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purchased, or a letter, so that it may be certain, to whom it belongs ; comp. 1 Cor. ix. 2, A trope1 abstracts from the per- sons and things from which it is taken. — fac&g, us) apostles and teachers. — <rdv vfiTv, with you) He speaks modestly of himself. — rig Xpuirov xui xjpiaag, in p?ifo] Christ , and hath anointed) Con- jugate words. From the oil here, we derive strength , and a good savour , ii. 15.. All things tend to the yea ; rig Xpnsrbv , in faith in [towards] Christ.
22. ’ AppaQuv a, earnest) ch. v. 5. dppufiuv, Gen. xxxviii. 17, 1 8, is used for a pledge , which is given up at the payment of a debt ; but elsewhere for earnest money , which is given before- hand, that an assurance may be afforded as to the subsequent full performance of the bargain. Hesychius, dppafiuv, Kpodoua. For the earnest , says Isid. Hispal., is to he completed [by paying the balance in full ] not to be taken away : whence he who has an earnest does not restore it as a pledge , but requires the com- pletion of the payment. Such an earnest is the Spirit Himself, Eph. i. 14 : whence also we are said to have the first fruits of the Spirit , Rom. viii. 23. See Ritter shusii , lib. 7, sacr. lect. c. 19.
23. ’E yu fit, but I) The particle but forms an antithesis : I was minded to come , but I have not yet come. — rov Qriov, God) the omniscient. — J‘7r/xaXoD/4a/, I call upon) The apostle makes oath. — scr/’, upon) a weighty expression. — soul) in which I am conscious of all that passes within myself, and which I would not wish to be destroyed. — tpsidb/xsvog, sparing) a term of large meaning ; therefore it is presently after explained : He is able to spare , who has dominion ; he also spares, who causes joy rather than sorrow. It confirms this force of the [in his] explanation, in that he says, not for that 2 we have dominion: not, seeing that we have not [i.e. because we have not] dominion. — rig KlpivOov , to Corinth) This is elegantly used for to you , in using words show- ing his power. If face to face with them, he would have had to act with greater sternness:3 for his presence would have been more severe. Comp. Exod. xxxiii. 3 ; Hos. xi. 9. Therefore the apostle had sent Titus before him.
24. Kvpieuo/jjsv, we have dominion ) It would have been a
1 See Append., on tropus. 2 On the ground that. 3 2 Cor. x. 10, 11.
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