1. Tap, for) A reason given [setiologia] for this statement, affliction leads to glory [ch. iv. 17]. — r\ iniyuog) which is on the earth : 1 Cor. xv. 47. The antithesis is, in the heavens. — ri^chv, our) The Antithesis is, of [ from] God. — o/’x/a rou gxijvovg, the house of this tabernacle) The Antithesis is, a building , a house not made with hands. A metaphor taken from his own trade might pro- duce the greater interest in the mind of Paul, who was a tent- maker [Acts xviii. 3.] — xaraXvOfj, were dissolved) a mild expres- sion. The Antithesis is, eternal. — g^o/^gy, we have) The present ;
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straightway from the time of the dissolution of the earthly house. — ayjitpoKotrirov) not made with the hands of man.
2. ’Ey tovtiaj , in this ) The same phrase occurs, ch. viii. 10, and elsewhere. — <rrsva£o/xsv, we groan) The epitasis1 follows, we do groan being burdened , ver. 4. — o/xjjr^/ov, a dwelling-place , a domi- cile) o/x/a, a house , is somewhat more absolute ; olxrjr^pm, a domi- cile , has reference to the inhabitant. — rh s% ovpavov) which is from heaven: inhere signifies origin , as, of the earth , John iii. 31. Therefore this domicile (abode) is not heaven itself. — iffevdvtuaQai, [to have the clothing put upon us] to be clothed upon) It is in the Middle voice : svdv/xa, the clothing , viz., the body : hence the expression, being clothed [ver. 3], refers to those living in the body ; ivsvd y^a, the clothing upon , refers to the heavenly and glorious habitation, in which even the body, the clothing , will be clothed. As the clothing of grass is its greenness and beauty, Matt. vi. 30, so the heavenly glory is the domicile and clothing of the whole man, when he enters into heaven.
3. E/'/s xa/, if indeed even [if so bej) That, which is wished for, ver. 2, has place [holds good] should the last day find us alive. — evdvou/uevoi, being clothed) We are clothed with the body, ver. 4, in the beginning. — ou yu/AiW) not naked , in respect to [not stripped of] this body, i.e. dead. — evpeOyiao/xeda, we shall be found) by the day of the Lord.
4. K ui yap, for even) The reason of the earnest desire [ver. 2.] — < rrsva^gy (3apoupevoi, we do groan being burdened) An appropri- ate phrase. A burden wrings out sighing and groaning. — exdvtraffda i) to be unclothed , to stiip off the body. Faith does not acknowledge the philosophical contempt of the body, which was given by the Creator.
5. Kar£pya<fdfAsvoC) He that hath wrought or prepared us) by faith. — ug avro rovro , for this selfsame thing) viz. that we should thus groan, Rom. viii. 23. — ? iui) also ; new proof [ token to assure us] of our coming blessedness. — rov appafiuva, the earnest) ch. i. 22, note. — rov mev/uarog, of the Spirit) who works in us that groaning.
6. Qappovvrzg) The antithesis is between Qappovvreg olv ndvrore,
1 See App. Strengthening of the words already used by something ad- ditional on their repetition. — Ed.
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