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— sua pitroi, well pleasing) accepted especially in respect to the ministry.
10. Toug yap yrdvrag, for all ) when treating of death, the resurrection, and eternal life, he also thinks appropriately, of the judgment. The motive is herein assigned for that holy ambi- tion.— ‘idvrag ii/uag, that we all) even apostles, whether abiding as pilgrims here or departing. — \ pavspu6rimi ) not only to appear in the body , but to be made manifest along with [as well as] all our secrets, 1 Cor. iv. 5. Even the sins of believers, which have been long ago pardoned will then be laid open ; for many of their good deeds, their repentance, their revenge directed against their sin, in order to be made knowrn to the world, require the revelation of their sins. If a man has pardoned his brother an offence, the offence will also be exhibited, etc. But that will be done to them, with their will, without shame and grief ; for they will be different from what they were. That revelation will be made indirectly, with a view to their greater praise [credit, honour]. Let us consider this subject more deeply.
§ 1. The wrords of sacred scripture respecting the remission of sins are extremely significant. Sins are covered : they will not be found : they are cast behind : sunk in the sea : scattered as a cloud and as mist : without being remembered. Therefore not even an atom of sin will cleave to any, who shall stand on the right hand in the judgment.
§ 2. On the other hand, the expressions concerning all the works of all men, which are to be brought forward in the judg- ment, are universal, Eccl. xii. 14 ; Rom. xiv. 10 ; 1 Cor. iii. 13, etc., iv. 5.
§ 3. The passage 2 Cor. v. 10 is consistent with these, where the apostle from the manifestation of all, whether of those going home or of those remaining as pilgrims, before the tribu- nal of Christ, infers the terror of the Lord and of the Judge, ver. 11, 12, and declares that terror to be the occasion of anxiety not only to the reprobate, but also to himself and to those like
Author seems afterwards to have changed both the order and the meaning of the words, such as the Gmmon shows. For the Crit. Not. has euIyi/aovutss, going home, not being at home; and the Germ. Yer. reads Wir mogen in der Fremde seyn, (i.e. kx^Yipcovures) oder heimgehen ( i.e . ivhnpcovvTEg.) — E. B.
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