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In power of signs and wonders (en dunamei sēmeiōn kai teratōn). Note all three words as in Heb 2:4, only here dunamis is connected with sēmeia and terata. See all three words used of Paul’s own work in 2Co 12:12 and in 2Th 2:9 of the Man of Sin. See note on 1Th 1:5; 1Co 2:4 for the “power” of the Holy Spirit in Paul’s preaching. Note repetition of en dunamei here with pneumatos hagiou.
So that (hōste). Result expressed by the perfect active infinitive peplērōkenai (from plēroō) with the accusative me (general reference).
Round about even unto Illyricum (kuklōi mechri tou Illurikou). “In a ring” (kuklōi, locative case of kuklos). Probably a journey during the time when Paul left Macedonia and waited for II Corinthians to have its effect before coming to Corinth. If so, see notes on 2Co 13:1-14 and notes on Act 20:1-3. When he did come, the trouble with the Judaizers was over. Illyricum seems to be the name for the region west of Macedonia (Dalmatia). Strabo says that the Egnatian Way passed through it. Arabia and Illyricum would thus be the extreme limits of Paul’s mission journeys so far.