and Ouppovfuv d's jtcti ilhoxovfjjtv imoKKov, n.r.X. Its own explanation is subjoined to each of the two parts : we are confident as well at all times and during our whole life ; as also we are most of all confident in the hope of a blessed departure. — xai) and , even. — evdiy&ovvreg- sjidri/nov/xsv) These two words here signify abiding [sojourning in a place] ; but ver. 8, where they are inter- changed, departure. — hbruxovgjsv, we live as pilgrims absent from the Lord) In this word, there lies concealed the cause of confi- dence, for a pilgrim [though abroad yet] has a native country, whether he be about to reach it sooner or later, Heb. xi. 14. — doro rov Kvp/ov, from the Lord ) Christ, Phil. i. 23.
7. A ia v/areas, by faith) Not to see, is nearly the same as
being separated. — yap, for) This refers to aero, from [ver. 6, absent from the Lord]. — ^ep/^arov^v, we walk) in the world. So vropsvsada/, Luke xiii. 33. — ov d/a sihovg, not by what appears to the eye [Engl. Y. sight]) The lxx. translate n&OB, eldog, vision , aspect, appearance } See especially Num. xii. 8 : sv e/dsi, xai ov
<3/’ aiviyfjjdruv, apparently and not in dark speeches ; likewise Ex. xxiv. 17. Faith and sight are opposed to one another. Faith has its termination at death in this passage, therefore sight then begins.
8. As, indeed) An epitasis [Repetition of a previous enuncia- tion with some strengthening word added ; Append.] ; comp, ver. 6, note. — svdoxov/usv) we have so determined [we regard it as a fixed thing], that it will be well-pleasing to us. — svdri/xriGai, to go home) ver. 6, note. — or pog rov Kvp/ov, to the Lord) Phil. i. 23.
9. A/'o xai, wherefore also) that we may obtain what we wish. — (p/’konfjjovfjjsda, we [ labour ] strive) This is the only <p/Xori{Aia, or lawful ambition. — sin, whether) construed with we may be [ accepted ] well-pleasing.
2 LsvbTifjjovvrig, being at home) in the body.
departing), i.e. out of the body.
1 Not the act or power of seeing (as ‘ sight’ often means) : but the thing seen, what presents itself to the eye, the appearance seen. — Ed.
2 Vulg. g and Syr. Versions, Origen Lucif. 151 read ixlvipi. sire ivbnpt.. But most MSS. and /have the order of Rec. Text. — Ed.
The margin of both Ed. has settled the reading the tKbng>ovvrtg sirs ivbnpcovvTtg, inverting the order , as equal to the received reading of the text. But if the critical note (App. Ed. II. p. iv. nro. xiv. p. 896) be compared, the