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greater maturity. That, which is perfect, comes at death ; 2 Cor. v. 7 : and at the last day. — roVs, then) not before. There- fore prophecy and knowledge never entirely pass away in this life.
11. ’'Ore, when) The progress from grace to glory, which awaits
individual believers and the whole Church, is compared to the different stages of human life. — vfa/ag, a child) Exemplifying the humility of Paul. The natural man does not willingly remember his childhood because he is proud ; but the soul, pining away under adversity, confesses the early passages of its early growth, Job x. 10. — eXecXouv, I spoke) There is a reference to tongues. — eppowjv, I understood [/ had the sentiments ]) The reference is to prophecy ; for it is something more simple. — £>.07/ I reasoned as a child) The reference is to knowledge ; for it is more complex. — ore ds , hut when) He does not say, when I put away childish things , I became a man. Winter does not bring spring ; but spring drives away winter ; so it is in the soul of man and in the Church. — xarripy^Tia, 1 put away) of my own accord, will- ingly, without effort. — rd rcu childish things) childish
speaking, childish understanding, childish counsel, ra, the Abstract. The humanity is not taken away, but manhood is as- sumed.
12. BXsco/z-sv, we see) This corresponds in the lxx. to the Hebrew words H60 and n?n, 1 Sam. ix. 9 ; 1 Chron. xxix. 29, concerning the Prophets ; and this passage has a synecdoche of the nobler species for the whole genus ; and along with the verb, we see , supply, and hear , for the prophets both see and hear ; and it was usual generally to add words to visions. It will be of im- portance to read the Paneg. of Gregory , and the remarkable passage of Origen, which has been noticed by me in my obser- vations on that book, pp. 104, 105, 217, 218, 219. But what a mirror is to the eye, that an enigma is to the ear, to which the tongue is subservient. On various grounds, we may compare with this Num. xii. 8. Moreover he says, we see , in the plural*; l know , in the singular ; and to see and to know differ in the genus [classification] of spiritual things, as the external sense, and the internal perceptions differ in the genus [under the head] of natural things. Nor does he mention God in this whole verse ; but he speaks of Him, as He shall be all in all. — rore, then) Paul