34. Asff////o/£, those in bonds) The persons in bonds are men tioned at ch. xiii. 3 : and Timothy had been also among them, ibid. ver. 23 : wherefore Paul is speaking not of himself, or at least not of himself alone ; comp. ch. vi. 10. Some, however, have flgo/Ao/g, and moreover dsff/^oTg ///ou,1 a reading that arose from the rhythm Gviidia/uoTg (ver. 33), or from the frequent men tion of Paul's bonds in other places. — weafyfvrw^ of goods) The word vwap^tv, substance^ among the Greeks, is the conjugate word. — <jrpo&de%uafay ye welcomed, ye took) An elegant Oxymoron, as is seen by comparing the word spoiling or plunder with it. — y/vwtfxomg, knowing) determining with confidence. — s^siv Iccyro/c, that ye have to (for) yourselves2) The Dative signifying property, as ch. v. 4, to take to himself. So the Latins say, tibi hale. The goods peculiarly our property are described, Luke xvi. 12 (xii. 33). — xpetTTova, a better) viz. heavenly; comp. ch. xi. 16. — %ai psvovffav) exposed to no spoiling.
35. My a-TrofidXyre, cast not away) Liberty of speech, bold ness, confidence, where once it finds a place, only withdraws, when it is driven out ; but it is driven out and cast away, as if it were something vile, by those who do not persevere. — g^£/, has) The 37th verse is to be referred [lias reference] to this present. — juffdaffodoaiav, a recommence of reward) So ch. ii. 2, xi. 26 ; and /A/ctfoMrodoYjjs, he who bestows the reward, ibid. ver. 6.
36. ' Tvropoviji) The apostle, from this to ver. 38, gradually brings in the prophet, Hab. ii. 3, 4, where the LXX. have 'Ecb (opuaig) uarsp'/ifffy 'XIIOMEINON aurov, " if (the vision) tarry y WAIT for it," 6V/ ip%6{A&vo<; r^si KUI oO /AJJ ^poviffr,- eav uffoffrg^'/jra/, O\JK gO^o/cs/" -/] 4't>^ {AOU sv aurti- o tie dtxaiog (aou Jx irfffrsu$ tyctTa/. — TO ^X^/x-a, the will) ch. xiii. 21. — Koiqffavrsg) that whereas you have done the will of God hitherto, ver. 32, 33, you now also may show patience, and therefore obtain the promised reward of obedience. Comp. ch. vi. 10-12. We must both do and suffer,
1 But the margin of the 2d Ed. has raised the reading lefff&iois, formerly on an equal footing with the other, to the mark /3, and hence the Germ. Vers. interprets it, mit den Gcbundenen.— E. B.
A1)(A) corrected Vulg. Memph. and botli Syr. Versions read l>&rfAioif, Orig. 1,3035 reads faffftois- Rec. Text adds t<.ov. /adds ' eorum.' — ED.
2 D reads koivrolg ; and so Tisch. A reads e*vrws\ similarly /and Vulg., ' vos :' and Origen ort fore. Rec. Text, without good authority, has t»
s* — ED.