21. Kara ar/fuav, in the way of ignominy [as concerning re- j oroacJif) as if I were already considered as one dishonoured [‘ despised’]. See 1 Cor. iv. 10, and from the same passage we may also compare the term weak with this before us, and wise ,
< ppovi/xot , at ver. 19. Comp, with the use of xard here, the •jffrspritfiVj in respect of in the way of want , Phil. iv. 11. — ug on riixiTg r\<skv7]6afiiv) as though we had been weak in mind, having nothing, of which we might boast and in which we might show boldness. The antithesis follows : but wherein soever any one is bold : the weak and dishonoured \_dngolj cannot boast, but still I will be bold ; comp. ver. 30. — h d<ppo(Svv7iy foolishly) So he terms it xaf avfyunov, after the manner of men : comp. v. 16 ; and for the sake of modesty.
22. 'E (3pa?oiy Hebrews) He indicates the principal topics of boasting, of which the first and second are natural, the third and fourth are spiritual privileges : comp. Phil. iii. 5. — xayoi, so am I) a Hebrew (not a Hellenist) of the [sprung from] Hebrews.
23. Aianovoi , ministers) outwardly.1 — napappovuv XaXw, I speak as a fool) Paul wrote these things, while he constantly laboured to deny himself. — wrsp) above , [I am] more than they. The more a man suffers, the more he ministers. — rrspi ffcors pug, more abundantly) The false apostles had also experienced labours and imprisonments , but in a less degree, the other hardships were peculiar to Paul.
24. Uzvraxig, five times) It is of advantage to the servants of God accurately to remember all that they have done and suffered with a view to relate them, according as it may be afterwards necessary. Comp. Gal. i. — rsccapaxovra napa fiiav, forty save one ) Thirteen strokes with a triple lash made thirty- nine. See Buxt. dedic. Abbrev.
25. T pig svavdyriffay thrice I was shipwrecked) before the ship- wreck at Melita (Malta). — sv r& 6 (3v6og denotes anything
deep : but when it is used absolutely, the sea , especially here, as being connected with the mention of shipwrecks. The lxx. generally translate by (3vQ6g. — skgiyigo) I have spent , swrim-
1 And yet there was no need of this distinction, if the Critical Note on this passage he compared : “ It is a question ; for he affirms, that they were not the ministers of Christ,” ver. 15. The Germ. Ver. agrees with this. — E. B.