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had a great relish for those things, that are future : 2 Cor. xii. 2, 3. — tfpomtfov tfp'oc tfpbeunov, face to face ) D'JB D\JD, with our face,
we shall see the face of our Lord. That is more than HQ HS, ot6[m a npbs <rro//>a, mouth to mouth . Vision is the most excellent means of enjoyment. The word Bx'sko/jm v is elegantly used, and is adapted to both states, but under a different idea. — ynuanu, tKiyvuHSo'jjai) The compound signifies much more than the simple verb ; I know , I shall thoroughly linow . And so Eustathius in- terprets the Homeric word g^/o-^o/xa/, dzptSsffrara s^rirvipricoi, I shall observe most accurately ; and Wnszonog, an overseer , frxovreurijg axpi/3/jg, an accurate observer ; and adds the reason, bn v\ incmpb- Qstng xai uzp/(3-ziuv r/va am/ xai ifftratfiv svepystug, that the eV/ pre- fixed to the simple verb signifies a certain degree of accuracy and additional energy. — za&ug zai eveyvbjfffyv, as also I am known) This corresponds to the expression, face to face.
13. Nui// ds fisvei, but now abideth) This is not strictly said of duration ; for these three things do not meet in it ; since faith is terminated in sight, and hope in joy, 2 Cor. v. 7 ; Eom. viii. 24 : love alone continues, ver. 8 : but it refers to their value, in antithesis to prophecy, etc., in this sense : On calculating accounts [on weighing the relative values] these three things are necessary and sufficient ; let only these three stand ; these exist ; these abide, nothing more. A man may be a Christian without prophecy, etc., but not without faith, hope, love. Comp, on the verb, fhsvu, I abide , Rom. ix. 11 ; 1 Cor. iii. 14 ; 2 Cor. iii. 11 ; Heb. xiii. 1. Faith is directed to God; hope is in our own behalf ; love is towards our neighbour. Faith is properly con- nected with the economy of the Father; Hope with the economy of the Son ; Love with the economy of the Holy Ghost, Col. ii. 12, i. 27, 8. And this too is the very reason of the order in which these three things are enumerated, n m, now, has the effect of an epitasis1 [and shows what are the especial duties of us travellers on the way to the heavenly city. — V. g.] — rp'ia, three) only. Many are not necessary^. Paul often refers to these three graces, Eph. i. 15, 18 ; Phil. i. 9, 10; Col. i. 4, 5, 22, note ; 1 Thess. i. 3 ; v. 8 ; 2 Thess. i. 3, 4 ; Tit. i. 1, 2 ; Heb. vi. 10, etc. Sometimes he mentions both faith and
1 An emphatic addition augmenting the force. — Append.
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