your circumstances enable you, what is inculcated at Eccl. ix. 10;
1 Sam. x. 7. — /ayi, that not) This is by way of anticipation [oc- cupatkdjjthat they may not think it necessary to have a collection also at that time, and in like manner there is boldness of speech, as much as to say, I will certainly not pass you over. — orav e\6u, when I come) It would neither be pleasant for Paul nor for the Corinthians to do this in his presence. Now, says he, you will act the more generously ; then, we shall attend to other matters. — X oytui, gatherings , collections) This term, a less agreeable one, advises them not to delay.
3. Oi)g «v doYj/Adtirirz) whomsoever , when I am present, you shall
approve , as faithful. — hi enriaroXuv rovrovg nre/A^u, them will I send with letters) in your name. The antithesis is, Paul himself \ ver. 4 : comp, did , Pom. ii. 27 ; 2 Cor. ii. 4. — rijv fyfcwv, your liber-
ality) a gracious term, and therefore frequently employed. —
2 Cor. viii. 4.
4. "A £/ov, worthy) meet , if it shall he worth while for me to carry it myself. He invites them to be liberal. — xa/4?, that even I) a just estimate of one’s self is not pride, 2 Cor. i. 19. Paul men- tions himself in the first place. — g-jv spot, with me) so that all suspicion may be obviated, 2 Cor. viii. 20, 21.
5. ’E’ksvGo/xui be, hut I will come) He had said ver. 2 when I shall have come. — oVav Maxeboviav) In this one passage an error in a single accent was discovered in the smaller edition, after a new preface had been written to it ; and we are forced to men- tion this only on the ground, that the affirmation of that preface, in respect to our edition being correct even to the smallest point, may be consistent with itself. — biep^o/Aui, I pass) we have here the figure Ploce,1 2 of which the antithesis follows, to pass through , to abide , ver. 6. Wherefore we must not press the present tense. He was not yet in Macedonia, but he was thinking of it, ver. 8.
6. T u%bv, perhaps) He speaks very familiarly. — ol lav, whither- soever) For the sake of modesty he does not express how far he may be thinking to go, Acts xix. 21.
7. VA pn, now) after so long delay heretofore. — lav 6 K vpiog In ri-
1 See App.
2 See Append. The same word twice used, once in the sense of the word itself, and again used to express an attribute of it.