worthy views as to the Supreme. But
that St. Paul would have felt any diffi- |
culty in such a phrase is very unlikely, The important point to observe in the present passage is that it is God Himself who is the ultimate Author of this Recon- ciliation ; cf. Rom. v. 8, viii. 31, 32, and especially John iii, 16. That the Recon- ciliationis ‘through Christ” is the heart of the Gospel of the Atonement (cf. Rom. iii. 24, Col. i, 20, εἰς.).---καὶ δόντος ἡμῖν κ.τ.λ.; and gave to us, sc., to me, Paul oe is not now thinking of others), the
inistry of Reconciliation ; cf. chap. iii. 9, ἡ διακονία τῆς δικαιοσύνης, the geni- tive in both cases being, of course, of the thing ministered.
Ver. 19. ὡς ὅτι Θεὸς ἦν κιτιλ.: viz, that God was reconciling the world, 56.» the whole human race (cf. Rom. iv. 13, xi. 12, and note the a ce of the article), to Himself in Christ (cf. Gal. ii. 17). The pleonastic ὡς ὅτι is not classi- cal, but it is found in late authors (see τεῦ). The A.V., ‘God was in Christ, reconciling,” etc., is not accurate; qv
oes with both καταλλάσσων and θέμενος, ἣν with a participle being more emphatic than a simple imperfect es. Luke iv. 44). If we take ἦν with ἐν Χριστῷ, we sh have to treat θέμενος κ.τ.λ. as a parallel clause to λογιζόμενος κ.τ.λ., which it is not.—ph λογιζόμενος αὐτοῖς κ.τ.λ.;: not reckoning unto them their trespasses, a parenthetical sentence explanatory of καταλλάσσων ; cf. Rom. iv. 8 (Ps. xxxii. 2).---καὶ θέμενος ἐν ἡμῖν κ.τ.λ.: and had στ. in our hands (cf. τ Thess. ν. 9, 1 Tim. i. 12; the verb is specially used of the Divine purposes) the Word of Re- conciliation, t.e., the Divine M which speaks of reconciliation to God ; cf. Acts xiii. 26, ὁ λόγος τῆς ταύτης, ἵ Cor.i. 18, ὃ λόγος τοῦ σταυροῦ, Phil. 11. 16, λόγος ζωῆς, etc.
Vv. 20-vi. 3. As Curist’s AMBASSA- DOR HE ENTREATS THE CORINTHIANS TO BE RECONCILED To Gop,—Ver. 20. ὑπὲρ
18—2r1,
tov! λόγον τῆς καταλλαγῆς.
ὡς τοῦ Θεοῦ παρακαλοῦντος δι ἡμῶν" καταλλάγητε” τῷ Θεῷ 21. τὸν γὰρ ἡμῶν ἁμαρτίαν ἐποίησεν, ἵνα ἡμεῖς γινώμεθα ὃ "δικαιοσύνη " Θεοῦ
iv. 12; 1 Thess. iii. 10.