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their approbation], whose sons the Corinthians sent with letters to Paul, ch. vii. 1. They had sent Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus, ch. xvi. 17, of whom the one or the other might even be a son of Chloe’s, by Stephanas as the father, ver. 16, xvi. 15. — "pi deg, contentions ) He calls the thing by its own [right] name.
12. A eyei, says) in a boasting manner ; ver. 31, ch. iii. 21, 22. — UauXov, of Paul) a gradation [ascending climax], in which Paul puts himself in the lowest place. Kephas, Paul and Apollos were genuine ministers and teachers of the truth, to boast of one of whom above the rest was in a greater degree unlawful, than if a believer of Corinth had said that he was a Christian belong- ing to Paul, with a view to distinguish himself from the followers of the false apostles. — K?jpa, of Kephas) Peter does not seem to have been at Corinth, ch. iv. 6, and yet he was held there in high esteem, and that too justly ; but some, however, abused it [this esteem for Peter into a party cry], and the apostle Paul detests this Petrism, which afterwards sprang up so much more rankly at Pome, just as much as he did Paulism. How much less should a man say, or boast, I am of the Pope. — eyu — xputrov, I — of Christ) These spoke more correctly than the others, ver. 2, iii. 23, unless they despised their ministers , under this pretext, ch. iv. 8.
13. M epiepitrai, has [Christ] been divided ?) Are then all the members not now any longer under one Head % And yet, since He alone was crucified for you, is it not in the name of Him alone that ye have been baptized ? The glory of Christ is not to be divided with His servants ; nor is the unity of His body to be cut into pieces, as if Christ were to cease to be one. — yr\) Lat. num : 1 it is often put in the second clause of an interrogation ; ch. x. 22 ; 2 Cor. iii. 1. — hravpdjQri — i fianr'isdriri, was crucified — ye were baptized) The cross and baptism claim us for Christ. The correlatives are, redemption, and self-dedication.
14. Eu^a pnsru, I give thanks) The Providence of God reigns often in events, of which the reason is afterwards discovered. This is the language of a godly man, indicating the importance
1 It expects a negative answer. “Was it Paul {surely you will not say so) that was crucified for you.” This illustrates the subjective force of ptvi {i.e. referring to something in the mind of the subject ) ; whilst cvk is objec- tive.— Ed.
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