n Rev. ii. 27, xii. 5, xix. 15;
ο In like use, 2 Cor. iv. 13; Rom. viii. 15, xi. 8 (Isa. xxix. 10); Gal. vi. 1; Eph, i. 17, p 2 Cor. x. 1; six times besides in P.; James 1. 21, ili. 13; 1 Pet. iii. 15; Ps. xliv. 4.
So commonly, in oldest copies ; see Wr., p. 48.
those inculcated uniformly in the Gentile mission; see i. 2 (σὺν πᾶσι . . . ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ, and notes), also xi. 16, xiv. 33. Vv. 18, 19. ὡς μὴ ἐρχομένου δέ pov πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐφυσιώθησάν τινες: “Some however have been puffed up, under the idea that 1am not coming to (visit) you”. The contrastive δὲ points to a group of inflated persons (cf. 6, v. 2, viii. 2) hostile to Paul’s ‘‘ways”. The wish was father to the thought, which was suggested to “some” by the fact of Timothy’s coming. They bore themselves more insolently as not fearing correction ;—or did they ima- gine that Paul is afraid of them! Amongst these, presumably, were mis- chievous teachers (ili. 11-17) who had swelled into importance in Paul’s absence, partisans who magnified others to his damage and talked as though the Church could now fairly dispense with him (3, 6, 8, 15). On swith ptp., see Bn. § 440 Ε., or Goodwin’s Syntax, or Grammar, ad vem; cf, note on ὡς μὴ λαβών, ver. 7, also 2 Cor. ν. 20, 2 Pet. i. 3: ‘‘ because (as they suppose) I am not coming”. The aor. ἐφνσιώθησαν points to the moment when they heard, to their relief, of Timothy’s coming. δὲ is postponed in the order of the sentence to avoid separating the closely linked opening words (Wr., pp. 698 f.)—‘t But (despite their presumption) I shall come speedily, if the Lord will’. They say, ‘‘ He is not coming; he sends Tim. instead!” he replies, ‘Come I will, and that soon” (see xvi. 8, and note).—éav 6 Κύριος θελήσῃ (see parls.), varied to ἐπιτρέψῃ in xvi. 7; the aor. sbj. refers the “willing” to the (indeterminate) time of the visit. ‘The Lord” is Christ; that θέλω and @éAnpa (see note
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a vi. 7, XV. 29; oo ν. 34:
b Mk. ii. 1; see note below.
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