II. py τις οὖν αὐτὸν
px xv. lépyov 'Kuptou "' ἐργάζεται ὡς καὶ ἐγώ1" heath. " ἐξουθενήσῃ: *mporéuwate δὲ αὐτὸν "ἐν "εἰρήνῃ, ἵνα ἔλθῃ πρός: 5); Joi µε" "ἐκδέχομαι γὰρ αὐτὸν μετὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν.
12. Περὶ δὲ ᾽Απολλὼ.
ix.4; Μι, τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ: Ἱ πολλὰ ὃ " παρεκάλεσα αὐτὸν "ἵνα ἔλθῃ πρὸς ὑμᾶς
XXVi. 10:
Ps. xliii.t. μετὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν' καὶ "πάντως οὐκ "ἦν "θέλημα "ἵνα viv
n See i. 28.
o See vii. 15-ENOn, ἐλεύσεται δὲ ὅταν ᾿ εὐκαιρήσῃ.
p See xi. 33. q Adv., ver.
19; Rom, xvi. 6, 12, Xv. 22 (ra 7.) ; Jas. iii. 2; ten times in Mk. u Jo. vi. 391. Cf. θελω ινα, Mt. vii. 12; Mk. vi. 25, x. 35; Lk. vi. 31; Jo. xvii. 24." eb. iv.6; Mk. vi. 21; -pws, 2 Tim. iv. 2; Mk. xiv. 11 ; ρια, Lk.
t Mt. xviii. 14. v Acts xvii. 21; Mk. vi. 31. -ρος, xxii. 6.
1 kayw: SSACKLP, and some minn.: so most crit. edd.
εγω (simply): BM. So W.H. tzt.
The last reading best accounts for the others.
r See i. 10. 5 See v. 1Ο,
kat eyw: DG, etc.
It appears to be Neutral; kayo
Alexandrian, και εγω Western and Syrian. The emphasis given by και is scarcely in keeping here, while it is perfectly suitable in vii. 8 and x. 33 (which may have suggested kayw to copyists here), and in 2 Cor. xi. 12; cf. Gal. iv. 12. ;
2 \9*D*G, with corresponding latt. and some anc. codd. of vg., preface this clause with δηλω υμιν οτι (πολλα «.t.A.)—an ex. of Western license.
afterwards drove Paul from Eph. verified this statement (Acts xix.). Evangelism flourishes under fierce opposition ; “' Βρε bonum et, contra id, malum simul valde vigent’’ (Bg.).
Vv. το, 11. ἐὰν (not ὅταν) δὲ ἔλθῃ Τιμόθεος: “ But if Timothy come’’—his coming is not certain. He and Erastus have been before this sent to Macedonia (Acts xix. 21 f.) in advance of P., with instructions to go forward to Cor. (iv. 17 above); he might be expected to arrive about the same time as this letter, But local circumstances, or even the report of the unfriendly attitude of the Cor. (Ed.), might detain him in Mac. He is found in Mac. with P. when some months later 2 Cor. is written: there is no ex- plicit ref. in that Ep. to Timothy’s pre- sence at Cor. in the interval; but Titus’ visit and report are largely in evidence. Ed. says, ‘‘In point of fact he (Tim.) did not come” (cf. Lt., fournal of Sac. and Cl. Philology, ii., 198 ff.; also El.). But this assertion is too positive. In iv. 17 above P. announced Tim.’s coming de- finitely and laid stress upon it. Tim. shares in the Address of 2 Cor., and the fact that he is associated by the Ap. with himself in the significant ‘““we” of vii. 2 ff. (cf. ii. 5-11) points to his being in- volved in some way in the “‘ grief”’ which P. had suffered from Cor. subsequently to the writing of 1 Cor. Very pos- sibly Timothy was the ἁἀδικηθεὶς of 2 Cor. vii. 12, in whose person, seeking as he did to carry out the directions of 1 Cor. iv. 17, Paul had been insulted by
some prominent Cor. Christian (6 ἀδική- oas).—If this actually happened, the
apprehensions expressed here about the ,
treatment Tim. might receive, proved only too well-founded: ‘‘see (to it) that without fear he may be with you” (or
hold converse with you: Ὑένηται πρὸς |
ὑμᾶς, see ii. 3, and parls.) ... “let no one then set him at naught’. These words point to Timothy’s diffidence, as well as to his comparative youth: see r Tim. iv. 12, and the vein of exhortation in 2 Tim. ii. 1-13 and iii. χο-ῖν. 18. Tim. was P.’s complement, as Melanchthon was Luther’s—gentle, affectionate, studi- ous, but not of robust or masculine char- acter. The temper of the Cor. Church: would be peculiarly trying and discourag- ing tohim. Paul hopes that regard for him will have some restraining effect upon the Cor.—ro yap ἔργον Κυρίου (cf. xv. 58) κ.τ.λ. identifies Timothy in the strongest way with P. himself: cf. iv. 17, Phil. ii. 20; similarly respecting Titus, in 2 Cor. viii. 23. For ἐξουθενέω, see parls.—‘‘ But send him forward in peace” —for if Tim. attempts the task indicated in iv. 17, a rupture is very possible, such as, we gather from 2 Cor. ii. and ~uii., actually ensued.—From the following words, ‘‘that he may come to me, for I am awaiting him,” it appears that P. ex- pects Tim’s return before he leaves Eph. : cf., for the vb., xi. 33.—It is doubtful whether μετὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν qualifies the subject—I with the brethren ’’—those of vv. 12-18, the Cor. brethren now in Eph. and interested in Tim’s success at.