do&g, the hope of glory) Christ in us is a most delightful thing in itself, but much more delightful in respect of those things which shall be revealed, ch. iii. 4 ; Eph. i. 18. So Rom. v. 2.
28. 'H/^g/c, we) ver. 1 [I and Timothy]. — cravra av^wcrov, every man} This expression, so often used, has the greatest dziv6rr,$ (vehemence) and force, and contains the reason why he writes even to them who are unknown to him, ch. ii. 1. The distri bution of the all [" every man — every man — every man"] may be compared with ch. iii. 11. — xai diddffxovrsc) and teaching. voudsrouvrai (they are admonished) is said of those who have been already taught, as the Colossians ; dtddffxovrai (are taught) is said of the ignorant and uninstructed. — rsXg/ov) See Eph. iv. 13 : perfect, without the elements of the world.
29. 'A/ww^o/Agvog, striving) In ch. ii. 1, the conflict (comp. iv. 12) refers to this word. — xara, according to) Paul would not be able to strive in himself: he is only mighty, according as Christ works in him. — auroD, of Him) of Christ.
1. 0sXw /Ap, for I would) He explains, why he used the word striving, ch. i. 29, for, conflict, presently follows. — ayuva, a con flict) of anxiety, eager desire, prayers, with which I try to make amends for those things which I am unable in my absence to per form. — KUI offot, and as many) Among these may be comprehended the Christians who were at Hierapolis, ch. iv. 13. Paul con stituted himself a debtor to all the Gentiles. — ov% wpdxaffi, have not seen) For this reason Paul does not use the familiar titles, brethren, beloved, in this whole epistle, and in it alone. [More over, he writes to those churches which he had instructed face to face concerning their particular affairs, which were to be put to rights on his return to them; he suggests many things, and now
Attone Bibl. th. T. x. p. 130 ; but in the Germ. Vers., on the margin, he has not hesitated to intimate, that that maturer communion with Christ, which assuredly surpasses all human reason, is the delightful consequence of preaching among the Gentiles, by the quotation of Eph. iii. 17. — E. B.