Vv. 5, 6. ‘But I will come to you, when I have gone through Macedonia.” The Ap. writes from Ephesus some time before Pentecost (8), probably before Easter (v. 8; see note); he intends to traverse Macedonia on his way (διέρ- Xopar, repeated with emphasis, regularly denotes in the Acts an evangelistic tour: see xiii. 6, xvi. 6, xx. 25, etc.), completing the work of his mission, there so abruptly terminated (Acts xvi. f.). This task will require considerable time (it occupied the months of summer and autumn, during which the Ap. penetrated beyond Mac. into Illyria; Rom. xv. 1g), so that P. expects to see Cor. not much before winter (6). He adds therefore in ex- planation, “For I am going through Macedonia (travelling over the region:
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Phil. i. 24; Acts six times. d See xiv. 34. xiv. 27; Rev. iii. 8, 20, iv. 1; Isa, xlv. 1.
"Ύημα, see xii. 6; -γεια, Eph. i. 1g, etc. h Lk. xiii. 17, xxi.'15 3 Zech. iii. 1,
1 See i. 26.
sense, Gal. i. 18 (with
προς), ᾳ See ii. 3; also x Th. iii. 4; 1 ]ο. ἱ.α: Jo.i.1; Mt. xiii. 56. e Acts ii. 1, xx. 16; Tob. ii.1; 2 Macc. xii. 32. For θυρα (fig.), Lk. xiii. 24; Jo. x. 9; Hos. ii. 15. , the vb., 2 Cor. vi. 11; Rom, iii. 13; Rev. iii. 7; Mt. vii. 7 f., etc. g Gal. ν. 17; Phil. i. 28; 2 Th. ii. 4; 1 Tim. i, 10, v. 143
f 2 Cor. ii. 12; Col. iv. 3; Acts For hm. 6; Heb. iv, 12; -γειν,
With ινα, Col. iv. 17; πως, see iii. 10, k Phil
i. 14; Jude 12; Lk. i. 74; Prov. i. 33; Wisd. xvii. 4.
2 yap, all uncc. but KL, and all anc. verss. but syrP- eth. Σεπιτρεψῃ, ΝΑΒΟΜ (P -ψει); -πῃ, Western and Syrian. Σεναργης, some latt. and vg., evidens ; no extant Gr. codd.
* Τειµοθεος, a favourite itacism of B*D*.
pr., of imminent purpose); but with you haply I will abide (καταμενῶ, as in Acts i. 13, signifies, by contrast to διέρχοµαι, keeping to Cor. instead of touring through the province), or [even] spend the winter ’’. Paul will time his visit, if possible, so as to make his winter-quarters in Cor.; in any case, when he arrives, he will give the Cor. the full benefit of his presence. He did so stay for three months (Acts xx. 3). For πρὸς, in converse with, see vv. 7, το, ii. 3, and parls.—rvyév (acc. abs. of neut. ptp.) = εἰ τύχοι (see parl.)— another of the cl. idioms confined to this Ep. ; it indicates the uncertainty of human plans, and is piously replaced by ἐὰν 6 Kup. ἐπιτρέψῃ in ver. 7.—In this plan P. has a further aim, which he mentions to show his dependence on the Cor.: ‘tin order that you may send me forward, wheresoever I may go”—#.e. probably, though not certainly, to Jerus. (4); cf. ver. 11, 2 Cor. i. 16, Rom xv. 24. It would help P., whose infirmities required friendly attentions, to have a good “‘ send- off’? on his leaving Europe. A generous “collection for the saints’? would be a welcome lift (τ, 4).
Ver. 7. ‘‘ For I would not see you now, in passing; for (yap) I hope to stay some length of time (χρόνον τινὰ) with you, if the Lord permit.” Ῥ. could have crossed by sea and taken Cor. on his way to Mac. (cf. 2 Cor. i. 15 f.); the Cor. had re- quested his speedy coming, which might have been so arranged. But such a visit could only have been ἐν wapé8q@ (explain- ing the ἄρτι), “in the way-by,” as the summer must be devoted to Mac,; this flying visit would not be of service; there is much to be done at Cor. (xi. 34, etc.),