1. o uru$9 so ) is determinative, and resumes the subject from what precedes. — effQu, account) without glorying, iii. 21. — avOpuKog, a man) any man , one like ourselves, iii. 21. — virriperag, ministers) Luke i. 2. — Xputrov , of Christ) in His office [as the only Great Mediator] ; not [ministers] of men. — oixovojuovg /jjvffrriptwv ©sou, stewards of the mysteries of God) Paul, where he describes the ministers of the Gospel in the humblest language, still acknowledges them to he stewards : see Tit. i. 7, note ; comp, of Christ , and, of God , with iii. 23. [Mysteries are heavenly doctrines , of which men are ignorant without the revela- tion of God. — Y. g.]
2. "o hi) Furthermore what God requires , and men too, in their stewards , is, that a man he found faithful. Yer. 3 corre- sponds to this paraphrase. — X^rurcu, is inquired after ps re- quiredf) by investigation, wnen the time comes. The correlative is, may he found. — nnsrog, faithful) The Corinthians were not content with that. — wpedy, may he found) Every man in the mean time wishes to be thought faithful.
3. ’E,ao/) to me , for my part. — h'i) hut , although I be capable of being found faithful. — s/g, unto) a particle of mitigation. I do not despise your judgment in itself ; but when I think of the judgment of God, then yours comes almost to nothing. — sXd^nsrov, a very little thing) The judgment of God alone should be held of great account. — b<p vfxuv, hy you) privately. An antithesis to hy human or man’s day of judgment, publicly. [He limits what had been said at iii. 21, u All things are yours.” — Y. g.] — dm xpidu, I should he judged) whether I am faithful, or not. The Corinthians certainly appeared not to be contented with faithfulness alone, but the apostle cuts the matter short [agit dtforoficog’]. — dvdpuv/vrjg, human) This word has the effect of diminishing. [All days previous to the day of the Lord are man’s days. — Y. g.]. — rj/uepag, day) So he calls it as an anti- thesis to the day of the Lord : ijfxepcx,, the day appointed for the trial. It is here the abstract for the concrete ; compare, hy you :