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12. περὶ δὲ Ἀπολλὼ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ. See note on ch. 1Co 1:12. St Paul was anxious to have put Apollos, as a man of weight in the Corinthian Church, in charge of his letter. But Apollos stedfastly declined to go, fearing that his presence might foment, instead of allaying, the disorders. Titus, who was sent with this Epistle, and Apollos are found in close intercourse with each other and with St Paul many years later in Tit 3:13.
καὶ πάντως οὐκ ἦν θέλημα. But it was not at all his will to come now, or, with Bishop Lightfoot in his work On a fresh Revision of the N. T., But it was not at all God’s Will that he should come now.
ὅταν εὐκαιρήσῃ. Whensoever he shall have a favourable opportunity, i.e. when he shall have what he considers a suitable opportunity.