Ver. 3. ἐπεὶ δοκιμὴν κ.τ.λ.: seeing that ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me (cf. Matt. x. 20), 1.6., a proof that lam really an ‘‘ Apostle” with a ‘‘ mission” from Christ to speak in His Name. This last thought leads him into a short digression, ‘He who has thus com- missioned me is not weak, but strong, and this paradoxical strength in weak- ness is mine also” (vv. 3b, /).--ὃς εἰς ἡμᾶς κ.τ.λ. : who is not weak in relation to you, sc., as you think me to be (x. το, xi. 21), but is powerful in your midst. And this is true for two reasons: (a) be- cause of His Resurrection, as the Victor over Death; (b) because of the strength with which He empowers us in the dis- charge of our duty to you. Each of these reasons is now introduced by καὶ
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a Chap. xii. 14; Num, Judges XVi. 15: John xxi.
14. b Deut. xix.
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1 Thess. iii.g. | ¢ Chap. xii. 21 only. f Reff.i.23. g Ref. ii. 9. h Reff. xi. 21. i Rom. xiv. 4; chap, ix. 8 only. Κι Cor. i. 23, ii. 2,8; Gal. iii. 1. 1 Reff. xi. 30. πι Reff. vi. 7. ὦ Reff. xi. a1,
ΝΕΑ 17, vg. prefix wou to τριτον (from xii. 14). 2 A and the Peshitto read (from xii. 14) ετοιµως exw ελθειν for ερχοµαι.
ΣΝ”, g and the Syriac vss. prefix wa to em στ. ΑΝ, ἢ, vg. read η τρ. (as at Matt. xviii, 16, 1 Tim. v. 19) for και τρ.
δ D*E add yap after προειρ.
6 D*, ἃ, e and the Harclean om. ws before παρων. 7 DeEKLP-and the Syriac have γραφω (from ver. 10); om. RABD*G 17 and the
Latins.
* f, vg. have an for επει, and there is Patristic testimony to a variant εν.
¥ So NcADLcEL, f, vg. and the Syriac;
g and the Bohairic. 10 17 om. Θεον; so also Hilary.
better om. ει with *BD*GKP 17, ἆ, e,
4 BDEKLP, d, e, vg. and the Harclean give ασθεν. εν avtw; better σὺν for εν with WAG, f, g, the Peshitto and Bohairic.
Ver. 4. (a) καὶ yap ἐστανρώθη κ.τ.λ. : for He was crucified through weakness (cf. Phil. ii. 8,1 Pet. iii, 18; ἐκ indicating that it was His self-assumed ἀσθένεια which made the Passion possible), but liveth through (ἐκ again indicating the ultimate condition) the Power o God (see reff. and cf. Rom. viii. 11, Eph. i. 20, Phil. ii. 9).—(b) καὶ γὰρ ἡμεῖς κ.τ.λ. : for we also are weak with Him (the read- ing ἐν αὐτῷ might be explained from such passages as i, 5, iv. 10, 11; but it is so startling that we hesitate to adopt it, when the MS. evidence is so evenly balanced; σὺν αὐτῷ means simply “‘ we are weak, as He was weak, in the world’s eyes”; see xii. 10), but we shall live with Him, not only in the Resurrection Life of believers (John xiv. 19, Rom. v. 10, vi. 8), but through the Power of God toward you, t.e., through the power- ful sanctions with which He will con- firm our exercise of Apostolic discipline at Corinth (cf. 1 Cor. v. 5). The thought is that already expressed in xii. το. He now resumes the argument of ver. 38, sc., you are claiming to test my claims: you should look to yourselves ; your faith is