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thesis to these, the mean between those extremes is, we exhort [‘rapaxaXofyAfi', not as Engl. Vers., We beseech ], ch. vi. 1, x. 1, which appertains to the 6u<ppovov/j,sv, we act with moderation [whether we be sober , yer. 13]. Therefore the discourse of the apostle generally ‘xcipaKa'ksT, exhorts ; since the expression, <rpeffl3evo/xev, we are ambassadors , implies majesty, the expression hofiida, we beseech , intimates a submission, which is not of daily occurrence ; ch. x. 2, [comp. 1 Thess. ii. 6, 7]. In both ex- pressions Paul indicates not so much what he is now doing, as what he is doing in the discharge of all the duties of his office.
' Ytf'sp XpitTov, for Christ , is placed before the former verb [though after the latter verb], for the sake of emphasis ; comp, the preceding verses. Presently after, the latter verb is placed first for the same reason. — xccraWdyyire, be ye reconciled ).
21. Tov) Him , who knew no sin, who stood in no need of recon- ciliation ; — a eulogium peculiar to Jesus. Mary was not one, y\ /j,ri yvovtsa, who knew no sin. — d^ccpriav zvoirfii, made Him to be sin) He was made sin in the same way that we are made right- eousness. Who would have dared to speak thus, if Paul had not led the way? comp. Gal. iii. 13. Therefore Christ was also abandoned on the cross. — iifieTg) we , who knew no right- eousness, who must have been destroyed, if the way of recon- ciliation had not been discovered. — sv a Orw, in Him) in Christ. The antithesis is, for us.