Ver. 14. καὶ οὐ θαῦμα κ.τ.λ.: and no marvel ; for even Satan fashioneth him- self into an angel of light. Light is the symbol of God (1 John i. 5, 1 Tim. vi. 16) and His messengers (Matt. xxviii. 3, Acts xii. 7), as darkness is the symbol of Satan (Luke xxii. 53, Eph. vi. 12, Col. i. 13). The μετασχηματισμός of Satan has just before been in the Apostle’s mind (ver. 3), and perhaps such passages as Gen. 111. 1, Job i. 6, 1 Kings xxii. 19-23 sufficiently account for the image. But it is more probable that some Rabbinical tradition lies behind the word used by St. Paul; cf. Apoc. Moysis (ν. 17) τότε ὃ σατανᾶς ἐγένετο ἐν εἴδει ἀγγέλου. A reference has been here found by Ewald to Matt. iv. 1-11, but while it is not im- probable that the Apostle had heard the story of the Lord’s Temptation, there is no clear trace of it in his Epistles.
Ver. 15. οὐ μέγα οὖν κιτ.λ.: it is no great thing therefore,if his ministers also,
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n Rom. ii. ὃτῶ ἀροῦν Cor, ἔργα αὐτῶν.
xv. 36;
ver. 19,
chap. xii. 3 6, τῆν σωμαι
16. Πάλιν λέγω, Μή τίς µε δόξῃ " ἄφρονα εἶναι " εἰ δὲ μή} γε, κἂν ὡς ἄφρονα δέξασθέ µε, ἵνα μικρόν "τι κἀγὼ καυχή- 17. ὃ λαλῶ, οὐ 4 λαλῶ κατὰ Κύριον, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἐν “ἀφροσύνῃ,
Eph. ν. ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ " ὑποστάσει τῆς Kavxioews* 18. ἐπεὶ πολλοὶ καυχῶνται ο Refi. ver. ἃ κατὰ τὴν "σάρκα, κἀγὼ καυχήσομαι. 10. ἡδέως γὰρ ἀνέχεσθε I. p Refi. ix.4. τῶν ἀφρόνων, " φρόνιμοι ὄντες: 20. ἀνέχεσθε γὰρ, εἴ τις ὑμᾶς
q Reff. i. 17.
τ Rom. xi. "καταδουλοῖ, εἴ τις ᾿ κατεσθίει, εἴ τις λαμβάνει, εἴ τις " ἐπαίρεται,
ον xii. 16 (Prov. iii. 7); 1 Cor. iv. 10, x. 15.
1 D* has py for µηγε.
5 Gal. ii. 4 only.
t Mark xii. 40; αἱ. ν. 15. u Reff. x. 5.
2 καγω μικρον τι is the order in all the best authorities; µικρον τι καγω only in a
few cursives and the Harclean.
5. DEKLPR give κανχησοµαι; κανχησωµαι, NBGM,
4 The order ov λαλω κατα Κνρ. is found in DELM, d, e, τ, vg., the Bohairic and Harclean; better ov κατα Kup. λαλω with ἡ ΒΟ ΚΡΕ, f, g and the Peshitto. For
κατα Κυριον f, r give κατα Θεον.
δ ΟΕ 17, 73 give κατα σαρκα; ins. τὴν δ ΒΌΦΕΚΤΜΡ, 6 The Armenian vs. adds after ανεχ. yap, εἰ τις εξαπατᾳ vas.
sc., as well as himself, fashion themselves as ministers o righteousness (see on iii. 9); whose end, notwithstanding their dis- guise (cf. Rom. vi. 21, Phil. iii. 19), shall be according to their works (see on ver. 10).
᾽ν. 16-33. His APOSTOLIC LABOURS AND TRIALS.—Ver. 16. πάλιν λέγω κ.τ.λ.: I say again (the first time having been in ver. 1), let no man think me foolish, i.e., senseless with the ἀφροσύνη of self- praise ; but even if ye do (for εἰ δὲ μή ye cf. Matt. vi. 1, ix. 17, Luke xiii. 9, xiv. 32), yet receive me as foolish (there is a somewhat similar ellipse in Mark vi. 56, Acts v. 15), that I also, sc., as well as they (cf. ver. 18), may glory a little (μικρόν τι = “a trifle,” “a little bit”).
Ver. 17. ὃ λαλῶ κ.τ.λ.: what I speak, I speak not after the Lord, i.e., Christ (he refuses to claim Divine inspiration for his self-glorying; cf. 1 Cor. vii. 12, 25), but as in foolishness, in this con- fidence of glorying (see on ix. 4 for ὑπόστασις).
Ver. 18. ἐπεὶ πολλοὶ καυχῶνται κ.τ.λ.: seeing that many, sc., of the Corinthian Judaisers against whom this whole pol- emic is directed (cf. ii. 17, where they are also alluded to as of πολλοὶ), glory after the flesh, i.e., in external circumstances which are really no fit subject for glory- ing (see, on ἐν προσώπῳ, chap. v. 12 and τε), I too will glory, sc., after the flesh ; i.e., he proceeds to explain how much better external grounds he has for boast- ing than his Judaising rivals.