men, says he, make the name of Christ a pretext : they really design to excite against me ill-will. — aXyQstci, in truth) from the heart, seriously.
19. rap, for) [aetiologia]. The reason assigned, why he should rejoice. — rouroftoi rtiroprjffsrai tig ffurripiav, this shall turn to my salvation) So evidently the LXX., Job xiii. 16, with whom, in that one book, the verb d-ro/Sa/vw is of frequent occurrence ; and in the same passage, Job. xiii. 15, 16, the question relates to sincerity, which is purity (ayvug) with Paul, ver. 16. — sis ffurqpiav, to salvation) not only not to affliction, ver. 16. — dsriffzug, prayer) ascending to heaven — Jw/^opjjy/ac, supply) coming down from heaven ; 1*1 indicates the relation.
20. 9Ev oudsvi tt/Vpgw&jtftyfMM, dXX' ev -Tracy vrappqaicf, ftfyaXvvQii- ffsrai Xptarbg, in nothing shall I be ashamed, but in all boldness Christ shall be magnified) He removes the ignominy from him self : he ascribes the boldness to himself, the glory to Christ. — ffw/Aari, in my body) in bonds. — s'/re dia £WTJ£, S'/TS dia Qavarou, whether by life or by death) The disjunction follows, ver. 21, 22. In what way soever it shall fall out, says he, it will be well. I cannot lose. Paul himself was ignorant what would be the issue ; for the apostles were not omniscient, but rather in what referred to themselves they were exercised [disciplined] by faith and patience.
21. 'E/AO/) tome, at the beginning of a section, means, so far as I am concerned ; for he treated in the preceding verse of what regarded Christ. — rb £jji/, Xpiarog, to live is Christ) The article denotes the subject, as again in the next clause. Whatever may be the life 1 live (in the natural life), its principle and end is Christ.1 [ While I live in the world I consider the cause of Christ to be my own. — V. g.] — rb avodavslv xspdog, to die is gain) Although in dying I seem to suffer the loss of all things.
22. El ds, but if) Here he begins to discuss the first member of the period : the second at ch. ii. 17, yea, and if 1 am offered. Moreover, he uses 8s, but, because, from the disjunction [two alternatives] laid down in the preceding verse, he now assumes the one ; and on this assumption, presently, as if repenting, he begins to doubt, in such a way, however, as not to avoid assum ing it in the meantime. — rb ^yv, viz. sffri /AO/) if living is to me :
1 Literally, / live Christ, " Christum vivo."