blandly contradicted : Thou art not therefore not of the body, thou dost not therefore cease to be of the body. The phraseo- logy of Theophilus of Antioch is very like this : ov rtapa rb ^ RXetruv roug rvtpXovs, %dyi xai ovx sffr/ rb <podg rov ijXiov (paTvovy it does not follow, that, because the blind do not see , now therefore also the light of the sun does not appear , lib. ad Autol., c. 3 ; and in this passage rrapa denotes on account of as Dent, xxiii. 4. Origen, c. Cels., p. 385, ov bia rovro ov fioryjvovGty They do not for this cause cease to commit adultery. Chrysostom, ov yap dqnov h roTg bvayzpidi xoivuvovvreg , I v ro7g yjpr\<Sroripoig ov xoii/wvijtfsri, if you do not now partake of what is unpleasant , you will not partake of what is better , on 2 Cor. i. 7.
16. To ovsy the ear) a part less noble. — bpOuX^hsy the eye) a most noble and most commanding (^yg/Aov/x^) part of the body, comp. Num. x. 31. Sight excels hearing, ver. 17, 21.
17. E/ oXov axor\y if the whole were an ear) It is not said, and if for the etc. is supplied at the end of the verse, or if the whole were smelling , icliere were the taste and the touch f
18. Ka dug riOeXyaevy as it hath pleased Him) We ought not to require other and deeper reasons for things, beyond the will of God : it is lawful to philosophize in subjection to that will ; we may do so respecting the world in its best ideal, [in a state of optimism] as the apostle does here respecting the human body in its best ideal.
20. 'Ey dz crw/^a, but one body) From this unity there follows the mutual dependency of the members.
21. xpsiotv , need) To this refer the word necessary , ver. 22. — fj xepoiXriy the head) the highest part.
22. ’ AcQzv's ffrzpay more feeble) the hand, compared with the eye.
23. ’Ar//xoVspa, [less noble] less honourable) as the feet. The comparative is used to soften the expression ; positively dis- honourable [ignoble] was too severe. But he so calls those parts which are covered with garments. — u<s%r\ //-ova, uncomely) which stand in need of clothing. — — rrspiri^/jjsv) So the lxx.. Esth. i. 20, rrzpidr}<?ovGi n^v ; likewise Prov. xii. 9. — sys/, have) from the attention which they receive from the otliei members.
24. Ov xps/otv g xsb have no need) Why then is it necessary to