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19. n©XXa, much) for especial affection, Acts xviii. 2, 1. — AxvXag xai UpiaxiXka, Aquila and Priscilla) Elsewhere this woman is mentioned first. In the epistle to the Corinthians, she is put last ; comp. xiv. 34. — xa r olxov, in their house) This couple afterwards set up a church also in their house at Rome ; Rom. xvi. 5.
20. ’Ei/ (piXrj/jjan dyiu, with a holy hiss) in which all dissensions might be swallowed up.
21. Tfj kfifi %s/p/', with mine own hand) He therefore dictated all the rest of the epistle.
22. J,E/ ng ovj if any man not) Paul loves Jesus, do ye also all love Him. — loves with the heart : kisses virtually by his conduct : the corresponding word to <pi\e? is (piXrjfian , with a kiss , ver. 20 ; for <piXs7v is used in the sense of hissing , Luke xxii. 47 ; and to hiss is used for to love , Ps. ii. 12. — rbv K vpfov, the Lord) He is to be preferred even before all the brethren, nay even before Paul and Apollos. — ijroj avade/j, a, [jjapav add, let him he anathema Maranatha) So far from wishing him health [saluting him], I would rather bid him be accursed. The words Maranatha add weight to the anathema ; and this phrase, expressed in an idiom familiar to the Jews indicates, that he who loves not Jesus will par- take with the Jews, who call Jesus anathema with hitter hatred, xii. 3, in that curse most righteously falling upon themselves, for he uses this language to soften the odiousness of the phrase [by Euphemism] instead of the expression, if any man hate Jesus. Mapuv add, i.e. the Lord cometh; papav in Syriac, our Lord, or simply the Lord. Hesychius says, fiapavada, 6 K vp/og riXdsv, x.r.X. As in French monseigneur is the same as seigneur., Mapuv add seems to have been a frequent symbol [watchword] with Paul, the meaning of which the Corinthians had either already known, or now, when they were to be seriously affected by it, might learn from others.
23. 'H yd-pig, grace) This is the salutation set forth at ver. 21: at ver. 22, the unworthy are excluded ; comp. 2 John v. 10, 11.
24. 'H dydniri pov [x>zrd rruvruv v/jjuv sv Xpnrrti Iqtrou, My love he with you all in Christ Jesus) The Apostle embraces in Christ J esus with love, which had been divinely kindled, not only those who had said they were of Paul, hut all the Corinthians. In the Alexandrian copy alone, pou is omitted ; but this little word
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