Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [2 Corinthians: Chapter 1].
for a past experience see also \esch•ka\ in 2:13 (Moulton,
_Prolegomena_, p. 143f.; Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 896f.). {That
we should not trust in ourselves} (\hina m• pepoithotes •men eph'
heautois\). A further purpose of God in affliction beyond that in
verse 4. "This dreadful trial was sent to him in order to give
him a precious spiritual lesson (12:7-10)" (Robertson and
Plummer). Note periphrastic perfect active subjunctive of
\peith•\, to persuade. {In} (\epi\), upon, both ourselves and
God.
1:10 {Out of so great a death} (\ek t•likoutou thanatou\). He had
considered himself as good as dead. {Delivered} (\erusato\)
{--will deliver} (\rusetai\). Old verb \ru•\, middle, \ruomai\,
draw oneself, as out of a pit, rescue. So Paul faces death
without fear. {On whom we have set our hope} (\eis hon
•lpikamen\). Perfect active indicative of \elpiz•\. We still have
that hope, emphasized by \eti rusetai\ (he will still deliver).
1:11 {Ye also helping together on our behalf} (\sunupourgount•n
kai hum•n huper h•m•n\). Genitive absolute with present active
participle of late compound verb (\sun\ and \hupourge•\ for
\hupo\ and \ergon\). Paul relied on God and felt the need of the
prayer of God's people. {By means of many} (\ek poll•n
pros•p•n\). \Pros•pon\ means face (\pros, ops\). The word is
common in all Greek. The papyri use it for face, appearance,
person. It occurs twelve times in II Corinthians. It certainly
means face in eight of them (3:7,13,18; 8:24; 10:1,7; 11:20).
In 5:12 it means outward appearance. It may mean face or person
here, 2:10; 4:6. It is more pictorial to take it here as face
"that out of many upturned faces" thanks may be given
(\hina--eucharist•th•i\ first aorist passive subjunctive) for the
gift to us by means of many (\dia pollon\). It is indeed a
difficult sentence to understand.
1:12 {Glorying} (\kauch•sis\). Act of glorying, while in verse
14 \kauch•ma\ is the thing boasted of. {The testimony of our
conscience} (\to marturion t•s suneid•se•s h•m•n\). In apposition
with \kauch•sis\. {Sincerity of God} (\eilikrinei•i tou theou\).
Like \dikaiosun• theou\ (Ro 1:17; 3:21), the God-kind of
righteousness. So the God-kind (genitive case) of sincerity. Late
word from \eilikrin•s\. See on ¯1Co 5:8. {Not in fleshly wisdom}
(\ouk en sophi•i sarkik•i\). See on ¯1Co 1:17; 2:4,13f. Paul
uses \sarkikos\ five times and it occurs only twice elsewhere in
N.T. See on ¯1Co 3:3. {We behaved ourselves} (\anestraph•men\).
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