Ver. 5. (0) These outward hardships are next more definitely exemplified from the opposition and persecution which St. Paul encountered from opponents during his missionary experiences. ἐν πληγαῖς, ἐν φυλακαῖς, ἐν ἀκαταστασίαις: in stripes (see reff. and cf. Acts xxii. 24), im tm- prisonments (see on xi. 23), in tumults (cf. Acts xiii. 50, xiv. 5, 10, xvi. 22, xvii. 5, XVilil. 12, xix. 20, Xxi. 30). ἀκαταστασία might mean inward disorder, rather than external tumult (see reff., LXX, and cf. 1 Cor. iv. 11), but the latter meaning best suits the context here. (c) Next the Apostle enumerates the bodily hardships, voluntarily undertaken, which his work made it necessary to endure.—éy κόποις, ἐν ἀγρυπνίαις, ἐν νηστείαις : in labours, sc., probably his labours in preaching the Gospel (see reff., but cf. 1 Thess. ii. 9, 2 Thess. iii. 8, where κόπος is used of the manual labour he underwent in working for a livelihood; see also 1 Cor. iv. 11 ἀστατοῦμεν καὶ κοπιῶμεν), {π watchings, sc., in nights rendered wakeful by anxiety or press of work (Acts xx. 31) or urgency of prayer (Acts xvi. 25 and cf. Eph. vi. 18 ἀγρυπνοῦντες), in fastings. Some expositors explain these νηστεῖαι as the voluntary fastings of religion (so Hooker, Eccl. Pol., ν., \xxii., 8; and cf. Acts xiii.
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