8, etc.).—év ὑπομονῇ: ὑπομονή means expectation or hopeful waiting in the canonical books of the LXX; but is often used for steadfast endurance in Ecclus. and in 4 Macc. (see 4 Macc. xvii. 12). It is a favourite word with St. Paul in this latter sense, in which it is always used in the N.T. (cf., e.g., Luke xxi. το, 1 Tim. vi. 11); for the juxtaposition of ὑπομονή and παράκλησις see Rom. xv. 5.---τῶν αὐτῶν παθημάτων: the suffer- ings which the Corinthian brethren must endure are here represented as the same as those of the Apostle; 7.e., the reference is not to any special affliction such as that alluded to in ver. 8, but to the troubles which came upon him in the general discharge of his Apostolic office and upon all those who were engaged in the struggle against Judaism on the one side and heathendom on the other.
Ver. 7. καὶ ἡ ἐλπὶς κ.τ.λ.: and our hope for you is steadfast, knowing (we should expect εἰδότων, but cf. Rom. xiii, 11) that as ye are partakers of the suffer- ings (see reff. for κοινωνός with a gen, objectt), so also are ye of the comfort. The main idea of this section is well given by Bengel: ‘‘Communio sanctorum.. . egregie representatur in hac epistola’”’.
Vv. 8-11. His Recent ΡΕΕΙΙ,. Ver, 8. οὐ yap θέλομεν κ.τ.λ.: for we would not have you ignorant, brethren, about (for ὑπέρ with gen. in this sense, cf,
40 ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ B I. o Acts xix καὶ τῆς παρακλήσεως. 8. οὐ γὰρ θέλομεν ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν, ἀδελφοὶ, pion vii, ὑπὲρ] τῆς θλίψεως ἡμῶν τῆς γενομένης ἡμῖν " ἐν τῇ “᾿Ασίᾳ, ὅτι καθ᾽ 13 1Cor-P ὑπερβολὴν " ἐβαρήθημεν ὃ ὑπὲρ δύναμιν, ὥστε * ἐξαπορηθῆναι ἡμᾶς
- καὶ τοῦ Liv: 9. ἀλλὰ αὐτοὶ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς τὸ " ἀπόκριμα τοῦ θανάτου
i. ἐσχήκαμεν, ἵνα μὴ ᾿ πεποιθότες ὦμεν ' ἐφ᾽ ' ἑαυτοῖς, ἀλλ᾽ "ἐπὶ τῷ Θεῷ τῷ " ἐγείροντι" τοὺς νεκρούς" 10. ὃς ἐκ τηλικούτου θανάτου © ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς καὶ ῥύεται," " εἰς ὃν "ἠλπίκαμεν ὅτι ὃ καὶ ἔτι 7
v Chap. iv. 14; Rom. viii. x John v. 45; 1 Pet. iii. 5.
r Chap. iv. S8only. 8 Here only. 11; 1 Cor. vi. 14, etc.
u Ps. ii. 12; Jer. xvii. 7.
t Lk. xviii. 9. ν᾽ ess, i. Το.
w Rom. vii. 24; Col. i 13; 1
1 BKLM have νπερ της θλ., probably the autograph; but περι (a natural altera- tion) has the support of RACDEGP 17.
2 NecDbcEKL, the Syriac and Bohairic give ηµιν; om. naw N*ABCD*GMP 17 and the Latins.
3 DEGKL, d, e, f, g, vg. and the Syriac vss. give «Bap. υπερ Suv. ; better νπερ ϑυναμιν εβαρηθηµεν, with NABCMP 17, τ.
* G has επι Θεον τον εγιροντα.
®* DcEGKLM, f, vg. and the Harclean give ρνεται; ρνσεται has the stronger support of ΒΟΡ 17, g, and the Bohairic.
δ ort is omitted in BD*M; G, g insert it after και; all other authorities support
received text. 7 DbG and a few cursives omit ert.
chap. viii. 23, xii. 8, 2 Thess. ii. 1) our affliction which happened in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life. Having spoken in general terms of the Divine comfort in times of trouble, he goes on to mention his own particular case, the ‘‘ affliction which befel him in Asia”. What was this? Asia almost certainly means Ephesus, where he had lately been exposed to many adversaries (1 Cor. xv. 32, xvi. 9). We naturally think of the tumult recorded in Acts xix. 23 ff.; but the language here used is so strong that he must have been exposed to something worse than a tem- rary riot. He was ‘weighed down yond his power” (ὑπὲρ δύναμιν, a phrase which he never uses elsewhere, and which is specially remarkable from the pen of one who always gloried in the Divine δύναμις granted to him, of which he said πάντα ἰσχύω ἐν τῷ ἐνδυνα- οὖντί με, Phil. iv. 13); he “ despaired of life,” and yet he describes in this v Epistle (iv. 8) his general attitude in tri- bulation as “ perplexed, yet not despair- ing”. Nor have we knowledge of any persecution at Ephesus so violent as to justify such language, though no doubt the allusion may be to something of the kind. Whatever the “affliction” was, the Corinthians were acquainted with it, for St. Paul does not enter into details,