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14. K£xaup£»j/£a/, ov xarY\g^vv6riVy I have boasted , I am not ashamed) ch. ix. 4, xii. 6. — tfavra, all things) He suitably refers to ch. i. 18.
16. *Ev cram', in every thing) This is applicable in the antece- dent and consequent [in the context which precedes and that which follows]. He says, if I reprove you, you take it well ; if I promise for you, you perform what is promised. So he prepares a way for himself with a view to what follows in viii. 1 and x. 1, where the very word 6a ppu, I have confidence , is re- sumed.— h va/vy in you ;) on your account.
1. rvcop/^ojtisvy we make known) This exhortation is inserted in this passage, which is extremely well suited to the purpose, and, after the preceding very sweet declaration of mutual love, with which it is connected by the mention of Titus ; it is also set before them according to the order of Paul’s journey, that the epistle may afterwards terminate in a graver admonition. More- over the exhortation itself, even to the Corinthians, in respect to whom the apostle might have used the authority of a father, is even most especially liberal and evangelical. — rr\v yfi piv, the grace) When anything is well done, there is grace to those, who do it, and also grace to those, to whom it is done. This word here is of frequent occurrence, ver. 4, 6, 7, 9, 19 ; ch. ix. 8, 14.
2. ©X/'4/€w$, of distress (pressurae) [of affliction ]) joined to poverty, ver. 13, 6X/^p/g, a burden of distress. — cre^/ovs/a xai 'itrw-fc s/a, abundance and poverty) An oxymoron and hendiadys pleasantly interwoven. — Kara (Sd6ovg) Ba 6ovg is the genitive, governed by xara : comp, xara, Matt. viii. 32 : also E. Schmid., 2 John, ver. 3. He quotes his own syntax of Greek particles, an excellent book. — acrXoV??rog, of [liberality] * simplicity) Sim- plicity renders men liberal, ch. ix. 11 [acrXo'rjjra, which Engl. V. renders bountifulness ].
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