passage that from Plato, xvyjff/g xai dya vdxrrjGig mpi rd ouXa, itch- ing and pain about the gums. — <po(3ov, fear ) lest I should come with a rod. — enitfoOntiv, vehement desire ) to see me. — £SjXoi>, zeal ) for the good of the soul of him, who had sinned. — dXX’ sxdixriGiv, but revenge ) against the evil , which he had perpetrated, 1 Cor. y. 2, 3. — sv nccvri) in all the respects, which I have stated. — tfimtfrjjtfars eaurodg, you have approved yourselves to me ) you have given me satisfaction. — dyvoug s/m/, to be clear ) To be is a mild expression for to have become ; for they had not been quite clear , 1 Cor. v. 6. A mutual amnesty is expressed in this and the following verse. — npayp ar/, in the matter) He speaks indefinitely, as in the case of an odious occurrence.
12. tivexBv rou adntijdavrog) Whatever I have written, I have written it, not for the sake of him , who did the wrong. He calls him rbv ddiX7]Gccvray whom he calls, ch. ii. 5, rov XsXy^njxora. He now varies the term because the expression, to make sorry , he said concerning himself, ver. 8, 9 ; and he now dismisses this very sorrow. Inasmuch as you Corinthians have done what was just respecting him, who had committed the sin, by your zeal and revenge , I acquiesce. — oud'e evsxsv rou ddixr)Osvrog, nor for the sake of him , who suffered wrong) The singular for the plural by euphemism. The Corinthians had suffered wrong , ch. ii. 5 ; and their clearing of themselves , and indignation put it now in Paul’s power to acquiesce also on their account. Others ex- plain it as referring to the offended parent, 1 Cor. v. 1. — rr\\ Giroudqv q/iuv, our care) Comp. ii. 4. — Ivw^/ov, in the sight of) Construed with (pavepudrjwi, that it might be manifested.
13. ’Etf/' rr\ <7rapccxXi]Gsi u/uuv, on account of your comfort) which followed that very sorrow. — 'Kepiddorepug 1fia\\ov , more abundantly rather [ exceedingly the more]) That feeling rather [//-dXXov] takes the name of joy than comfort ; and the joy was, rrepurGorspug, more abundant , than the comfort. So /^dXXov with the superla- tive, xii. 9 : /aSXXov for ds 2[autem], yea and , is put here with striking effect.
1 Tischend. and Lachm. stop thus: btoL touto i7vupa.xiKkvif^i6ex,. enl Si ri? irotpccx'hviaei, etc. The Si is put after TreptaaoTspcog by Rec. Text. But after Wi by BCD(A)G/p Vulg.— Ed.
2 The omission, however, of the particle Si both in the margin of the 2d Ed. and in the Germ. Ver., is thought to be not quite so certain. — E. B.