than months, shorter than a year, i.e. feasts C3HVO, which the LXX. frequently translate xaipovg. — sviauro-jg, years) anniversary solemnities, for example, the commencement of the year with the month Tisri ; for it cannot be said that the sabbatical years, which had been fixed for the land of Canaan, were observed by the Galatians, although this epistle was written about the time of the sabbatical year, which ended (Dion, era) A.D. 48 ; see Ord. Temp, (arrangement of dates), p. 281, 423 [Ed. ii. p. 242, 364].
11. 'YfAag,you) I do not fear this for my own sake, but for yours. — els vpaig) on you ; an emphatic expression.
12. riveade, be ye) He suddenly lays aside rove \6youg, the ar guments suited for instruction, and has recourse to %6n nut vddrj, arguments that are calculated to conciliate and move, ver. 11—20 : of which whoever has not the ready command (and no carnal man has it), is not a perfect teacher. It is in this respect especially that the tenderest affection of the apostle humbly bent itself to the Galatians. — u$ I/a/, as I) Brotherly (referring to * Brethren') harmony of minds has the effect of causing the things which are taught to be the more readily received; 2 Cor. vi. 13. He says therefore, " Join yourselves with me in my feeling towards Christ." The particle ojg, as, denotes the closest union, 1 Kings xxii. 4. — xcpyti, I also) viz. am. — ug &//,£%, as you) I consider your loss as my own. — dso/j,ai vpuv) I beseech you, that you may think as I do. — ovd'ev ^ fidixfaar?, ye have injured me in nothing) He who offends another, or thinks that he is offended, stands aloof from him ; but this is not your case. Some will say, Had they not offended Paul, by rendering his labour among them almost vain? ver. 11. Paul answers: I have pardoned this, I do not recall it to My mind. There is at the same time a Meiosis [or Litotes, less expressed than is intended to be understood], i.e. you have embraced me with the kindest affection, ver. 14, 15.
13. A/' afffavefav) 3//i, on account of, by reason of infirmity. Infirmity had not been the cause of his preaching : but yet it proved an advantage [an assistance], owing to which Paul preached more effectively ; 2 Cor. xii. 9 ; though it might have seemed that the Galatians would have been the more easily dis posed to reject him on account of it.