will not come. A puffed up spirit was the frequent fault pre- valent among the Corinthians.
19. ’EXstitro^a/, I will come) Paul writes to the churches every- where about his coming to them, and thus keeps them in the discharge of their duty. — iuv 6 K vpiog 0gXjj<oj, if the Lord will ) He wisely adds this condition. Afterwards some things occurred to prevent his immediately going to them. — yv&6o[Aa,t, will take cog- nizance) A word used in courts of law. Here, and at ver. 21, the man, who was such an outcast abroad in the world, shows his paternal authority, see ver. 9, 10. — ou rov Xoyov, not the speech) big, but empty.
20. Ou yap, for not ) An axiom. — I v dvvdfia, in power) The absence of the article gives force to the meaning, as in Eph. iv.
21. [ Weigh thoroughly that in which the power of thy Christianity consists. — V.g.]
21. T / d'sXers, what will ye f) Choose. [Comp. .2 Cor. xiii. 3. So this phrase, what wilt thou ? is still of importance both as to the principal point, and as to its various accessory cases ; see that you make room (that you choose rather to leave scope) for Love. -v.g.] — sv pd(3du, with a rod) wielded by a father’s hand. Comp. Isa. xi. 4. — ?i, or) Paul would prefer the latter.
1. nO\ug, absolutely [Engl. Vers., commonly ]) Paul has no- where else used this particle, but it is found thrice in this epistle (here, and in vi. 7, and xv. 29), as well fitted to express his thoughts, and in these and in all other places, the particle, oXug, omnino, is either put in a negative sentence, or it by implication contradicts a negative sentence : So Chrys. Homil. 5, c. Anom., Nevertheless, although man differs little from an angel, l-jrg/^' OAns sari n ,uz<sov, since nevertheless there is some difference between them, we do not accurately know, what angels are : so in this passage, no fornication, oXug, at all should be reported among you ; never- theless it is, oXug, absolutely reported. The same principle applies to the particle, rqv dpyfv, absolutely. — sv v^Tv, concerning you [Engl.