Ver. 13. οὐ γὰρ ἄλλα κ.τ.λ.; for we write none other things unto you than what ye read (ἀναγινώσκειν always means ‘toread "’ in St. Paul’s Epp. and through- out the N.T.) or even acknowledge ; 1.¢., there is no hidden meaning in his letters; he means what he says, as to which doubts seem to have been prevalent at Corinth (chap. x. 10,11). The play upon words ἀναγινώσκετε . . . ἐπιγινώσκετε cannot be reproduced in English. St. Paul is fond of such paronomasia; see, 6.8 γινωσκομένη . « « ἀναγινωσκομένη, chap. ili. 2; φρονεῖν, ὑπε iv, σω- φρονεῖν, Rom. xii. 3; συνκρίνω, ἀνακρίνω, 1 Cor. ii, 13, 14; ἐργαζόμενοι . . . περιεργαΐζ 2 Thess. iii. 11; cf. for other illustrations 1 Cor. vii. 31, xi. 31, xii, 2, Phil. iii, 2, Eph. v. 15, and chaps
13---τό,
ἐπιγνώσεσθε, 14. i
Κυρίου ! Ἰησοῦ.3
ὑμᾶς ἐλθεῖν πρότερον," ἵνα πο. χάριν ὃ
ὑμῶν διελθεῖν ἵ
χ.2; Eph. 111. 12; Phil. iii. 4 only.
1 του κυριον ηµων is read by $BGMP, f, 6, vg., the Bohairic and Peshitto.
καθὼς καὶ ἐπέγνωτε ἡμᾶς καύχημα ὑμῶν ἐσμεν, καθάπερ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἡμῶν, 15. καὶ ταύτῃ τῇ ne Ge ἐβουλόμην τος
43
Bia yin tp ὅτι h Jos. xviii. απο βερους, οτι 20; Rom. ἐν TH ἡμέρᾳ γεν ΧΙ, Ὅν xv.
chap. il. 5
καὶ 19ι᾽ i Chaps. ν. 12, ΙΧ.
ἔχητε," τό.
εἰς Μακεδονίαν, καὶ πάλιν ἀπὸ Μακεδονίας ἐλθεῖν k Chaps. iii,
4, Vill. 22, 1 Num, xx. 18; Rom. xv. 28.
ημων
is (wrongly) omitted by ACDEKL, d, ε and most cursives. 2 D*EGMP and nearly all vss. add Χριστου after Ἴησου; om. N*ABCDbcKL
(rightly).
3 DEGKL and most vss. have ελθειν προς υμας ; but NABCMP and the Harclean
support the received order.
4 προτερον should come after εβουλοµην, with nearly all the uncials; the received text follows the order of KL and the Bohairic.
5 We retain χαριν, which is found in *ACDEGK; but ScBLP have χαραν, which is adopted by W.H., and is mentioned in R.V. margin.
8 exnre ADEGKL,; better σχητε with BCP (see on ii. 3). 7 AD*GP have απελθειν; διελθειν ΝΒΟΡΕΕΚΙ,.
iv. 8, x. 12 below. ἀλλ᾽ ἤ is equivalent ton‘ except” ; cf. Job vi. 5, Isa. xlii. το. —éhrifw δὲ ὅτι κ.τ.λ.: and I hope that ye will acknowledge unto the end, 50.» unto the day of the Lord’s appearing (as in τ Cor. i. 8), when the secrets of all hearts shall be revealed.
Ver. 14. καθὼς καὶ ἐπέγνωτε κ.τ.λ.: as also ye did acknowledge us in part ; {.6., some of them made this acknowledg- ment, but not all (1 Cor. ili. 4).—ore καύχημα ὑμῶν ἐσμεν: that (not ‘ be- cause ”) we are your glorying (cf. ν. 12) ; that is, the Corinthian Church was proud of its connexion with the great Apostle, and still “* gloried ” in him.— καθάπερ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἡμῶν κ.τ.λ.: as ye also are ours, in the day of our Lord Fesus. Lest this assertion of his single- mindedness and integrity should seem to claim any undue superiority to his fellow Christians at Corinth, he hastens to add, parenthetically, with remarkable tact, that if he is their “' glory’’ so are they his. He constantly thinks thus of his converts; cf., ε.σ., Phil. ii. τὸ and τ Thess. ii. 19, 20.—év τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ: ‘A day of the Lord,” ‘The Day of the Lord” are common ex- pressions in the prophets; cf. Isa. xiii. 6, ο. Jer. xlvi. το, Ezek. xxx, 3, Zech. xiv. 1, Joeli. 15, ii. 1, 13, 31 (cited Acts 11, 20), etc. And the phrase is taken up by St. Paul (1 Thess. v. 2, 1 Cor. i. 8, v. ἘΠ ο” ἘΠῚ οἰ τοι Limit. το], απα {5 applied to the Second Advent of Christ; cf. also 2 Pet. iii. το, and Matt. xxiv. 42.
Vv. 15-22. His CHANGE OF PLAN WAS Not DuE To FICKLENESS. καὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πεποιθήσει ἐβουλόμην κ.τ.λ.: and in this confidence (sc., that they would acknow- ledge his sincerity) I was minded to come before (sc., before he went to Macedonia) unto you, that ye might have a second benefit. The circumstances seem to have. been as follows. While St. Paul was at Ephesus (Acts xix.) his intention had been to cross the A®gean to Corinth, thence to visit Macedonia, and then to come back to Corinth on his way to Judzea with the contributions which he had gathered (cf. 1 Cor. xvi. 3, 4). The Corinthians would thus have enjoyed a ‘second benefit” (cf. Rom. i. 11, xv. 29), inasmuch as he would have visited them both on his way to Macedonia, and on his return journey. This project he had communicated to them, probably in the letter which is lost (1 Cor. v. 9). But he received bad news from Corinth (1 Cor. i. 11), and he wrote 1 Cor. in reply. In this letter (1 Cor. xvi. 5) he incidentally mentioned that he had changed his plans, and that he now proposed to travel from Ephesus to Corinth vid Macedonia, the route which he adopted in the sequel (Acts xx. 1 ff., chap. ii. 12, vii. 5). When the Corinthians heard of this, they began to reproach him with fickleness of pur- pose (chap. i. 17), and the charge came to his ears. We have his defence in the verses (15-22) before us.