serious matter for the apostle to have used even his lawful autho- rity ; and therefore he calls it to have [exercise] dominion ; comp. 1 Cor. ix. 17, note, respecting such a mode of speaking. — rr\g v/ffreug, over the faith) The faithful are freemen. — cwspyoi, fellow- workers) not lords. — yupug, of joy) which flows from faith , Phil, i. 25. The antithesis sorrow , ii. 1, 2. — rfi v/arei, by faith) Rom. xi. 20. — etrrjjxare, ye stand) Ye have not fallen, although there was danger of it
1. vExp/va he epuvrti, But I determined for myself) so far as I myself am concerned, for my own advantage. The antithesis is, to you in this ver. : comp. i. 23. — 3s, but) This is an antithesis to not as yet , i. 23. — nuXiv, again) This is construed with come ; not with, come in heaviness {sorrow) : he had formerly written in heaviness , he had not come. — b kfarp, in heaviness (sorrow) two- fold ; for there follows, for if I make you sorry , and, if any one have caused grief [sorrow, ver. 5.] This repetition (anaphora1) forms two antithetic parts, the discussion of which elegantly cor- responds to each respectively, I wrote that you might know [ver. 4] ; I wrote that I might know , ver. 9 ; [the joy] of you all ; [overcharge] you all , ver. 3. 5.
2. Avku, I make you sorry) either when present with you, or by letters, — xai r'ig fare*, and who is) The ?/has an apodosis consisting of two numbers, and who \_%ai r/g], and I wrote [xct /' ’ey pa 4/a] : both, and , i.e. as well, as also. — exxppuivwv [ie, that maketh me glad) by the sorrow of repentance. — el fiq, unless) It affords me no pleasure to have struck with sorrow by my reproofs the man, who now gives me joy by his repentance. I would rather it had not been necessary. — o Xviroupevog, he, who is made sorry) He indicates the Corinthians, but more especially him who had sinned. — e% s/ioj,
1 See Append. The frequent repetition of the same word to mark the beginnings of sections.