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Ver. 19. ἡδέως γὰρ ἀνέχεσθε κ.τ.λ.: for ye bear with the foolish, 1.¢., the false teachers, gladly, being wise yourselves, the latter clause being, of course, ironical, although (see reff.) it was true that φρόν- ησις was a quality which he had seriously ascribed to the Corinthians in a former letter. Hie point is that, as they have borne with the self-commendation of the pseudo-apostles, they should extend the same indulgent toleration to him. He then goes on to remind them of the in- solence and ill-treatment which they had endured at the hands of these self-con- stituted spiritual guides,
Ver. 20, ἀνέχεσθε γὰρ κ.τ.λ.; for ye bear with a man if he (we cannot press τις SO as to point to any special in- dividual; cf. x. 7) enslave you (in con- trast to any such tyranny, St.. Paul describes himself as the δοῦλος of the Corinthians; see iv. 5, and ε/. Acts xv. 10); if he devour you, t.e., robs you of your substance by greedily demand- ing maintenance, as these “ superfine Apostles” did (see on ver. 12, and εἴ. Rom. xvi. 18, Phil. iii. 19); if he take you captive (λαμβάνειν is thus used of catching fish, Luke v. κά chap. xii. 16. Field defends the A.V. “taketh of you,”’ i.¢., takes money, by appealing to the Peshitto, and also by the usage of good Greek writers); if he exalt himself (cf. ἃ, τα, ο το he smite you on the
e face was, and is, a common form of insult in the East (cf. 1 Kings xxii. 24, Matt. v. 39, xxvi. 67,
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16---23, ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ B 105 εἴ τις ὑμᾶς 1 εἰς πρόσωπον “δέρει. 21. κατὰ “ ἀτιμίαν λέγω, * ὡς V1 Cor ix "ὅτι ἡμεῖς " 7ἠσθενήσαμεν ὅ: ἐν ᾧ δ᾽ ὁ ἄν τις "τολμᾷ, (év° "ἀφροσύνῃ W Chap. vi λέγω,) τολμῶ κἀγώ. 22. " Ἑβραϊοί εἰσι; κἀγώ - ᾿Ισραηλῖταί εἰσι ; * ΕἾ ν.
κἀγώ: σπέρμα ᾿Αβραάμ εἰσι; κἀγώ: 23. διάκονοι Χριστοῦ εἰσι, ¥ Ver. 0, (᾿ παραφρονῶν λαλῶ,θ) «ὑπὲρ “ἐγώ: ἐν ἁκόποις περισσοτέρως, ev? το, xiii. 3,
a ε A 9, εἴς. ἃ πληγαῖς "ὑπερβαλλόντως, ἐν φυλακαῖς περισσοτέρως, ἐν θανάτοις 2 Ref. x. 2.
1. b Acts vi. 1; Phil. iii. 5 only.
a Reff. ver.
c Here only. d Reff. vi. 5.
1 ypas εις προσ. is the order of DDKLM and the Peshitto; better εις προσ. vpas with $BD*EGP 17, the Latins and Harclean.
2 G, g place ηµεις after ησθεν.
ὃ ησθενησαμεν is supported by DEGKLMP;; better ησθενηκαµεν with NB 17, 37, 73. After ησθεν. DE, d, e and the Clem. vg. add ev τουτῳ τῳ pepe.
4 D*, d, e, vg. and the Syriac have αν for δ᾽ αν. 5 G, g have ev αφρ. λεγω after τολμω καγω. 6 DEG, the Latin and Peshitto give λεγω for λαλω,
7 BD*E 17, ἆ, e, f, vg. (followed by W.H. and the R.V.) give the order ev vA. περισσ., εν πληγ. υΌπερβ., which we adopt ; the rec. text is supported by 4¥cDbKLM, the Syriac and Bohairic vss. ; ἐδ, g (followed by Tisch.) give εν πληγ. περισσ., εν φυλ. νπερβ.; P has ev φυλ. virepB., ev wAny. περισσ.
Acts xxiii. 2, 1 Cor. iv. rz); and the despotic teachers whom the Corinthians tolerated had very likely inflicted this last indignity upon them. Cf. 1 Tim. iii. 3, Tit. i. 7, where it is forbidden to the ἐπίσκοποι to be “strikers”. ‘Such are your teachers,” he says to them, ‘J am but weak in comparison with these strenuous spiritual directors.”
Ver. 21. κατὰ ἀτιμίαν λέγω «.7.X.: by way of disparagement, sc., humbly of myself, I say that we, 1.6., 1 myself, ἡμεῖς being ironically emphasised, have been weak,1.é., 1 have not attempted to enforce my authority in any of these directions (cf. x. 10 and 1 Cor. ii. 3). He now changes his tone from irony to direct and masterful assertion, and in the splendid passage which follows he makes the boast”? which he has been leading up to with such prolonged explanations.— ἐν ᾧ δ᾽ av κ.τ.λ.: and yet whereinsoever any man is‘bold (I speak in foolishness— this he is careful to add once more; see ver. 17), 1 am bold also. His whole life will justify him.