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therefore we ought not under the pretext of false self-sufficiency to cast away the power [strength] of Christ. — /udXXov xavyrieofiou, I will rather glory) in my infirmities, than in revelations, for if I glory in these, I shall prevent the exercise of the power of Christ. He adds the pronoun to the former, not to the latter. — stfity/ivdoffri Ire i/4g, may cover me over) as a tent. — Gxijvog, a tent , the body [“ our earthly house of this tabernacle,” ch. v. 1]. — r'o Im- GKrivovv, covering over , something external ; he does not say, that it may dwell in me ; for he would thus [had he said that] diminish the sense of his infirmities. — r\ dvm^ig rov Xpufrov, the 'power of Christ) that is Christ with His power. We ought most gladly to receive whatever promotes this object.
10. E vdojcu, I am well contented [Engl. V. too strongly, 1 take pleasure ]) He does not say here, I rejoice , which would denote more than he meant. — ev dcdeve/uig, in infirmities) This is the genus ; hence we have immediately after, I am weak ; two pairs of species follow. — lv vfipeGiv, h avdyxc/jc, in reproaches , in neces- sities) which also the messenger of Satan occasions. — lv diwy/xoTg, lv 6Tivoyji)plaig, in persecutions , in distresses) which were caused by men. — vrrep, for the sake of) construed with ebdoxu, I am well contented. — rbre) then , in particular [then and then only]. — dwa rbgy strong) in the power of Christ.
11. Tsyovuy I am become) He sounds a retreat. — wpg/Aoi/, I ought) An interchange of persons, i.e ., you ought to have com- mended me [instead of my having to commend myself]. — bfi bfjjuv) by you , among you. — ovdev g />/, though I am nothing) of myself.
12. Mb, indeed [truly]) This particle is as it were a crumb that feeds modesty. — <r?j/xg/a, signs) The proofs of the facts are at hand. — rov ukogtoXov, of the apostle) The article has this force ; [the signs] of one who is an apostle. — ffrifieioig) So Al. Lat. (in Cod. Reutl.) Hilarius. A reading standing midway between the extremes : 1 whence most copies have lv <sr\fizioig ; xai cy/Asto/g is the reading of Chrys. Boern. Lat. in the MSS. : w/ue/oig re is the reading of Lin. also Syr.2 On cr^emg and reputri, see Matt.
1 ‘ Media,’ so as to form a kind of common starting point from which the various other erroneous readings took their rise. — Ed.
2 '2,Yipteioi$\s read by AD corrected later /Vulg. Breads aYiptelotg re. Gg Syr. read xoci anpceiot;. Rec. Text reads iv anpieioig. — Ed.
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