paid two previous visits to Corinth, the first of which is described in Acts xviii. That we have no details of the second is no argument against its having taken Ρίαοε.- καὶ οὐ καταναρκ. κ.τ.λ.: and I will not be a burden to you, following in this my practice on the two former occasions; for I seek not yours but you ; for the children are not bound to lay up for the parents, in which relation he stands to them (1 Cor. iv. 14 f., cf. Gal. iv. 19), but the parents for the children (cf. ΣΟΥ xix.) τῇ). See ON) ΧΙ. τὸ for 55, Paul’s principles of action in this matter.
Ver. 15. ἐγὼ δὲ ἥδιστα κ.τ.λ.: and I will most gladly spend and be wholly spent for your souls’ sake (cf. chap. i. 6, ROM six. Soph atl α τ). Ὁ Τπεςς, ai. ο. 2 Tim. ii. το for the like expressions of unselfish devotion). ψυχή is here used (as at Heb. xiii. 17,1 Pet. ii. 11) of the spiritual part of man, the interests of which are eternal.—ei περισσοτέρως ὑμᾶς ἀγαπῶ κ.τ.λ.: if I loved you more abun- dantly, i.e., than I love other Churches of my foundation (cf. xi. 11), am I loved less (5ο., than I am loved by other Churches)? Is it thus that you requite my affection ?
Ver. 16. ἔστω δὲ «.7.A.; but be it sol
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Γδόλῳ ὑμᾶς ἔλαβον.
ὑτοῦ " ἐπλεονέκτησα ὑμᾶς ; πως κος ἐπλεονέκτησα ὑμᾶς ;