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ledge ; sv <xa<nv, in all men, ch. i. 12, iii. 2, iv. 2. sv vast , is used in the Masc. gend., 1 Cor. viii. 7 ; Heb. xiii. 4, and in other places. At the same time it occurs in the Neut. gend., 1 Tim. iii. 11, iv. 15 ; 2 Tim. ii. 7, iv. 5 ; Tit. ii. 9, 10 ; Heb. xiii. 18. But s v navri occurs only in the Neut. gend., and that too very often, ver. 9, ch. iv. 8, vi. 4, vii. 5, 11, 16, viii. 7, ix. 8, 11 ; Phil. iv. 6. Therefore in this passage sv ^rudiv is masculine, sv * ruvri neut. So Phil. iv. 12, sv navr} ncci sv nadt /is/Au^a/. — stg •j/xag, with respect to [among} you) From the circumstance, that Paul was also engaged among others, the fruit redounded to the hearts of the Corinthians.
7. 'h afxapricLv) Or have I committed a sin f So, an objection might be raised against that assertion of the apostle in last verse, sv ‘Tavrl, in everything. — abasing myself) in my mode of living. [He had waived his apostolic right in this matter. — V. g.] — ye might be exalted) spiritually. — to rcD Qsou svccyysXiovy the Gospel of God ) divine , most precious.
8. ’E<ryAjj<ra, I robbed) He imputes to himself the receiving of payment, to which he was most justly entitled, as robbery , and afterwards as sloth and a burden , comp, notes on 1 Cor. ix. 17. This word and wages are figurative expressions derived from military affairs. — acc/Som/, taking wages) for my journey, when I came to you. The antithesis is present , when I was with you [ver. 9].
9. IlpodavsKXiipudotVy [further] supplied in addition) A double compound. Paul supplied something by his own manual labour. — xul rv)p7j<ru, and 1 will keep ) so far is he from repenting. — See xii. 14.
10. VE tinv aXijkioiy there is truth) The verb is emphatically put first ; it stands [fast as the (a) truth of Christ]. The expression refers to a special truth,1 comp. Pom. ix. 1, note. — ou, not) a metonymy or substitution of the consequent for the antecedent : my boasting will not be stopped , i.e., I will be in no way more burdensome to you hereafter than heretofore.
11. "Or/, because) Love is often offended even by refusing [favours].
12. Ka / cr©/57<rw) 1 will also still do. — sxxo^ w, / may cut off) It
1 Not to the truth in general : therefore the article is omitted. — Ed.
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