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tians, etc. The antithesis is between, things which are not [ver. 28], and, ye are [ver. 30] ; likewise flesh [ver. 26, 29], and Christ [ver. 30]. — eysvydri w/v, is made to us) More is implied in these words, than if he had said ; we have become wise , etc., He is made to us wisdom, etc., in respect of our knowledge, and, before that was attained, by Himself in His cross, death, resur- rection. To us the dative of advantage. — <ro£>/a, wisdom) whereas we were formerly fools. The variety of the Divine goodness in Christ presupposes that our misery is from ourselves. — dixouoffvvriy righteousness) Whereas we were formerly weak (with- out strength) [Rom. v. 6], comp. Is. xlv. 24. Jehovah , our righte- ousness, Jer. xxiii. 6, where (comp. ver. 5) he is speaking of the Son : for the Father is not called our righteousness. — dyiag[Mbg, sanctification) whereas we were formerly base. — uKoXurputfig) re- demption, even to the utmost ; whereas we were formerly des- pised, s<'ovdsvri/jjsvoi [ver. 28].
31. " Iva , that) viz. it may be. — 6 xa v^ui/xsvog, he who glories) It is not the privilege of all to glory. — h Kvp/w, in the Lord) not in himself, not in the flesh, not in the world.
1. Kayw, and I) The apostle shows, that he was a suitable instrument in carrying out the counsel and election of God. — ou) This word is not construed with hxOov, but with the words that follow. — Xoyov r\ cropiag, of speech or of wisdom) Speech fol- lows wisdom, a sublime discourse [follows] a sublime subject. — xarayysXkm vfih ro /uaprvpiov, declaring [announcing] unto you the testimony) Holy men do not so much testify, as declare the testimony, which God gives. — ro paprvpiov rov 0soD, the testimony of God) in itself most wise and powerful. The correlative is, faith, ver. 5.
2. Ou yap sxpiva, for I determined not) Although I knew many other things, yet I so acted, as if I did not know them. If a minister of the Gospel however abstains from the things, in which he excels, in order that he may simply preach Christ, he