5 C*P, the Peshitto and Bohairic omit ηµωγ. 6 ημιν is found in DcEGKL (P 73, f and the Harclean have ηµιν ο κυρ.) ; om.
new S*BCD* 17, d, 6. 7 D*EG, d, ε, g give δοξωμεν. 9 Better αι επιστ. μεν with ὃν Β, τ.
8 DE, d, e, g give εκφοβουντες.
10 \$DEGKLP, d, e, and the Bohairic have φησιν, which is also preferred by W.H.; B, f, 6, τ, vg. and the Syriac support φασιν.
guided imagination, but also to the positive and more congenial work of construction, of ‘‘ building up” (cf. Jer. i. 1ο).
ἫΝ 9. ἵνα μὴ δόξω κ.τ.λ.: that I may not seem as if I would scare you by my letters. It is best to take these words with εἰς οἰκοδομήν of the preceding verse ; his purpose in writing so severely is not to terrify them, but to build them up in holiness and obedience. ὡς av = tanquam, with the infin. is only found here in the N.T. The plural τῶν ἐπισ- τολῶν suggests (what we know from 1 Cor. v. 9) that atleast one letter of rebuke in addition to 1 Cor. had been written before this.
Ver. το. ὅτι at ἐπιστολαὶ μὲν, φασίν κ.τελ.: for “his letters” they say “are weighty and powerful but,” etc. The reading is doubtful (see crit. note) ; if we follow the rec. text φησίν = ‘fone says” or “he says” (cf. Wisd. xv. 12), the reference will be to an individual oppo- nent (the τοιοῦτος of ver. 11) who would be readily recognised by the Corinthians ; but we must then suppose τις to have dropped out. It is simpler therefore to read φασίν with the A.V. and R.V., and