Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 1 Corinthians 2:3

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 1 Corinthians 2:3 - 2:3

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 1 Corinthians 2:3 - 2:3

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3. πρὸς ὑμᾶς has been taken by some commentators as equivalent to arrived among you. But as De Wette points out, 1Co 16:10 decides the point in favour of the rendering in A.V. There is in each case a kind of double construction involved, that of coming to and staying with the persons mentioned.

ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ. No personal advantages assisted his preaching; no eloquence, save that of deep conviction; no self-confidence; nothing but self-mistrust, anxiety, the deepest sense of unworthiness, combined with an infirmity of body, which was a great trial to the Apostle, and of which he makes frequent mention. See 2Co 10:10; 2Co 11:30; 2Co 12:5; 2Co 12:7; 2Co 12:9-10; Gal 4:13-14.