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signification of the other. The frequent occurrence of these words will be greatly relished, but only by the experienced. [How great need is there of experience ! how Unqualified a guide is he , who is without it! — V. g.] Adversity is treated of from ver. 8 ; consolation from ch. vii. 2, etc. Paul speaks gene- rally of comfort at the beginning; he, however, refers especially to that, which he derived from the obedience of the Corinthians. — ay rot) we ourselves.
5. Toy Xpurro y, sig r^dg* did Xpnfrov, of Christ towards (in) us; ours hy Christ) The words and their order are sweetly inter- changed.— tfad^aara* <?rapaxX?j<j7£, adversities (sufferings) ; consol- ation) The former are numerous ; the latter is but one, and yet exceeds the former. — ov rug, so) There shines forth brightly from this very epistle, as compared with the former, a greater amount of consolation to the Corinthians, who had been deeply impressed with the first epistle, consolation being extremely well suited to their circumstances, after the distresses which had intervened ; and so there shines forth brightly in it the newness of the whole inner man, increasing more and more day by day.
6. E/Vs ds d\i(36fte6a, x.r.X., and, whether we he afflicted , etc.) The meaning is this, s/Vs 6s 6Xi(3o/jj s0a (Q\i(36[JjsQgi) vrrep rr\g v/amv -rapa- x\?l(fewg xa / tiurrip'iag' sire ‘7rupuHoc\ou/xeQa (<jrapaxaXou/££0a) vtfsp xrX, and whether we he afflicted (we are afflicted) for your consolation and salvation; or whether we he comforted (ice are comforted) for your consolation , which operates in enabling you to endure the same adversities which we also endure , and our hope for you is stedfast ; knowing that as you are partakers of the sufferings ( ad- versities), so also of the consolation. As in Phil. i. 16, 19, dXi^ig and ffurypia are opposed to each other ; so here QXtyig, the afflic- tion of the ministers of the Gospel, and the consolation and salvation of the Corinthians, are opposed to each other, in the same way as the death of the former [the ministers] and the life of the latter [the Corinthians], iv. 12. Furthermore, as though consolation and salvation of the Corinthians depend on the afflic- tion of the ministers of the Gospel ; so the consolation of the Corinthians, and the hope of the ministers in their behalf, depend on the consolation of the ministers. The participle knowing depends on the verbs, we are afflicted , and we are com- forted, understood. Thus the members of this period are con-
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