the former [no eyoj before aadevu], but in this part of the verse, for there he suits himself to the weak man ; here he confesses that he bears no resemblance to the party offending, as he him- self\ for the sake of the offended party, takes up the duties neglected by the offender. The duties^ neglected by the person offending, are love, prudence, etc. Paul however at the same time takes upon himself the part of the offended person, or the inconvenience, which the offended person feels. All these things thus follow from the force of the relatives [the things mutually related], n vpouffQat roTg Qv^oTg is read more than once in 2 Macc. They think or speak badly, who, seeing a scandal or offence, say in the mother tongue [alluding to a German saying], I have caused myself to offend.
30. E/) if i.e. since. — rd TY\g affkvziac fiou xau^tfo/Aa/, I will glory of the things , which concern my infirmities) an admirable oxymoron ; xii. 5, 9, 10, for infirmity and glorying are antithetic terms.
31. EvXoyrirbg, blessed ) This increases the sacredness of the oath. — o/dzv, Jcnoweth) The persecution at Damascus was one of the first and greatest, and belonged particularly to this place ; and Paul calls God to witness, for he could produce to the Cor- inthians no witness among men, concerning a matter which was known to few, and had happened long before : comp. Gal. i. 20. Luke afterwards recorded it, Acts ix. 25. This religious preface increases even the credit of the circumstances, related in the following chapter.
32. ’ E0vdf>%i]g.) Thus Simon the high priest is called, 1 Mac. xiv. and xv.