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Mk. xvi. h In this sense, Mk. xvi. 9; Lk. xviii. 12. i Μι, xxi. 25.
2; Lk. xxiv. 1; Jo. xx. 1, 19. παρα, cf. 2 Tim. iv. 13; Lk. xix. 7, etc. vi. 19 f.; Lk. xii. 21; 4 Ki. xx. 17.
k 2 Cor. xii. 14; Rom. ii. 5; Jas. v. 3; 2 Pet. iii. 7; Mt. 1 Rom. i. το; 3 Jo. 2; Gen. xxxix. 3, 23.
m See xv. 54.
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thronged by Jews from the whole world ; and the Nazarenes, while suffering from the intense bigotry of their com- patriots in other ways, would find it esp. difficult to participate in employ- ments connected with religion. 1 Thess. ii. 14 intimates that the Judzean Churches had recently undergone severe perse- cution.
Ver. 1. ‘*But about the collection that (is made) for the saints” (τῆς εἰς τ.
ἁγίους). This clause might be construed-
as subordinate to the following ὡς διέταξα; it reads more naturally as a detached title to the par.—indicating this, seemingly, as another topic of the Church Letter (cf. vii. 1, viii. 1, xii. 1). The sub- ject is alluded to as one in which, the Cor. were already interested (see 2 Cor. ix. 2).—Aoya (more correctly spelt Noyela) = cl. Gr. συλλογή, or ἔρανος (club-con- tribution) ; elsewhere in Paul χάρις (3), εὐλογία (2 Cor. ix. 5), λειτουργία (2 Cor. ix. 12), κοινωνία (Rom. xy. 26). Till the other day this word counted as a &.l. in Gr. literature; but the Egyptian Gr. papyri furnish instances of it as a busi- ness term, denoting, along with λογεύω (from which. it should be derived), the collecting of money either in the way of imposts or voluntary assessments: see Deissmann’s Bibelstudien, pp. 40 ff., Hn. in Meyer’s Kommentar ad loc.—The Cor. understand from previous communica- tions who are meant by ‘‘the saints” (cf. Rom. xv. 31): Hf. thinks that the ‘Christians of Jerus. are so called by emin- ence, but such a distinction is un-Pauline (Gal. iii. 28); rather, the fact that the collection is made for the saints com- mends it to saints (i. 2: cf. 2 Cor. ix. 12 ff.). Such ministry is part of ‘the work of the Lord”’ in which the Cor., a moment ago, were bidden to ‘‘abound”’ (xv. 58). --ὥσπερ διέταξα κ.τ.λ.: “Just as I gave order to the Churches of Galatia, so also do you act’. This direction was either given by P. personally on his last visit to ‘Gal. at the outset of the Third Missionary Journey (Acts xviii. 23), more than two years before, or through letter or mes-