. 21. Schism , a ‘division’ of minds [sentiments]: John vii. 43, ix. 16. — m, in the mind) within, as to things to be believed. — yvw/x^, judgment) displayed, in things to be done. This corresponds to the words above, that ye [all] speak [the same thing].
11. ?E SyiXuQyi, it hath been declared) an example of justifiable giving of information against others, — such information as ought not to be concealed without a reason, ch. xi. 18. — ucr b ruv XXoqg, by those, who are of the house of Chloe) These men seem to have obtained the special approbation both of Paul and of the Corinthians ; as also the matron Chloe [sc. seems to have had
1 I exhort ) Though they required reproof, he employs a
word, that takes the form of exhortation. — Y. g.