συνεργοῦντι καὶ ” κοπιῶντι.
ο μμ ae ; 2 1 AY το υμων επιγινὠσκετε οὐυν TOUS
ο See xiii. 6. Cf. xv. 23. q υµετερον, S€e XV. 31. Phil. ii. 30; Col. i. 24; 1 Th. iii. το; Lk. xxi. 4; Judg. xviii. το. -εω, see i. 7. t 2 Cor. vii. 13; Phm. 7, 20; Mt. xi. 28; 1 Chron. xxii.g,18. -σις, Mt. u See xiv. 15.
17. °Xaipw δὲ "ἐπὶ τῇ P wapoucia
- ‘ .. - ~ «Στεφανᾶ καὶ Φουρτουνάτου 1 καὶ ᾽Αχαϊκοῦ, ὅτι τὸ ἃ ὑμῶν 7 ὑστέρημα ᾿ἀνεπλήρωσαν ' 18. "ἀνέπαυσαν γὰρ” τὸ ἐμὸν " πνεῦμα καὶ
! τοιούτους.
p In this use, 2 Cor. vii. 6 f.; Phil. i. 26, ii. 12; r 2 Cor. viii. 13 f., ix. 12, xi. 9; s See xiv. 16; in
v2 Cor. vi.9; Deut. i. 17, xxxiii.9. Cf
αντοι, ADGM, with vg. syrr.; so Lachm., Tr. marg.
shares in the work and labours”. These persons did not constitute a body of Church officers; we find no traces as yet of an official order in the church of Cor. : the Ap. enjoins spontaneous submission to the direction of those able and dis- posed to lead in good works. The prp. in σνν-εργοῦντι refers not to St. specific- ally, still less to P., but generally to co- operative labour in the Church, while κοπιῶντι implies labour carried to the point of tol or suffering (see note on κόπος, iii. 8; also xv. 58). Loyal and hard work in the cause of Christ earns willing respect and deference in the Church: cf. 1 Thess. v. 12 f.
Vv. 17, 18. ‘But I rejoice at the presence (ov coming) of Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and Achaicus.” The stress lying on παρουσίᾳ explains the intro- ductory δέ: “‘ You must show respect to such men, when they reach home; but I am glad that just now they are here”’. —Fortunatus (Lat. name, and common) and Achaicus (Gr., and rare) are Ste- phanas’ companions in the deputation; the three will speedily return to Cor. Since P. thus commends them at the end of his Ep., written in reply to the Letter they had brought from Cor., per- haps they were to be its bearers also.— On Stephanas, see i. 16. The two latter names are alsok./l.in N.T.; a Fortunatus appears in Clement’s list of emissaries from Rom. to Cor. (ad Cor. § 65). Ed. supposes all three to be slaves (Achaicus, at least, resembles a slave-name), and identifies them with ot τ. XAojs of i. 11; but this does not comport with the posi- tion given to Stephanas in wv. 15 f.; see, further, note on i. 11.—(‘‘I rejoice at their presence), because the (o7 my) lack of you these have filled up”. ἡὑμέ-