13), but [we were] afflicted on every side. Note the anacoluthon, the participle θλι- βόμενοι being used as if it were a finite verb (cf. v. 12 for a like constr.).—€§w0ev µάχαι κ.τ.λ.: without were fightings, sc.,
8 G, g and the Peshitto omit δε after povoy,
with adversaries (cf. 1 Cor. xv. 32), with- in were fears, sc., the anxieties which the Apostle would feel for his converts, especially those at Corinth (cf. chap. xi. 28). It will be noticed that the familiar cadence ‘‘fightings within and fears without”’ is a misquotation.
Ver. 6. ἀλλ᾽ ὁ παρακαλῶν κ.τ.λ.; but He that comforteth the lowly (see ref. Isa.), even God (to whom he is especially careful in this Epistle to trace up all grace and consolation), comforted us by the coming of Titus. παρουσία is often used for the Advent of Christ, but also (see reff.) for the advent of St. Paul or his companions. This is the first explicit mention of St. Paul’s meeting with Titus in Macedonia (but cf. ii. 13) which was the occasion of the letter being written.
Ver. 7. οὐ μόνον δὲ κ.τ.λ.: and not by his coming only, but also (see reff. for constr.) by the comfort wherewith he was comforted in respect of you (cf. τ Thess. iii. 7 for constr.), 7.6... “1 was comforted, not only by his coming, but by the good news which he brought”’; while he told us your longing, sc., to see me, your mourning, sc., at the rebuke which I sent you, your zeal on my behalf.
ζῆλος may either mean ‘‘ zeal,” in a good
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b Matt. xxi. ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ, ὥστε µε] μᾶλλον χαρῆναι.
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