74 ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΟΙΟΥΣ B γι,
a Mk. xvi. διῶ ο. ἐν αὐτῷ. Cor. xvi. 16; Jas. ii. 22 only.
A ek VI. τ. "Συνεργοῦντες δὲ καὶ παρακαλοῦμεν μὴ "εἰς vill. 285 1” κενὸν τὴν χάριν τοῦ Θεοῦ δέξασθαι ὑμᾶς 3- 2. (λέγει γὰρ, “ Καιρῷ °Sextd “ ἐπήκουσά σου, καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σωτηρίας “ ἐβοήθησά σοι -"
b Gal. ii. 2; ἰδοὺ νῦν καιρὸς ᾿ εὐπρόσδεκτος, ἰδοὺ νῦν ἡμέρα σωτηρίας") 4. μηδεμίαν
hil. ii.
16;1 δὲν ἐμηδενὶ διδόντες " προσκοπὴν, ἵνα μὴ ᾿μωμηθῇ ἡ διακονία ‘+
Thess. iii.
5 only; Isa. Ixv. 23.
cf. Ps. xix. 2. ε Here only in Paul; οἱ. Acts
1 Pet. ii. 5 only. g Chap. vii. 9; Phil. i. 28. i Chap. viii. 20 only; Prov. ix. 7;
) D*E*G, d, e, g give παρακαλουντες. * D* om. vpas; ΝΟ 17 have ηµας.
c Lk. iv. 19, 24; Acts x. 353 Phil. iv. 18 (Isa. lvi. 7) only. 9
d Here only; , xxi. 28. f Rom. xv. 16, 31; chap. viii. 12; h Here only ; c/. Rom. xiv. 13; 1 Cor. viii. 9.
isd. x. 14 only; cf. 2 Pet. ii. 13.
5. D*G, ἃ, ες, g give καιρῳ yap λεγει.
* DEG 73, the Latin, Sahidic and Syriac vss. add ἡμων after διακ.
fury or whatsoever. It is our wisdom and our comfort; we care for no knowledge in the world but this, that man hath sinned and God hath suffered; that God hath made Himself the sin of men, and that men are made the righteousness of God" (Hooker, Serm.., ii., 6).
CuapTer VI.—Ver. 1. συνεργοῦντες δὲ καὶ παρακαλοῦμεν κιτ.λ. : and working together (that is, with God, as is plain from chap. v. 20, and also in connexion with 1 Cor. iii. 9; cf. Acts xv. 4), we, sc., I, Paul, entreat also (cf. chap. v. 20, Θεοῦ παρακαλοῦντος δι᾽ ἡμῶν) that ye receive not the grace of God (a general phrase, frequently used by St. Paul to express the favours and privileges offered to the members of the Church of Christ, not to be limited to grace given at any special moment, as, ¢.g., at baptism) in vain (see reff, and cf. Heb. xii. 15). Note that “the grace of God” may “re- ceived"’ in vain; it is offered, indepen- dently of man’s faith and obedience, but it will not profit without these. The choice in the Anglican Liturgy of vv. 1-ro as the
pistle for the First Sunday in Lent, when the Ember Collect is said on behalf of those to be ordained in the next week, is especially happy; the magnificent de- scription of the characteristics and the conditions of a faithful Christian ministry (vv. 4-10) being prefaced by the solemn warning of vv. 1-3.
Ver. 2. λέγει yap, Καιρῷ δεκτῷ κ.τ.λ.: for He, sc., God, saith (cf. Rom. ix. 15, Gal. iii. 16), “At an acceptable time I hearkene to thee, and in a day of salvation did I succour thee” (Isa. xlix. 8. The whole verse is parenthetical, and is introduced to remind the Cor- inthians that the present dispensation is that dispensation of grace of which the "vere speaks; tanley pointed out that
ξασθαι of ver. may well have sug-
gested δεκτός, which in its turn suggested the quotation. The words in their original context are addressed by Jehovah to His Servant, while St. Paul takes them as addressed by God to His people; but, inasmuch as the Servant in the latter portion of Isaiah is the Representative of Israel, the application made by the Apostle is easily explicable.—l80d viv καιρὸς εὐπρόσδεκτος κ.τ.λ.: behold now is the “ Acceptable Time," behold now is the “ Day of Salvation”. This is St. Paul’s comment. Observe that he does not say σήμερον (cf. Heb. iii. 7 ff.), but viv—not ‘to-day,’ but “the present dispensation”. His point here is not (as it is often represented) that the only day of grace which we can reckon on is the present (gravely true though this is), but that the Christian dispensation is the one spoken of by the O.T. prophet in familiar words. It will be remembered that Christ applied to Himself and His ministry in like manner the words of Isa. ἱχὶ, 2, καλέσαι ἐνιαντὸν Κυρίον δεκτόν (Luke iv. 19). We are not to draw any distinction here between δεκτός and εὐπρόσδεκτος ; the latter is the usual word in secular authors, and (see reff.) is always used by St. Paul, except (Phil. iv. 18) in a quota- tion from the LXX,