The Pulpit Commentary — 1 Corinthians — Section 540

he shall have convenient time ; rntber, Ver. 19.-The Churches of Asia. Procon- ,vlten a aond opportunity offers itself to him. eular Asio.. There was a constant inter- Whether Apollos ever revisited Corinth or change of voyages between the western not we do not know. coast of Asia and Corinth. Aquila. and Ver. 13.-Watch, etc. The brief impetuous Priscilla.. This admirable Christian husband imperntives shown sudden burst of emotion and wife had no small share in foundin"' IIB he draws to a close. The next clause the Churches both of Corinth and Ephesu~ seems like nn after-thought. Watchfulness Being St. Paul's partners in trade, he spent (1 T!Jess. v. 6; 1 Pet. v. 8; Rev. iii. 2; xvi. much time with them. (For all that is known 15), steadfastness (Phil. i 27), and strength of them, see Acts xviii. 1, 2, 26; Rom. xvi. 3, (Eph. vi. 10; Col. i. 11; 2 Tim. ii. 1), and 5.) Priscilla. l\Iost of the uncials have the love (eh. xiii.; l Pet. iv. 8, etc.) were fre- shorter form, Prisca. In some manuscripts quent subjects of Christian exhortation. The (D, E, F, G) and versions (e.fJ. the Vulgate) verb which expresses Christian manline~s we find the addition, "with whom also I am (" Play the men!") occurs here only. It lodging." The Church the.t is in their house. is found in the LXX. of Josh. i. 6. They The time for large common churches for needed, as Chrysostom says, all these exhorta- public worship had not yet arrived. Hence, tions, for they were, in Christian matters, when the Christian community numbered drowsy, unstable, effeminate, and factious. more than could meet in one place, the Ver. 14.-Let all your thillgs be done with congregations were held in separate houses charity; rather, as in the Revised Version, (Rom. xvi. 4, 15; Acts ii. 46; Col. iv. 15; Let all that ye do be done in love. This is Philem. 2). equivalent to the "Above all things, have Ver. 20.-All the brethren. The Ephesian fervent Jove among you1·selves," of l Pet. Church in general. With an holy kiss. The iv. 8. kiss of peace is mentioned in Rom. xvi. 16 ; Ver. 15.-Ye know the house of Ste- 2 Cor. xiii. 12; I Pet. v. 14. It was a sign phanas. '!.'his paragraph seems to have of the reconciliation of all dissensions. But been written lest the Corinthians should be the abuse of the practice and the hideous angry with Stephanas, Fortunatus, and heathen calumnies which it helped to per- .A.cllaicus-who, perhaps, were slaves of the petuate, led to its abolition. In the Roman household of Chloe-for having carried to Church a shadow of it still remains in the St. Paul their ill report (eh. i. 11). The custom of the congregation kissing the pax :firstfruits of Acha.ia. For which reason St. after the priest has kissed it. The custom Paul had bnptized Stephanas and his house still continues in the Christos voscress of (eh. i. 16). In Rom. xvi. 5 Epxnetus is called Easter Do.y in the Greek Church, when- "the firstfrnits of Achaia," but thern the " See I the bearded faces kiss each other: reading ought to be, of Asici. Rave addioted Eve1·y Hussian Christian loves his brother. themselves ; rather, they set themselves. Serf or noble, each to-day may claim Ver. 16.-That ye submit yourselves unto Friendly kiss in that o.ll friendly Name." such. Slaves though they mny be in earthly rank, recognize their Cllristian authority as Ver. 21.-With mine own ha.nd. Emry good men and women (see Eph. v. 21; one of St. P,iul's Epistles, except that to 1 Tim. v. 17). The verb used for" submit the Galatians (vi. 11), seems to lmve been yourselves," or, "set yourselves under," is written by cm amanuensis. The blaze of the same as in the previous verse. light in the vision on the ro11d to Damascus Ver. 17.-Of the coming; rather, at the seems to have left him with acute and presence of. They were now with St. Paul permanent ophthalmia 11s his '' thorn in the in Ephesus. Fortunatus. A Christitm of flesh;" and this would nnturnlly disincline this name also carried the letter of St, him to tho physical l11bour of writing. Clement to Corinth. The.t which was lack- When he did write, his letters seem to hnve ing on your pa.rt. This sounds like n been large and straggling (Gal. vi. 11). reproach in the Authorized Version, but is Dut this was an age in which documents quite th.e reverse. It should be rendered, were frequently falsified by designing the void caused by your absence. The same persons, and this seems to have happened word occurs in 2 Cor. viii. 13, 14 ; ix. l'2 ; to St. Paul nfter he had written his very xi. 9, etc. The nearest-parallel to the u~age first extant letter. After wl\rning tho here is Phil. ii. 30. 'Thessaloniaus not to be frigh teucd " by Ver. 18.-My spirit and yours. They opistltl as from us" (2 Thcss. ii. 2), he adds, refreshed my spirit by telling me all about at the close of the letter, that henceforth ho you, sad though much of the news was; and intends to authenticate every letter by an yours by this renewal of our mutual inter- autograph salutlltion (2 Thess. iii. 17; Col. course (comp. 2 Cor. vii. 13), iv. 18; Rom. xvi. 22). To this bad and Vera. Hl-24.-Salutatious and autograph dangerous practice of forgery is <l uo tllo co11clusion. . energetic appeal of Rev. nii. IS, 19. A 552 TIIE FinST EPISTLE 'l'O 'l'I-IE COIUNTIIIANS. [en. xvi. 1-21.