Yea, so have I strived. — Rather, but making it my ambition. The Apostle set it before him as a point of honour, not merely to carry forward a work that others had begun, but to build up the whole edifice from the foundation himself.

Not where Christ was named. — Not in places where there were Christians already.

Another man’s foundation. — Comp. 2 Corinthians 10:15; and for the use of the word “foundation” for the first preaching of the gospel, 1 Corinthians 3:10.

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