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our adversaries. — r%g cws /dijescog Jj/xwv, of our conscience ) whatever others may think of us. — afl'Aonjr/, in simplicity) aiming at the one mark in the most direct way. — uXmpmicf) in sincerity , with- out the admixture of any foreign quality. — ov x ev, not in) The an- tithetic terms are, fleshly wisdom , and the grace of God , who wisely directs His own people, ver. 17, 18. — h r& xotyif) in the world which is wholly deceitful [as opposed to godly sincerity and simplicity .] — ns pi mot's pug, more abundantly) ii. 4.
13. ” AXXa) other things , contrary. — ypupo/j, si/, we write ) in this epistle. He appeals to a present thing. — avuyivuxrxsTs, ye read) in the former epistle. — 5} xa/', or even) WiyMousig is more than dvdyvojifig. — scog rsXovg , even unto the end) of my course, comp. ver. 14, at the end, and 1 Cor. iv. 5 : whence it is evident that regard to the day of the Lord is not excluded.
14. ’a to flspovg, in part) The antithesis, even unto the end , is in the preceding verse.
15. T uvr'/i, in this) of which ver. 12 treats at the beginning. — Kporspov, before) We have frequent mention of this intention in the former epistle ; it is construed with I was minded. — dsvr'spav X<dpiv , a second benefit) They had had their first benefit [ exhibited, by Divine help ; ver. 12] at the first visit of Paul : comp, thy first love , Rev. ii. 4. He had designed a second benefit for them at his second visit. Grace is in itself one ; but in being had [in the having of it], there is a first, second grace, etc. : comp. John i.
16. [Of His fulness have all we received, and grace for grace .]
16. TlpoKs/AtpOrimi, to be brought on my way) to commit myself to you to be escorted [conducted] forward.
17. Tjj sXa <pp!cc, lightness) by promising more than I performed. — >}) or? [an? the second part of a disjunctive interrogation]. — xara trdpza, according to the flesh) Paul gives them to understand that, if he were to consult according to [to listen to the sugges-
1 The 2d Ed. prefers the reading sfaixptvelce, ©got/, which was left doubtful by the earlier Ed., and it is received without hesitation by the Germ. Ver. Ernesti interprets the sincerity of God to be, such as God desires and ap- proves. Heumann, to be, such as God Himself works and produces. — See Bibl. th. T. II. p. 495.— E. B.
ABCD (A) have the rov before Seov. Rec. Text, with G and Origen., omit rov. ’ Ayiorvjrt is the reading of ABC Memph. Origen. But u^ornri of D (A) Gfg Vulg. — Ed.