DIVISION VI. BUSINESS, NEWS, AND GREETINGS, 16. The Ap. has delivered his mind to the Cor [2592] upon the questions which prompted this great Ep. He had reserved to the last the profound and solemn problem of the Future Life, in its treatment of which the conceit of intellect and the moral levity th... [ Continue Reading ]
“But about the collection that (is made) for the saints” (τῆς εἰς τ. ἁγίους). This clause might be construed as subordinate to the following ὡς διέταξα; it reads more naturally as _a detached title_ to the par. indicating this, seemingly, as another topic of the Church Letter (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 7:... [ Continue Reading ]
§ 57. CONCERNING THE COLLECTION. During his Third Missionary Journey P. was collecting money for the relief of the Christian poor in Jerusalem. Two chaps. in the middle of 2 Cor. are devoted to this business, which, as it seems, had moved slowly in the interval between the two Epp. The collection ha... [ Continue Reading ]
rehearses the rule previously laid down for Galatia: “On every first (day) of the week let each of you by himself (= at home) lay up, making a store (of it), whatever he may be prospered in”. μίαν σαββάτου ' _echäd shabbath_ or _bashshabbâth_ according to Hebrew idiom (see parls.) for the days of th... [ Continue Reading ]
The Cor [2616] are to choose delegates to bear their bounty, who will travel to Jerus. with P., if this be deemed fit. Acts 20:1-4 shows that in the event a large number of representatives of Gentile Churches voyaged with P., doubtless on this common errand. διʼ ἐπιστολῶν may qualify either δοκιμάση... [ Continue Reading ]
“But I will come to you, when I have gone through Macedonia.” The Ap. writes from Ephesus some time before Pentecost (1 Corinthians 16:8), probably before Easter (1 Corinthians 16:8; see note); he intends to traverse Macedonia on his way (διέρχομαι, repeated with emphasis, regularly denotes in the A... [ Continue Reading ]
§ 58. VISITS TO CORINTH. The arrangements for the Collection have led P. to speak of his approaching visit to Cor [2629], and he explains more definitely his plans in this respect (1 Corinthians 16:5-9). _Timothy's_ coming, though not certain, may be looked for speedily; and the Ap., with some solic... [ Continue Reading ]
“For I would not see you _now_, in passing; for (γὰρ) I hope to stay some length of time (χρόνον τινὰ) with you, if the Lord permit.” P. could have crossed by sea and taken Cor [2640] _on his way_ to Mac. (_cf._ 2 Corinthians 1:15 f.); the Cor [2641] had requested his speedy coming, which might have... [ Continue Reading ]
“But I stay on in Ephesus until the Pentecost” τῆς πεντηκοστῆς (ἡμέρας), “the fiftieth day” from the 16th Nisan in the Passover Feast (see parls.). This suggests that P. is writing not very long before Whitsuntide; 1 Corinthians 5:6 ff. indicated a date for the Ep. immediately antecedent to Easter.... [ Continue Reading ]
ἐὰν (not ὅταν) δὲ ἔλθῃ Τιμόθεος : “But if Timothy come” his coming is not _certain_. He and Erastus have been before this sent to Macedonia (Acts 19:21 f.) in advance of P., with instructions to go forward to Cor [2647] (1 Corinthians 4:17 above); he might be expected to arrive about the same time a... [ Continue Reading ]
The manner in which the clause Περὶ δὲ Ἀπολλὼ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ is loosely prefixed to the statement of this ver. (“Now about Apollos the brother”) suggests that Apollos' coming had been mentioned in the Church Letter: _cf._ 1 Corinthians 16:1; 1 Corinthians 7:1, etc. Respecting _Apollos_, see notes to 1... [ Continue Reading ]
Γρηγορεῖτε, στήκετε belong to a class of vbs. peculiar to later Gr [2670] presents based on older perfects; the former from ἐγρήγορα (ἐγείρω), the latter from ἕστηκα (ἵστημι). The first exhortation recalls 1 Corinthians 15:33 f., the second 1 Corinthians 4:17 1 Corinthians 10:12, 1 Corinthians 15:2;... [ Continue Reading ]
§ 59. CONCLUDING HOMILY. According to the Apostle's wont, at the end of his letter he gathers up the burden of his message into a single concise and stirring exhortation (1 Corinthians 16:13 f.). _Watchfulness_, _steadfastness, manly vigour_, above all _Christian love_, were the qualities in which t... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Corinthians 16:15-16 urge particular instances of the above ἐν ἀγάπῃ γινέσθω. The ἵνα clause of 1 Corinthians 16:16 is complementary to παρακαλῶ (see note on 1 Corinthians 1:10), and is suspended to make room for the explanatory οἴδατε … ἑαυτοὺς : “you know that the household of Stephanas is the f... [ Continue Reading ]
“But I rejoice at the presence (_or_ coming) of Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and Achaïcus.” The stress lying on παρουσίᾳ explains the introductory δέ : “You must show respect to such men, when they reach home; but I am glad that just now they are _here_ ”. Fortunatus (Lat. name, and common) and Achaïc... [ Continue Reading ]