With the thought of this verse cf. 2Co 9:7, 1 Peter 5:2. ὡς κατὰ ἀνάγκην : “St. Paul does not say κατὰ ἀνάγκην but ὡς κατὰ ἀνάγκην. He will not suppose that it would really be constraint; but it must not even wear the appearance (ὡς) of being so. cf. 2 Corinthians 11:17, ὡς ἐν ἀφροσύνῃ ” (Lightfoot).

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