worthy to suffer shame The Apostles count as their glory what the world would count as shame, cp. Galatians 6:14, "God forbid that I should glorysave in the crossof our Lord Jesus Christ." This figure of speech (called oxymoron, and consisting in the effective contrast of words apparently opposite) is common in the New Testament. Cp. 2 Corinthians 6:8-10.

for his name Read with the best authorities, for the Name. That name of which St Peter had said (Acts 4:12), "There is none other name under heaven, given among men, whereby we must be saved."

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