hearers. — xai pq, and not) He is not a good minister who does not either rejoice or grieve, or do both. — (trsvdfyvres, witli grief) The groans of other creatures are heard ; how much more of pastors?— dXuomXef, unprofitable} Sorrow, opposed to joy, from which griefs (groans, implied in grevdfyvres) are derived, greatly weakens the teachers ; and their sighs are not profitable, nay, are very injurious to the disciples.
18. Upoffi-j^fff&s vspi ri^uv, pray for us) So Paul is wont, and especially at the conclusion, to ask those to whom he writes : Rom. xv. 30. — KSKoiQaftev) we trust, that we ourselves shall be heard and delivered.— yap, for) the force of the ^Etiology pro perly falls on ver. 19. — 6V/) that is, because ; for, we trust, is used absolutely, as ive are confident, 2 Cor. v. 8. Conscience produces confidence : 1 John iii. 21 ; 2 Cor. i. 12. — xaX??v, xaXwg, good, in a good way \_wellj) Conjugates. — -raw, in all things) Neuter : see note on 2 Cor. xi. 6. — QsXovrtg, willing) The con science follows the will.
19. Utpifffforspuc, more abundantly [the rather]) Construed with •-oiriffai, to do. — <7rapaxa?.w, I entreat) Paul for the first time writes something of himself alone, in this passage of this epistle. — rd-£iov) the sooner.
20. ' O de 0£oc, now the God) He desired the brethren to pray for him, ver. 18 ; he now prays for them. — rSjg etpyvrig, of peace) Paul often calls Him the God of peace, Rom. xv. 33. Here the verb xaraf r/'cra/, join you together in perfect harmony, accords with it, ver. 21. — 6 dvayayuv sx vzxpuv, who brought again from the dead) God brought the Shepherd; the Shepherd brings the flock. He brought Him from the depths, and set Him on high, where He may be seen by all. The apostle does not conclude, before he made mention of the resurrection of Christ. — rbv voi/neva ruv Kpo- fidruv rbv ptyav, the great Shepherd of the sheep) An appropriate appellation. You have, says he, many ministers, ver. 17 ; but He is the Minister of all. I am absent from you, ver. 19 ; but GOD is not absent, nor will He be wanting to you. The allusion is to Is. Ixiii. 11 \whence a various reading, ex. r/jg yr^ for SK vzx- puv, has started up in this passage. — Not. Grit.], and by this allu sion, the apostle at the very end of the epistle again and again prefers Christ to Moses, of whom Isaiah is speaking in the pas sage quoted above. — sv) in, significantly. It is construed with