whom he either seeks or does not seektoplease. — Xp<ffroZ,of Christ) whom I seek to please, as is becoming in a servant, Tit. ii. 9.
11. 'AfoXpo/, brethren) He now at length calls them brethren. — jeara, according to [_after~]) Kara includes the meaning of the prepositions «-TO, dia, and ^apa, in ver. 1, 12. My Gospel is not according to the estimate of men.
12. HapsXafSov, I received) This differs from I was taught it [IS/Sa^TjiT] ; for the one is accomplished without labour ; the other is acquired by the labour of learning. — di d-TroxaXv^wg, by revelation) viz., / received.
13. 'H/couffarg, ye have heard) before I came to you. — crorg, in time past) when Paul was no way desirous of promoting the cause of the Gospel. — enfydovv, I wasted) This word denotes what is quite the opposite of edification [the building up of the Church].
14. Ilpos/cocrrov, / ivas becoming a proficient [/ profited*]) in my very acts. — crui^X/x/wrag, my equals in years) who were at that time in their full vigour. — crarp/xwc ^ou, of my fathers [of my here ditary and national traditions]) which were very dear to me, as if they depended on me as their sole patron. A mimesis.1
15. Eu5o'x>j(rgi/, it pleased) The good pleasure of God is the farthest point which a man can reach, when he is inquiring with respect to the causes of his salvation. Paul attributes nothing to merit ; presently he adds, from the womb ; comp. Rom. ix. 11. — 6 apoplffug, wlio separated me) that he might show to me this good pleasure. — Ix xo/X/ag fjwirpos /xou, from my mother's womb) Jer. i. 5.
16. 'AtfoxaXicxJ/a/, to reveal) construed with it pleased God. A remarkable word. — rov v'/ov auroD, His Son) ii. 20. — sv spot) in me, not merely by me ; for that after all is but the consequent [which must be preceded by the revelation in the preacher]. The Son of God had been formerly revealed, now He was also revealed in Paul, in relation to Paul, i.e. [He was revealed] to Paul. So, in, presently in this verse, and ver. 24. — &v ro?g e0ve<ri, among the heathen) whose calling corresponds in many respects to my own. There was the less need therefore to repair to
1 See App. Here he imitates the language which himself formerly, and which the Jewish legalists used in speaking of the traditions.— ED.