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this, is not less to be avoided than the joy of the world. The world experiences joy at their social feasts , for the rest of the time they are generally under the dominion of sorrow. — V. g.] — 6dvarcv, death ) chiefly of the soul, which is evident from the antithesis [‘ salvation’].
11. 9 1 doll, behold) Paul proves this from their present expe- rience.— v/jjTv, to you) The Dative of advantage ; comp. ver. 9, at the end. — anovdyv, carefulness ) 2$roySa7ov, is said of whatever of its kind is good, sound, and vigorous. A beautiful passage in the 2d book of Aristotle’s Eth. Nicom. c. 5, furnishes an illus- tration, y rov btpOaX/uov apery rov re otpOaXjubv ff^ovdaTov non 7 xai ro epyov avrov' bfioiug y rov i'rr^ov apery , /V-rov re fftfouda/ov ‘roieT, xai ayaObv dpa/xefy x.r.X. u The vigour of the eye renders both the eye and its action excellent, in like manner the vigour of the horse renders the horse excellent and well fitted for running,” etc. ; so that rb <rrrovdam is ro ev s%ov, and is opposed to rti <pav\wy ib. c. 4. Therefore anovdy signifies activity , diligence ; and in the present case expresses the principal characteristic of repent- ance, when it seriously enters into the soul, a characteristic which xarappovyrai, despisers , are devoid of, Acts xiii. 41. Six special characteristics presently follow this ‘ carefulness ;’ and this one is again mentioned at ver. 12. The same word is also at ch. viii. 7, 8, 16, 17, 22. — dXkd drroXoyiav^ x.r.X., but , clearing of yourselves) But makes an emphatic addition [Epitasis], Not only this, which I have said, but also, etc. Some of the Corin- thians had behaved well, others not so well in that affair ; or else even all in one respect had been blameless, in another, had been culpable ; from which cause it was that various feelings arose. They had taken up the clearing of themselves [anoXoy/av, self-defence ] and a feeling of indignation , in respect to them- selves ; they had fear and vehement desire , in respect to the apostle ; zeal and revenge , in respect of him, who had been guilty of the sin. Comp, in this threefold respect ver. 7, note, and ver. 12, note. — acroXoy/av, clearing of yourselves [self-de- fence]) inasmuch as you did not approve of the deed. — ayavax- ryatvj indignation) inasmuch as you did not instantly restrain it. — dyavaxrygiv is used here with admirable propriety. It de- notes the pain, of which a man has the cause in himself, for example in dentition ; for E. Schmidius compares with this
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