3, 4. — tfipifffcvffr},) may abound to [be abundantly vouchsafed] us and you, this again tending to the glory of God.
16. Aib ouk exxaxoD/Asv, for which cause ice faint not) ver. 1, note. — 6 kgoj, the outward [man)) the body, the flesh. — dia<p6slpira/, he wasted away [perisKf) by affliction. — avaxaivovrai , is renewed ) by hope ; see the following verses. This new condition shuts out all xa x/a, infirmity [such as is implied in kxxaxovfLiv, faintness.']
17. Uapavrixa, [ but for a moment]) just now : a brief present season is denoted, 1 Pet. i. 6 [o'X/yov dpn , a brief season now .] The antitheses are, just now , and eternal; light , and weight: affliction , and glory ; which is in excessive measure , and in an exceeding degree. — %a§ iKspfioXriv, in excessive measure ) Even that affliction , which is %a§ uTrspfSoX^v, in excessive measure , when com- pared with other less afflictions, i. 8, is yet light compared with the glory s/g i>mp(3oXriv , in an exceeding degree. A noble Oxy- moron.— xurspydfyrai) works , procures , accomplishes.
18. ZxoKovvrwv) while we look , etc. Every one follows that to which he looks as his aim [scopus from axo^su.] — fiXw r6ju&va, things , which are not seen) The term, do par a, things invisible , [in- capable of being seen] has a different meaning ; for many things, which are not seen [fiv\ ^Xzrrb^a, things not actually seen now], will be visible [opara], when the journey of our faith is accom- plished.— yap, for) This furnishes the reason, why they look at those things, which are not seen.