his hope) The abstract for the concrete : of the fruits , in the hope of which he, who now threshes, plowed , — pers^nv, to become partaker) viz. ought. To become partaker of his hope is a peri- phrasis for the verb to thresh. Namely, he who plows, plows in the hope of threshing and eating; he, who threshes, possesses that hope , which he had in plowing, and threshes in the hope of eating.
11. ‘T/a/v, unto you) he does not say yours , as afterwards. — pzya, a great thing) Comp. 2 Cor. xi. 15, 14, where it is ex- plained as the same as u a marvel .”
12. ”A\Xoi, others) true apostles, ver. 5 : or false ones, 2 Cor. xi. 20. — v/auv) over you. — paXkov, rather) on account of our greater labour. — ry s^ovaia rabrf) The repetition gives force to the meaning ; this power [such a power as this]. — arsyopiv) trey w signifies properly to cover; them to protect , to defend; likewise to conceal , to bear and endure with a desire to conceal , as here 1 and in xiii. 7. On the other hand, ob ariysiv, not to forbear , in a burst of strong feeling, 1 Thess. iii. 1, 5. [ The minister of the Gospel requires to put in practice this forbearance : For reproaches of this kind are cast upon him , viz. on the ground of arrogance or avarice , which among politicians (or men of the world) are con- sidered virtues. — V. g.] — ha pr\ lyxo^v nva dupsv, lest we should hinder ), i.e. that we should as far as possible forward the Gospel. Those, who are least encumbered, do more work and cause less expense ; hence the celibacy of the priests among the Papists and of soldiers in the commonwealth.
13. Ta ilpa) sacred things . — 1% rob tipob , of the temple) — Ovffiut- rripiw, at the altar) If the Mass were a sacrifice, Paul would have undoubtedly accommodated to it the apodosis in the following verse.
14. 'O K bpiog, the Lord) Christ Matt. x. 10.
15. ’'Eypa^u, I have written) lately. — pa XXov, rather) construed with die. The reason of such a solemn affirmation is explained at 2 Cor. xi. 7, etc. — rig, any man) who should either give me a livelihood by the Gospel, or should declare that I thus gained my living.
1 6. Tap, for) He now states, in what this glorying consists. —
1 “We suffer without speaking or complaining.” — Ed.