the Greeks use the verb $e\u, Acts ii. 12. — ora v tuxa/pigri, when he shall have convenient time ) The convenience indicated is not carnal convenience, but that which follows the will of God.
13. TpriyopiTrsj watch ) The conclusion exhorting chiefly to faith and love [ This is the sum of all those things , which either Timothy or Apollos thought should he inculcated on the Corin- thians. — Y. g.] — sv rjj rrt<sru, in the faith, ch. xv. 2, 11, 14, 17.
14. ’Ey dydny, in love) viii. 1, xiii. 1.
15. T oTg dy/oig , to the saints) The Dative is governed by diaxo- v/av, ministry. To the saints of Israel, for they were the first fruits of Achaia. — eavroug, themselves) spontaneously [These were the very persons, who had come from Corinth to Paul , ver. 17. — Y. g.] The more voluntary the service in difficult circumstances, the more agreeable and praiseworthy. 2 Cor. viii. 16, 17 ; Is. vi. 8.
16. Kai, ye also) in turn. — v^rord^ffh, ye submit yourselves) corresponding to &Vag av, they addicted themselves . — awe pyovvn, [that helpeth with] that worketh with) others. — xotfiuvn, that laboureth) by themselves.
17. Xa/poj, I rejoice) Paul in respect of God, gives thanks, when he might have said, I rejoice; ch. i. 14, but when he writes to men, he says, I rejoice or I rejoiced, instead of I give thanks; Phil. iv. 10; Philem. ver. 7 : comp. Acts x. 33 ; 3 John v. 3. Now again the deputies of the Corinthians had departed ; and yet he says in the present tense, I rejoice ; for a pleasant remembrance of them remained, and the present is supposed to accord with the time of the reading of the epistle at Corinth. — 'incpavd, of Stephanas) This person seems to have been the son of that Stephanas, whose house is mentioned, but not himself at ver. 15. — varspyj/Aa, [that which was lacking] the deficiency) So far as you had been awanting to me, and were not yourselves able to refresh me in my absence.
18. ’A veKavffuv, they have refreshed) True brethren, although inferior, do not come or are present in vain. Such is the re- freshment of the saints. — ro ifjobv msu/ua, my spirit) 2 Cor. vii. 13. — xui r'o v/joojv, and yours) in regard to me : 2 Cor. vii. 3. — ewryi- vuGxere, acknowledge) The Antecedent [acknowledge] for the Consequent [Give them a kind reception], so t/dsvai, to know, 1 Thess. v. 12. He who does not do so, is said to be dyvd/xuv.