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2Co_11:9. τὸ γὰρ ὑστέρημα down to Μακεδονίας is not, with Griesbach, Lachmann, and others, to be made parenthetical,[326] since ΚΑῚ ἘΝ ΠΑΝΤῚ Κ . Τ . Λ . is structurally and logically (as consequence) connected with it: for what was wanting to me the brethren (known to you) supplied, after they had come from Macedonia, and, et.
προσανεπλήρωσαν ] addendo suppleverunt (comp. 2Co_9:12). But we are not, with Grotius (who in 2Co_11:8 and here thinks of the means for supporting the poor) and Bengel, to seek the reference of πρός in the addition to the earnings of his labour, for of this the whole context contains nothing; but the brethren added the support brought by them to the apostle’s still very small provision, and so supplemented his ὑστέρημα . This aid is later than that mentioned in Php_4:15 (see in loc.). the names of the brethren (were they Silas and Timothy? Act_18:5) are unknown to u.
καὶ ἐν παντὶ κ . τ . λ .] and in every point (comp. 2Co_11:6) I have kept and will keep myself non-burdensome to you; I have occasioned you no burden in mine own person, and will occasion you none in the future (“tantum abest, ut poeniteat,” Bengel).
ἀβαρής only here in the N. T., but see Arist. de coel. 4; Chrysipp. in Plut. Mor. p. 1053 E; Luc. D. M. x. 5.
[326] So also Ewald, who takes ver. 8 and ver. 9 still as a continuation of the question in ver. 7.