but the simple verb and the enbstantfre meet the slj\11derous Innuendo thl!.t, evon tr occur in eiruile.r meanings in John i. 14; he had not personally tried to get anything Rev. vii. 15; xxi. 8 (oomp. oh, v. 1). out of them, still he bad done so indirectly Ver. 10.-1 take plea.1ure in; I am llOn• through the o.genoy of Titus. Being oratty, tent to bNrr them chel'f'fully (oh. vii. 4; Rom. I oo.ugl!.t you with guile. Ho is hero quoting v. 3). St.roug; rather, pm.oerful, mighty. the sneer of his enemies (see what he has 'l'be resemb\11.noe to Philo (' Vit.. Moe.,' Opp., already ea.id in oh. i. 12: vii. 2). The word i. 613, "Your wealn1esB is might") is used for " being" means " being by my very probably RCOideute.l (see l Oor. xv. 54; nature." Col. iii. 4). Ver. 17.-Did I ma.ke a gain of you, eto. P Ver. 11.-A fool (see ob. :l:i. 16). :For The so.me verb as in eh. ii. ll. It mouns " to I ought. The" I" is cmphatio. You com- overreach,"" to take unfair advantages." pelled me to booome senseless in boasting of Ver. 18.-Titus. This refers to the first myself t,o yon, whereas 1 ought to have visit of Titus. Ho was now on the eve of been commended by you. To ha.-o-e been a second visit with two others (oh. viii. 6, comm.ended. The verb gives one more side 18, 22). A brother; rather, tha brother. allu~ion., not without bitterness, to the com- Who it was is entirely unknown. Perho.pa ffleflllal,ory epistlee of which his ad verse.ries Tyohicua (Titus ill. 12). In the same boasted (eh. iii. 1; v. 12; x. 12-18). The Spirit.; namely, in the Spirit of God. very ohiefe.st a.poetlea. The ea.me strange Ver. 19.-Aga.in, think you th&t we e:a:oue compound, "out-and-out apostle&," is nsed Olll'llelves nnto yon 1 The best reading is 86 in oh. xi. 5; oomp. Gal. ii. 6. not palin, again, but palai, long ago. This Ver. 12.-The sign& of an apostle. St. word with the present is an elegant classical Paul always claimed to have attest.ed his idiom, and1111eans, "You have, perhaps, been mission by spiritual and mimculous gifts imaginillg'all·this time the.t I am pleading (Rom. X'<'. 19 ; Acts xv. 12). with you by we.y of self-defence. Do not Ver. 13.-1 was not burdenBome. The think it I You are no judges of mine. My same word n.s in eh. xi. 9. :Fergive me this only object is to speak before God in Christ, wroq. There i.s an e::'luisite dignity and not to defend myself-since I need no de- pathos ,uixed with the irony of t.hi.s reme.rk. fence so far as you are concerned-but to Ver. 14.-The third time I am ready to help in building you up, by removing the come to you. He had been ready twice fa.laehoods that alienate you from me." before, though the second time his actual Ver. 20.-Suoh as ye would not (see visit had been prevented by the scandals 1 Cor. iv. 21). Debs.tea. "Discords," "quar- in their Church. That the visit which he rels." Strife&. "Party-intrigues," " factious DOW contemplates is a third visit, and that and emulous rivalries "-(Rom. ii. 8). Baok- there was an unrecorded second visit, is a biting. Detmctions, talking& against one· needless and improbable inferenoe fl'8lll this another. Swellings. Inf:lated conceit, passage. Be bnrdeuome (see ver. 13). pompo1lB egotism (1 Cor. iv. 6, 18, 19; Col. J!iat yourB, but yon (1 These. ii. 8). ii. 18). Tumults. Disorderly excitement Ver. 15.-Spend and be spent; rather, (eh. vi. 5; l Cor. xiv. 33; oomp. l Oor. xiii. ~ and be out,,,pent, or spent to the utter- 2, 10). most (PhiL ii. 17). Ver. 21.-Humble me among you; rather, Ver. 16.-But be it BO, I did not burden in my relation to you. Many whioh have you. The " I " is emphatic. It is shocking Binned already, and have not repented; to think that, even after Paul has so trium- rather, 1.0ho haT1e sinned b~fore and did not phantly cleared himself from the disgraceful repent. Me.ny had sinned (1 Cor. vi. 12-20); oharg" of tryillg to make go.in out of the some only had repented. Coriniliiao.a, he should atill be obliged t;o ' I
HOMILETICS. Vere. 1-5.-.Apostolic piety and psychology. "It Is not expedient," etc. These· verses present two subjects of thought. L A..PosToLIC PSYC.llOLOGY. The worde reveal certain ideas which Pa.ul had concern- ing the human mind. He ha.d the idea: 1. That whilst Mre it is capable of existing .s.epO!t"atejrom the body. "Whether in the body, I ca.nnot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot telL" If he had been certain that the soul could not exist whilst here apart from the body, would he have spoken thus? And who is not conscious of the mind having experiences in which -the body does not participate? Paul speaks of himself as entering regiona far away. (1) 'l'he " third hui,vffl." The Bible· speaks of three heavellll, (a) The atmospheric. There the clo11d11 travel and perform their fllnctions. (IU. ll:lI. 1-21.] THE 8:IW0N'O EPISTLE TO 'rHE contN'l'HlANS. 293