A A μέλλομεν θλίβεσθαι, καθὼς καὶ ἐγένετο καὶ οἴδατε 5. διὰ τοῦτο
1 For ημων και διακονον 7.0. και συνεργον ἡμων (DcKL, syr.sch, Chrys., Theod., Dam., εἰς.), or μων και 8.7.8. (NSAP, min., vg., cop., 5υτιρίχί, arm., aeth., Euth., etc., Ti., Τεν, Bj., Zim.) read the original and harder Western text ημων και συνεργον 7.8. (D*, d, ε, 17, Amb. [B om. 1.6. so Weiss, Findlay], Lach., Al., Ell., WH marg., Born., Schm., Wohl., Feine), from which the variants seem to have sprung. Later scribes are more likely to have stumbled at 7.0. after σννεργον than to have inserted it by a reminiscence of 1 Cor. iii. 9.
*For p. σαινεσθαι (cf. Zahn, Einl. § 14, 2), Lach., Ernesti, and Verschuis (so Alexander) conj. µηδεν ασαινεσθαι (= χαλεπῶς φέρειν), a more than dubious passive form of ασαω, Beza and Bentley pydeva σαλευεσθαι (ν.Ι. σευεσθαι, Bentl.), and Holwerda μηδεν αναινεσθαι (= repent or be ashamed of); if any change is required (but cf. Koch’s full note, 233-237), it would be in the direction of σιεινεσθαι (Ξξσιαινεσθαι, to be disheartened, unnerved), the attractive reading of FG which is preferred by Sophocles (Lex., s.v.), Reiske, and Nestle (Exp. Ti. xviii. 479, Preuschen’s
Zeitschrift, vii. 361-62, cf. Mercati, ibid. viii. 242).
xii. 17) confuses εἰ and au.
use of the term in pre-Christian Judaism as scanty (Test. Jud. xxii. 3; Test. Levi. vili. 15; for the idea of the divine ‘‘ com- ing”’ cf. Slav. En., xxxii. τ, xlii. 5). This is the first time the term is used by Paul, ‘but it was evidently familiar to the readers, Later on, possibly through Paul’s influence, it became an accepted word for the second advent in early Christianity.
CuapTer III.—Ver. 1. µηκ., instead -of οὐκ.» to bring out the personal motive. -- στέγοντες “‘able to bear” (cf. Philo, Flacc., § 9, μηκέτι στέγειν δυνάμενοι τὰς «ἐνδείας), sc. the anxiety of ii. 11 f.—év °A. μόνοι. Paul shrank from loneliness, especially where there was little or no Christian fellowship; but he would not gratify himself at the expense of the Thessalonians. Their need of Timothy must take precedence of his.
Ver. 3. Cf. Artemid., Oneirocritica ii. ΙΙ, ἀλλότριοι δὲ κύνες σαίνοντες μὲν ᾿δόλους καὶ ἐνέδρας ὑπὸ πονηρῶν ἀνδρῶν (icf. 2 Thess. iii. 2] ἢ γυναικῶν [cf. Acts xvii. 4] σημαίνουσιν.
G elsewhere (cf. Rom. xi. 26,
Wers421 C7. Acts xvil- 3. 6. τ ἢ
Ver. 5. Resuming the thought of iii. 1-3α, after the parenthetical digression of 35, 4, but adding a fresh reason for the mission of Timothy, vzz., the apostle’s desire to have his personal anxiety about the Thessalonians relieved. It is need- less to suppose (with Hofmann and Spitta) that ii. 5 refers to a fresh mes- seiger or a letter (Wohl.) despatched by Paul on his own account. As in ii. 18, Paul passes to the singular, to emphasise his personal interest in the matter; the change of number, especially after the generic use of the plural in 3, 4, does not necessarily prove that the plural of ver. I means Paul alone. The dominating anxiety of Paul was about their faith (5- to). He was overjoyed to hear that they retained ‘“‘a kindly remembrance” of himself, and he reciprocates their desire for another meeting; but, while this un- doubtedly entered into their general Christian position, it is the former on which unselfishly he dwells (cf. the transition in toa and 10)).— πίστιν
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