διὸ εὐδοκῶ κ. τ. λ.: wherefore I am well content in (for εὐδοκεῖν ἐν cf. 2 Samuel 22:20; Matthew 3:17; 1 Corinthians 10:5) weaknesses, in insults (ὕβρις is used for “injury” to a ship in Acts 27:10; Acts 27:21; it does not occur elsewhere in N.T.; but cf. ὑβρίζειν, Acts 14:5; 1 Thessalonians 2:2), in necessities, in persecutions and distresses, for Christ's sake (cf. Matthew 5:11); for whenever I am weak, then am I strong. Wetstein compares Philo's τὸ ἀσθενὲς ὑμῶν δύναμίς ἐστι (Vit. Mos., i., § 13). St. Paul's words are more than a verbal paradox: they express the fact, to which history abundantly testifies, that the world's throne is the Cross.

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