Ver. 6. εἰ δὲ καὶ ἰδιώτης τῷ λόγῳ κτλ; but even if I be rude in speech (see on x. το; ἰδιώτης is a “layman,” who is without professional training), yet am I not in knowledge, sc., of divine things (see on vili. 7 {οτ]λόγος and γνῶσις) ; but in everything we have made it, sc., τὴν γνῶσιν, manifest (reading φανερώσαντες ; cf. Col. iv. 4) among all men (cf. 1 Cor. viii. 7, Heb. xiii. 4, or “fin all circum- stances,’’ as at Phil. iv. 12) to you-ward, He claims that he both knows the truth, and has presented it to them openly and plainly (cf. chap. ii. 17, iv. 2).
Ver. 7. ἢ ἁμαρτίαν ἐποίησα κ.τ.λ.: or did I commit a sin (note the irony) in abasing myself (cf. Phil. iv. 12), that ye might be exalted, sc., in spiritual privileges (cf. 1 Cor. ΙΧ. 11), because I
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s Reff. iv. 8.
t Reff. ii. 14.
u Rom. iii. 24; Gal. ii.
τῇ γνώσει: ἀλλ᾽ "ἐν " παντὶ ᾿ φανερωθέντες 1 ἐν" πᾶσιν εἰς ὑμᾶς. ἢ 5. ἁμαρτίαν ἐποίησα, ἐμαυτὸν ὁ ταπεινῶν ἵνα ὑμεῖς ὑψωθῆτε, ὅτι
7.
2. δωρεὰν τὸ τοῦ ᾿ Θεοῦ ᾿ εὐαγγελίον εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν; 8. ἄλλας
41: Thess. iii.
ν Rom. Lyk.
xv. 16; 1 καὶ παρὼν πρὸς ὑμᾶς καὶ ” ὑστερηθεὶς,
Thess. ii.
: ἐκκλησίας “ ἐσύλησα, λαβὼν " ὀψώνιον πρὸς τὴν ὑμῶν διακονίαν "
οὐ " κατενάρκησα οὐδενός ὅ -
ας Pet.g. τὸ γὰρ "ὑστέρημά µου " προσανεπλήρωσαν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ ἐλθόντες
w Here only. Ξ
x Luke iii. τηρήσω. 14; R
ἀπὸ Μακεδονίας καὶ "ἐν ἢ παντὶ “ἀβαρῆ ὑμῖν ἐμαυτὸν ἐτήρησα καὶ 10. ἔστιν ἀλήθεια Χριστοῦ ἐν ἐμοὶ, ὅτι ἡ " καύχησις αὕτη
: Kom. , , > - δ ὁ νἱ 23:1 οὐ σφραγίσεταιἹ εἰς ἐμὲ ἐν τοῖς “ κλίμασι τῆς Αχαΐας. 11. διατί;
Cor. ix.7 only; 1
ὅτι ® οὐκ ἀγαπῶ ὑμᾶς ; ὁ ‘Ocds ! οἶδεν - 12. ὃ δὲ ποιῶ, καὶ ποιήσω,
Macc: iii. 9 ἢ 2s ta "ἐκκόψω τὴν " ἀφορμὴν τῶν θελόντων ἀφορμὴν, ἵνα ἐν ᾧ καυχῶνται Reff. ver.
« Ἃ z Chap. xii. 14 only. a Reff. ix. 12; ε/. i. Cor. xvi. 17. Ὁ Reff. iv. 8. c Here only.
d Rest. i. 12. e Rom. xv. 23; Gal. i. 21. f Chap. xii. 2, 3. g Rom. xi. 22. h Reff, ν. 11.
1 ScDcEKLP, the Syriac and Bohairic support φανερωθεντες; D*, d, e, f give φανερωθεις ; better φανερωσαντες with δ ΒΟ 17, g. 36, f, Ε,τ, vg- and Peshitto omit εν πασιν.
26, f, g, τ, vg. give ἢ µη op.
* DEGLP have εαντον for ἐμαντον.
® DEGKL support ονδενος; better ονθενος with BMP 17, 37. ®NcDEGL, g support νµιν εµαντον; better ἐμαντον υμιν with Ν ΒΜΕΡ 17, ὁ, e,
f, vg.; K om. υμιν.
7 σφραγισεται is a scribe’s blunder (supported by a few cursives only) for φραγη-
σεται.
5 B om. οτι after διατι. preached to you the Gospel of God for nought ?
Ver. 8, ἄλλας ἐκκλησίας ἐσύλησα κιτιλι : I robbed other Churches, e.g., Philippi (Phil. iv. 15, He expresses him- self hyperbolically to bring out his mean- ing; ovAgy is a very strong word, sce Acts xix. 37, Rom. ii. 22), taking wages of them (ὀψώνιον primarily means the rations supplied to a soldier, and thence his pay ; see reff.), that I might minister unto you. διακονία is not used here in special reference to the collection for the Judwan Christians, as it was at viii. 4, ix. I, 13, but in its most general sense ; cf. 2 Tim, iv. 11, Heb. i. 14.--καὶ παρὼν κ.τ.λ.; and when I was present with you, i.e., during his first visit to Corinth (see Acts xviii. 1 ff.), and was in want (a con- dition which he recalls again, Phil. iv. 12), I was not a burden on any man. νάρκη is the torpedo-fish, which paralyses its victims by contact, and then preys upon them; so καταναρκᾷν signifies ‘to oppress heavily”. The compound verb is not found elsewhere in Greek literature (we have ναρκᾷν in Gen. xxxii. 25, Job xxxiii. 10) ; Jerome says (Ep. cxxi. ad Algasiam) that it is a Cilicianism, like ἡμέρα in 1 Cor. iv. 3.