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[The good faith of his associates wonderfully assisted Paul.
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18. n.apexd'keffu, I exhorted ) to go to you. — rov ude\<pbv, the brother ) he seems to have been a Corinthian. — nnbftari) in spirit) inwardly. — steps) outwardly.
19. UdXiv doxsTrs) Some read <Tr<x\cu doxsTrs :x a reading indeed, which would imply a more determined aversion of mind from Paul on the part of the Corinthians ; comp. ch. iii. 1 ; for -raXa/, with a verb in the present tense, denotes long-continued per- severance. Plato in Gorgias, aXA’ eyuyz xa /' ‘KuXui Xsyw, but as I said long before , so I still say. The more approved reading is ndhiv doxsTrs; comp, again ch. iii. 1. — vpTv, to you) as if it were neces- sary for our own sake in this way to retain your favour. — imp rr\g vfjbuv o/xodo/urig, for your edification) that you may rather see, than experience with sorrow, how much I am an apostle.
20. Ou^ o/ovg , you not such as I would) This is treated of to the end of the chapter. Then, the clause, such as ye would not , is treated of from ch. xiii. 1 and onwards. Such as is the hearer, so is the pastor to him. — spsig , £Sj Xoi, 6v,uoi, epidsTou) Gal. v. 20.
21. Mjj tfaXiv, lest again) There is here an Anaphora,2 lest haply , lest haply , lest [m vug — firi vug — /aj?]. And indeed in this verse he speaks with greater severity. — rom/i/outr??, will humble) A Metonymy [Substitution] of the consequent [for the antece- dent].— 6 0eoc ixov, my God) He by this expression gives the reason, why he considers acts committed against God, as apper- taining to himself. — roj v npori/xaprrjxorwv) who have sinned before my last coming. — uxu&cc price) the uncleanness ; for example, of married persons : 1 Thess. iv. 7. — <Kopniop, fornication) among the unmarried, dasXysia, lasciviousness) sins contrary to nature.
1 ABG/ Vulg. read 7rd,x<x,t. Only D (A) g of the oldest authorities sup- port the icnhiv of the Rec. Text. — Ed.
2 See App. The frequent repetition of the same word in beginnings.