linger handled this Epistle with effect. Beza’s Annotationes, and especially his Latin translation, are always worth consulting. The illustrious Grotius—Arminian, humanistic, practical—found here a congenial subject. In the seventeenth century 1 Corinthians suf- fered another eclipse ; no Commentary upon it of any mark appeared between the time of Grotius and Bengel. All later interpreters are Bengel’s disciples.
This Epistle at present suffers no lack of attention. Beside the larger critical N.T. Commentaries of Germany—those of De Wette, Meyer (re-written, in 1 and 2 Cor., by Heinrici), v. Hofmann, the Handcommentar (Schmiedel), and the Kurtzgefasster (Schnedermann) —and Alford’s great work in this country, the following are of special value: Billroth’s Vorlesungen 5. d. Briefen an d. Kor. (1833), Riickert’s Der 7 Br. Pauli an d. Kor. (1836), Neander’s Auslegung d. beiden Br. an d. Kor. (1859),—above all, Heinrici’s Das erste Sendschreiben d. Ap. Paulus an d. Kor. (1880), a work rich in illus- tration of Greek thought and manners, and throwing new light on the social development of primitive Christianity. Godet’s Commen- taire sur la prem. ép. aux Corinthiens (1887: transl. in Clarks’ FP. T. Libr.), though not his most successful exposition, is marked by his fine spiritual and literary qualities, and is full of instructive matter. ;
English scholars have addressed themselves zealously to 1 Cor- inthians, which interests them by its relations to the ethical and social questions of the time. A. P. Stanley (The Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians, 1855) has illuminated the historical and picturesque aspects of the Epistle, C. Hodge (American, 1857) its theological side. Beet tracks the thought of the Apostle with exceeding close- ness, and presents it with concise force (Efzstles to the Corinthians, 1882). Freshness and vivacity, with strokes of keen grammatical insight, distinguish the work of Τ. S. Evans in the Speaker's Com- mentary. FEllicott’s interpretation (1887) is a model of exact and delicate verbal elucidation; no better book can be placed in the hands of a working Greek Testament student. The posthumous “ Notes” of Lightfoot on chaps, i.-vii. (1895) are written with his ripe knowledge, balanced judgment, and sure touch. Edwards’ Commentary on the First Epistle to the Corinthians (1885) ranks with Heinrici’s and Ellicott’s as a classical piece of exegesis; it is strong both on the linguistic and philosophical side, and shows a rare power of luminous statement. M. Dods supplies, in The Expositor’s Bible, a genial and masterly homiletic application. Hort’s Christian Ecclesia and Knowling’s Witness of the Epistles to Christ exhibit,