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Now I beg you, brothers—you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to serve the saints—
Verse 15. The first-fruits of Achaia; the first there converted. Witham.
that you also be in subjection to such, and to everyone who helps in the work and labors.
I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus; for that which was lacking on your part, they supplied.
Verse 17. Which was wanting on your part, they have supplied, by informing me, and giving me a full account of all. Witham.
For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge those who are like that.
The assemblies of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you warmly in the Lord, together with the assembly that is in their house.
All the brothers greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss.
This greeting is by me, Paul, with my own hand.
If any man doesn’t love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be cursed. Come, Lord!
Verse 22. Let him be anathema, accursed. Maran Atha, [2] which, according to S. Jerom and Saint John Chrysostom signify, the Lord is come already, and so is to be taken as an admonition to those who doubted of the resurrection, and is to put them in mind, that Christ, the Judge of the living and the dead, is come already. The Rabbinical writers tells us, there are three curses among the Jews called by different names: that the first was niddui, which implied an expulsion from the synagogue for a time; the second was greater, such being quite cut off from the common society, called Cherem; the third, Maran Atha, the Lord cometh, is coming, or is come, which was followed by exemplary judgments and punishments. Thus Mons. Hure, in his Bible Dictionary, Mr. Legh, in his Critica Sacra, and also Mr. Nary. But whether this is better grounded than many other Rabbinical stories, let others judge. Witham.
Greek: anathema.
Aramaic: Maranatha!
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.
Verse 24. Happy, thrice happy the pastor, whose life, labours, zeal, and the testimony of his own conscience, embolden him to say with Saint Paul, that he loves the flock of Jesus Christ, that he only loves them for Jesus Christ, and in Jesus Christ, by virtue of the Holy Spirit.
2 CORINTHIANS
THE SECOND
EPISTLE OF S. PAUL, THE APOSTLE,
TO THE CORINTHIANS