Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 13:4

( a) καὶ γὰρ ἐσταυρώθη κ. τ. λ.: for He was crucified through weakness (cf. Philippians 2:8; 1 Peter 3:18; ἐκ indicating that it was His self-assumed ἀσθένεια which made the Passion possible), but liveth through (ἐκ again indicating the ultimate condition) the Power of God (see reff. and cf. Romans 8:11; Ephesians 1:20; Philippians 2:9). (b) καὶ f1γὰρ ἡμεῖς κ. τ. λ.: for we also are weak with Him (the reading ἐν αὐτῷ might be explained from such passages as 2 Corinthians 1:5; 2 Corinthians 4:10-11; but it is so startling that we hesitate to adopt it, when the MS. evidence is so evenly balanced; σὺν αὐτῷ means simply “we are weak, as He was weak, in the world's eyes”; see 2 Corinthians 12:10), but we shall live with Him, not only in the Resurrection Life of believers (John 14:19; Romans 5:10; Romans 6:8), but through the Power of God toward you, i.e., through the powerful sanctions with which He will confirm our exercise of Apostolic discipline at Corinth (cf. 1 Corinthians 5:5). The thought is that already expressed in 2 Corinthians 12:10. He now resumes the argument of 2 Corinthians 13:3 a, sc., you are claiming to test my claims: you should look to yourselves; your faith is a witness to mine that Christ dwells in you is a proof that He dwells in me, who preached Him to you. Cf. chap. 2 Corinthians 1:24; 2 Corinthians 3:2.

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