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ΙΧ. τ. Περὶ μὲν | Rom. ii
15, ix.22 Eph. ii. 7.
γὰρ τῆς διακονίας τῆς εἰς τοὺς ἁγίους περισσόν μοι ἐστὶ τὸ ὃ γράφειν Eh ti. 7.
ὑμῖν. Μακεδόσιν, ὅτι ᾿Αχαΐα παρεσκεύασται
ὑμῶν " ζῆλος “ ἠρέθισε " τοὺς ° πλείονας.
φοὺς, ἵνα μὴ τὸ ᾿καύχημα ἡμῶν τὸ
h , bh , ine ‘ 3 9 29 μέρει " τούτῳ ἵνα, καθὼς ἔλεγον, παρεσκευασμένοι ἦτε: 4. μή ἐὰν 11 ἔλθωσι σὺν ἐμοὶ Μακεδόνες καὶ εὕρωσιν ὑμᾶς | ἀπαρα- ἢ Reff. i. τα.
πως 10 2,8
σκευάστους, ἢ" καταισχυνθῶμεν ἡμεῖς, ἵνα μὴ λέγωμεν 13 Gpets,!® ἐν τῇ
παρακαλέσαι τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς, ἵνα " προέλθωσιν εἰς 15 ὑμᾶς, καὶ
ὑποστάσει ταύτῃ τῆς 1 καυχήσεως. 5. '' ἀναγκαῖον οὖν "ἡγησάμην
2. οἶδα γὰρ τὴν " προθυμίαν ὑμῶν, ἣν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν καυχῶμαι ἃ ἜΡΙΣ viii. > ἀπὸ ἢ πέρυσι . καὶ 64 ἐξ 5 b Chap. viii.
6 δὲ δελ 10 only. Pa " 3. : ὲ ελ- ς Reff. vii. 7. 3: ἔπεμψα ο αι ἃ Col. iii. ς Ὁ τὰς ε a a ly: ων "κενω τω 21 Only; ὕπερ ὑμ. πι επ lca xix. 7. e Reff. ii. 6.
g Rom. iv. 14; 1 Cor, 1. τη, ἸΧι 15; Phil.
A il. 7 only. προ- ἢ Reff. iii.
πε
ΕἾ 1ο. καταρτίσωσι τὴν προκατηγγελμένην 5 εὐλογίαν ὑμῶν!" 7 ταύτην "ἑτοίμην i Here only.
1 Chap. xi. 17; Heb. iii. 14.
14. o Here only.
m Phil. ii. 25; 2 Macc. ix, 21. p Chap. x. 6,16; Tit. iii. 1.
k Reff. vii. n Here only in Paul; cf.
1 sgCDbcE**KLP, f, vg. the Syriac and Bohairic support ενδειξασθε; BD*E*G 17, ἆ, e, g give ενδεικνυµενοι (preferred by Tisch.),
2 καὶ before εις προσ. is found in a few cursives only, and should be omitted.
3 C 17 om. το before γραφειν; G has του. 4 Better το - . . ζηλος with $B 17 (see on viii. 2). 5 Better om. εξ before υμων with NBCP 17, f, vg. the Peshitto and Bohairic.
8 DE and the Bohairic give ἐπεμψαμεν.
8 G, g om. το υπερ υμων. 10 BDb and the Peshitto om. εαν.
7 B* has καυχημα υμων. 9 Ὁ", ἆ, e, f, g, vg. om. πως,
11 D*bE*L, d, e and the Peshitto have και καταισχ-
12 C*DEG, ἆ, e, g give λεγω.
13 B* has λεγ. ηµεις.
14 τῆς καυχήσεως is found in cDcEKLP and the Syriac vss. (from xi. 17); better om. τῆς καυχησεως N*BCD*G 17, vg. and the Bohairic.
1 ΟΚΤ, support εις υµας; BDEG have προς. 16 KL support προκατηγγελµενην; better προεπηγγελµενην (Rom. i. 2 only) with
NBCDEGP. ΤῸΝ, ἅ, 6, M, Vg. OM. ὑμων.
exaggerated statements. ὑπόστασις = substratum or substance (Heb. i. 3, xi. 1) is sometimes used in the LXX as = “ground of hope” (Ruth i. 12, Ps. Xxxvili. 6, Ezek. xix. 5), and thus it came to mean “ confidence,” as here (see reff.).
Ver. 5. ἀναγκαῖον οὖν ἡγησάμην κ.τ.λ: therefore, sc., because of the reason in ver. 4, I thought it necessary to exhort the brethyven (inasmuch as two of these ‘brethren’? were not chosen by St. Paul, but were the delegates of the contributing Churches, the rendering ‘‘entreat”’ of the R.V. conveys well the meaning of παρακαλέσαι; but see on viii. 6) that they should go beforehand unto you, sc., before the Apostle should
himself arrive at Corinth, and make up beforehand your bounty which was pro- mised beforchand, sc., to the Macedonians. «Bis dat qui cito dat”’ is what he would impress upon the Corinthian Christians. εὐλογία, elsewhere used in the N.T. as = “blessing”’ (e.g., Rom. xv. 29, 1 Cor. πι πθ Galil. τη] 15 here ΞΞ ΠΕ ὦ meaning which as the rendering of
rid" it frequently has in the LXX
(Gen. xxxiii. 11, etc.). ‘Originally the blending of the two ideas arose from the fact that every blessing or praise of God or man was in the East (as still to a great extent) accompanied by a gift ’ (Stanley). Cf. the similar ambiguity in the word χάρις.--ταύτην ἑτοίμην elvarK.t.A.; that