2 Corinthians 1:11

You also helping … by prayer for us Cf. 1 Thessalonians 5:25; 2 Thessalonians 3:1; Hebrews 13:18; James 5:15-16. "For the right understanding of this Epistle, the identity of feeling between the Apostle and his converts must be borne in mind throughout … It is the liveliest instance of the real community of feeling introduced by Christianity into the world." Stanley. Cf. ch. 2 Corinthians 4:15; 2 Corinthians 9:12. Also Acts 12:5; Acts 12:11; Romans 15:30-31; Philippians 1:19; 2 Thessalonians 3:1-2; Philemon 1:22.

the gift χάρισμα. See 1 Corinthians 12:4 (note).

persons Literally, faces. The word originally, perhaps, signifies a mask. Hence it came (see note on ch. 2 Corinthians 2:10) to mean -face" or -presence," and thus, as in the present passage, it comes to mean -person." But the signification faceoccurs in Homer.