Ver. 9. ὡς ἀγνοούμενοι καὶ ἐπιγινω- σκόµενοι: as unknown, sc., an obscure person without proper credentials (οὐ, iii. 2, x. 10), and yet well known (cf. xi. 6).— ὡς ἀποθνήσκοντες καὶ ἰδοὺ ζῶμεν: as dying (as was doubtless often reported when he was ill; see on i. 8 above, and cf. xi. 23, where he speaks of the continual hazards of his life), and behold we live (cf. iv. 10, where the death of the body is contrasted with the daily manifestation of the true life).—ds παιδενόμενοι καὶ μὴ
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ἔχοντες, καὶ πάντα ἢ κατέχοντες.
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καὶ μὴ '"θανατούμενοι’ 1Ο. ὡς λυπούμενοι, 11 oes xi.
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im. 11, 25; Heb. xii. 7, 10.
m Rom. vii.
11. Τὸ ᾿ στόμα ἡμῶν “ ἀνέῳγε πρὸς ὑμᾶς, Κορίνθιοι,2 ἡ " καρδία es 13, ἡμῶν ὃ "πεπλάτυνται" 12. οὐ "στενοχωρεῖσθε ἐν ἡμῖν, στενοχωρεῖσθε π Rom. xii.
δὲ ἐν τοῖς “σπλάγχνοις ὑμῶν 13. τὴν δὲ αὐτὴν " ἀντιμισθίαν (ὡς
16. o1 Cor. i. 5; chap. ix. 11 only. Ixxvii. 2; Prov. xxix. 45; cf. Eph. vi. 19.
p 1 Cor. vii. 30, xi. 2, xv. 2; 1 Thess. v. 21. : r Deut. xi. 16; Ps. cxviii. 32. t Chap. vii. 15; Phil. ii. 1; Col. 111, 12; Philm. 7, 12.
12; Phil. Woodly τ Thess. v.
q Ps. s Chap. iv. 8 only. u Rom. i. 27 only.
1 D*G, d, e, g have πειραζοµενοι for παιδευοµ..
2 w Κορινθιοι G, f, vg. and the Bohairic.
θανατούμενοι : as chastened, sc., as a punishment for his sins, which had very probably been said of him when the news of his grievous sickness (i. 8, etc.) reached his foes at Corinth, but not killed. He does not deny that he has been *“‘ chastened”? (see reff. and cf. chap. xii. 7-9), but he recalls in thankfulness the words of Ps. cxvii. 18, παιδεύων ἐπαί- δευσέν pe Κύριος, καὶ τῷ θανάτῳ οὐ παρέδωκέν µε.
Ver. 10. ὡς λυπούμενοι, ἀεὶ δὲ χαίρ- οντες: as sorrowful (this charge in one sense was no doubt quite true), yet alway rejoicing. This, which is fre- quently spoken of by the Apostle as a Christian duty (see reff.), is specially prominent in this Epistle; cf. chap. i. 24, vii. 4, and the note on ii, 2,3. St. Paul’s words are an echo of the farewell words of Christ (John xvi. 22), ὑμεῖς οὖν viv μὲν λύπην ἔχετε . . . τὴν χαρὰν ὑμῶν οὐδεὶς ἀρεῖ ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν.---ὡς πτωχοὶ, πολλοὺς δὲ πλουτίζοντες: as poor, sc., as a pauper—the word is stronger than πένης (the taunt seems to have been thrown at him; cf. Phil. iv. 12 and chap. xi. 7), and yet making many rich, 5ο., in the heavenly riches; cf. 1 Cor. i. 5, Matt. v. 3, and esp. Prov. xiii. 7 (a passage which seems to have been in the Apostle’s mind), εἰσὶν οἱ πλουτίζοντες ἑαυτοὺς μηδὲν ἔχοντες, καὶ εἰσὶν οἱ ταπεινοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς ἐν πολλῷ πλούτῳ.--- ὡς μηδὲν ἔχοντες καὶ πάντα κατέχοντες : as having nothing and yet possessing all things; cf. = Cor. iii, 22, “all things are yours”. κατέχειν (see reff.) is a stronger word than ἔχειν ; it is ‘to hold fast” or “to possess,” as, 6.5., the land of pro- mise (Josh. i, 11).
Vv. 11-13. AFFECTIONATE DECLARA- TION OF HIS FRANKNESS AND SYMPATHY, AND AN APPEAL THAT THE CORINTHIANS SHOULD SHOW THE SAME,—Ver. 11, τὸ στόμα ἡμῶν κ.τ.λ.: our mouth is open
5 NB have η καρδ. vpev.
(ἀνέφγα = avéwypar, as often in later Greek; observe its present signification, as at 1 Cor. xvi. 9) unto you, O Corin- thians, t.e., 1am speaking quite candidly and freely to you (see reff.). Only here and at Gal. iii. 1, Phil. iv. 15, does St. Paul call his correspondents by name; here it emphasises the affectionate nature of his appeal, and it singles out the Corinthians from the wider circle to whom the letter was addressed (i. 1ὴ.---ἧ καρδία ἡμῶν κ.τ.λ.;: our heart is enlarged, which is indeed the reason of his freedom of speech, for ἐκ τοῦ περισσεύματος τῆς καρδίας τὸ στόμα λαλεῖ (Matt. xii. 34). By enlargement of heart is meant here a widening of sympathy, and not the εκ. pansiveness of joy (Isa. lx. 5) or an in crease in intelligence and wisdom (1 Kings iv. 29).