Exposition on 2 Corinthians preface–3.18
Latin text: Souter, TS 9.2 (Latin text: A. Souter (Texts and Studies 9.2, 1926); OCR of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam scan, read by Tesseract).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Argumentum (prefatory note)
0Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:231
[Quoniam in prima pro quorundam peccatis doctores eorum praecipue corripuerat, et multum fuerant contristati, nunc eos consolatur, suum eis proponens exemplum et docens non debere aegre ferre quod pro aliorum salute sunt correpti, cum ipse pro aliena salute periculis cottidie et morti subiace[a]t.]
[Since in the first letter he had rebuked their teachers above all for the sins of certain people, and they had been greatly saddened, he now consoles them, setting before them his own example and teaching that they should not take it ill that they were rebuked for the salvation of others, since he himself is exposed daily to dangers and to death for the salvation of others.]
Notes and citation
Summary: Argument: Paul consoles the Corinthians after the rebukes of the first letter.
- Souter brackets this whole argument as not genuine Pelagius; it is kept in brackets so that the section is not empty.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. pref. (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:231; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/0). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 1
1.1Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:231–232
Paulus apostolus Christi Iesu. Quaeritur cur in omnibus epistulis contra usum epistularum primo suum nomen ponat quam eorum ad quos litterae destinantur. sed hoc auctoritatis [est] apostolici ordinis, quia minoribus scribit, sicut etiam iudices saeculi solent ad eos quos regunt scripta diregere. Per uoluntatem dei. Dei, non hominum uoluntate; simul ut ostendat non sine patris uoluntate se missum a Christo. Et Timotheus frater, ecclesiae dei quae est Corinthi. Non dixit: ‘Paulus et Timotheus,’ quia non ambo apostoli: ad Philip[p]enses uero, ubi non erat tanta auctoritas necessaria, ‘ serui ’ ambo ponuntur. Cum sanctis omnibus qui sunt in uniuersa Achaia . Hic sancti possunt accipi sacerdotes, qui in prima [ponuntur] dominum inuocantes, et ad Philip[p]enses cum episcopis et diaconis. ideo autem postea nominantur, ne parum intellegentes eos praetermissos esse putarent, cum iam sint in ecclesia conprehensi [Achaia], cuius est metropolis Corinthus.
"Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus." It is asked why in all his letters, against the custom of letters, he puts his own name before the names of those to whom the letter is sent. But this belongs to the authority of the apostolic order, because he writes to those who are lesser, as the judges of this world too are accustomed to address writings to those whom they govern. "By the will of God." By the will of God, not of men; at the same time to show that he was not sent by Christ without the Father's will. "And Timothy our brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth." He did not say "Paul and Timothy," because they were not both apostles; but to the Philippians, where so much authority was not needed, both are set down as "servants." "With all the saints who are in all Achaia." Here "saints" can be taken as priests, who in the first letter are those "calling on the Lord," and to the Philippians are "with the bishops and deacons." They are named afterwards so that those of little understanding should not think they had been passed over, since they are already included in the church, whose metropolis is Corinth.
2 Cor 1:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Phil 1:1 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 1:2 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul puts his name first by apostolic authority; the "saints" of Achaia may be its priests.
- Souter brackets est, ponuntur, a p in Philippenses, and Achaia; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips; word split in OCR): Cliristi lesu → Christi Iesu; f rater → frater; Hie → Hic.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.1 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:231–232; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.2Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:232
Gratia uobis et pax a deo patre [nostro] et domino Iesu Christo . [Solita apostoli salutatio]. [hinc iam] gratias agunt deo, gaudentes se ideo consolari ut ipsi alios consolentur.
"Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." They give thanks to God, rejoicing that they are consoled for this purpose, that they themselves may console others.
2 Cor 1:2 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The greeting leads into thanks for comfort received in order to comfort others.
- Souter brackets nostro, "The apostle's usual greeting," and "from here now"; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; words run together in OCR): Ie$u → Iesu; [Solita apostolisalutatio]. [hinciam] → [Solita apostoli salutatio]. [hinc iam].
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.2 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:232; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.3Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:232
Benedictus deus et pater domini nostri Iesu Christi, pater misericordiarum. Quia ex ipso est omnis misericordia. Et deus totius consolationis. Id est, perfectae consolationis, quia non est minus tribulatione solacium.
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies." Because all mercy is from him. "And the God of all comfort." That is, of perfect comfort, because the comfort is no less than the tribulation.
2 Cor 1:3 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God is the source of all mercy and of comfort equal to every trial.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.3 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:232; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.4Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:232–233
Qui consolatur nos in omni pressura nostra. Non [in] aliquibus, sed in omnibus. Ut possimus et ipsi consolari eos qui sunt in omni angustia , per exhortationem qua exhortamur et ipsi a domino. Propterea liberamur, ut et nos alios consolari et de tristitia liberare possimus. Aut: Ita formam nobis dat alios consolandi, et per exhortationem qu[i]a ipsi a deo consolamur, agnoscimus quod deus timentium se neminem derelinquat et multo magis in futuro remuneret[ur] quos etiam in praesenti non deserit.
"Who comforts us in all our affliction." Not in some, but in all. "So that we too may be able to comfort those who are in any distress, through the exhortation by which we ourselves are exhorted by the Lord." We are delivered for this reason, that we too may be able to comfort others and free them from sadness. Or: so he gives us a pattern for comforting others; and through the exhortation by which we ourselves are comforted by God, we recognize that God forsakes none of those who fear him, and will much more reward in the future those whom he does not desert even in the present.
2 Cor 1:4 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God comforts Paul so that he may comfort others.
- Souter brackets in, the i of quia, and -ur in remuneretur; left out.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.4 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:232–233; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.5Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:233
Quoniam sicut abundant passiones Christi in nobis . Id est, pro nomine Christi. Ita et per Christum abundat [etiam] consolatio nostra . Ut [et] Petrus est de carcere liberatus et ipse Paulus uisione domini et uoce confirmatus in templo.
"For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us." That is, for the name of Christ. "So also through Christ our comfort abounds." As Peter was freed from prison, and Paul himself was strengthened in the temple by a vision and the voice of the Lord.
2 Cor 1:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 12:7 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 22:17 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Sufferings for Christ bring abundant comfort, as Peter and Paul found.
- Souter brackets etiam and et; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (word split in OCR): con solatio → consolatio.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.5 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:233; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.6Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:233
Siue autem angustiam patimur, pro uestra exhortatione et salute. Quia uos ad salutem hortamur. [Siue: Ut uobis exemplum tolerantiae praebeamus.] [Siue exhortamur,] pro uestra exhortatione, [quae operatur in] sufferentiam earundem passionum, quas et nos patimur ,
"But whether we suffer distress, it is for your exhortation and salvation." Because we exhort you to salvation. "For your exhortation, [which works in] the enduring of the same sufferings that we also suffer;"
2 Cor 1:6 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul's sufferings serve the Corinthians' encouragement and endurance.
- Souter brackets "Or: that we may give you an example of endurance" and "Or whether we are exhorted," left out; and "which works in" in the lemma, kept in brackets for the sense.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; words run together in OCR): exhortationeetsalute → exhortatione et salute; exhortation# → exhortatione.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.6 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:233; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.7Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:233
et spes nostra firma [est] pro uobis . Ideo liberamur ut ipsa re confirmemini non pertimescere passiones. Siue: Ut uos hortemur patienter ferre illa quae et praesentem consolationem optinent et futuram. Scientes quia , et si socii passionum estis , simul et resurrectionis eritis . Haec est spes nostra firma pro uobis.
"and our hope for you is firm." We are delivered for this reason, that by the fact itself you may be strengthened not to fear sufferings. Or: that we may exhort you to bear patiently the things that hold both present and future comfort. "Knowing that, as you are sharers of the sufferings, so you will also be of the resurrection." This is our firm hope for you.
2 Cor 1:7 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Those who share Christ's sufferings will share the resurrection.
- The lemma reads "of the resurrection" (resurrectionis). Souter brackets est; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Jirma → firma; ilia → illa; Sdentes → Scientes.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.7 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:233; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.8Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:233–234
Non enim uolumus ignorare [uos], fratres , de pressura nostra , quae facta est in Asia . Narrat suas passiones ut illi se ad earum conparationem parua pati cognoscant, maxime cum illi talia patiantur, qui uice Christi fuerant destinati, sicut, si quis discipulus doleat suam iniuriam, cum audierit magistrum maiora perpessum, consolatione accepta dolere desistit. Quoniam supra modum onerati sumus supra uires [nostras], Grauati pondere passionum. Ita ut taederet nos etiam uiuere. Ita ut mori omni desiderio cuperemus.
"For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of our affliction which happened in Asia." He tells of his sufferings so that they may recognize that they suffer little in comparison, especially since such men suffer such things, who had been appointed in place of Christ; just as, if a disciple grieves over an injury to himself, when he hears that his master has endured greater, he receives comfort and stops grieving. "That we were burdened beyond measure, beyond strength," Weighed down by the weight of sufferings. "So that we were weary even of living." So that we longed with all desire to die.
2 Cor 1:8 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul's great sufferings in Asia put the Corinthians' trials in perspective.
- Souter brackets uos and nostras; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (words run together in OCR): oneratisumus → onerati sumus.
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.8 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:233–234; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.9Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:234
Sed ipsi [in] nobis [ipsis] responsum mortis habuimus , ut non simus fidentes in nobis . Hoc est, in nostra prudentia uel cautela. Sed in deo , qui suscitat mortuos . Ipsa mors nos docuit omne humanum auxilium defecisse, [et] ab illo solo sperandum esse remedium, cui etiam mortuos suscitare possibile est.
"But we had in ourselves the answer of death, so that we should not trust in ourselves." That is, in our own prudence or caution. "But in God, who raises the dead." Death itself taught us that all human help had failed, and that the remedy was to be hoped for from him alone for whom it is possible even to raise the dead.
2 Cor 1:9 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Facing death taught Paul to trust only God, who raises the dead.
- Souter brackets in, ipsis, and et; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): vt non → ut non; esb → est; susdtat → suscitat.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.9 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:234; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.10Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:234
Qui de tantis periculis eripuit nos [et eruet], in quem [et] speramus quoniam [adhuc] et liberabit. Scit se adhuc multa passurum, qui sperat se etiam liberandum.
"Who delivered us from such great dangers, in whom we hope that he will also deliver." He who hopes that he will also be delivered knows that he will still suffer much.
2 Cor 1:10 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Hoping for further deliverance implies further suffering.
- Souter brackets "and will deliver," et, and adhuc; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; words run together in OCR): quern → quem; [adhuc]etliberabit. Scitseadhuc → [adhuc] et liberabit. Scit se adhuc.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.10 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:234; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.11Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:234–235
Adiuuantibus et[iam] uobis. Nisi laborans [non] dicitur [ab alio] adiuuari. In oratione pro nobis. Multum ualet oratio totius ecclesiae, quae etiam Petrum de carcere liberauit. Ut ex multorum facie[rum eius], quae in nobis est , donationis per multos gratiae referantur pro nobis. Hoc habet sensus, ut ex multorum conuentu pro eo quod uobis donamur domino gratiae referantur. Siue: Quia multis donati sumus, plures conuertentes per nos gratias agant pro nobis.
"You also helping." Only one who labors is said to be helped. "In prayer for us." The prayer of the whole church avails much; it even freed Peter from prison. "So that, from the faces of many, thanks may be given by many on our behalf for the gift that is in us." The sense is that from the gathering of many thanks may be given to the Lord, because we are granted to you. Or: because we have been granted to many, the many converted through us may give thanks for us.
2 Cor 1:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 12:5 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The church's prayer helps Paul, as it freed Peter, and many give thanks for him.
- Souter brackets -iam in etiam, non, "by another," and -rum eius; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips): yiobis → nobis; mulfcis → multis; grafcias aganfc → gratias agant.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.11 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:234–235; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.12Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:235
Nam exultatio nostra haec est. Ideo in ipsis passionibus gloriamur, quia conscientia nos minime reprehendit eo quod gloriae uel lucri causa docere uideamur. Testimonium conscientiae nostrae . ‘Beati mundo corde, quia ipsi deum uidebunt.’ Quoniam in simplicitate et sinceritate dei. Hoc est quo modo deus simplex est et sincerus. [Et] non in sapientia carnali , sed in gratia dei conuersati sumus in [hoc] mundo. Non subdole uel astute docentes, sicut [et] sapientia carnalis, quae mercede distrahitur, sed gratis, sicut a deo accepimus, praedicamus, uel dei solius causa docemus. Abundantius autem ad uos. A quibus nec uictum, qui nobis iure debebatur, accepimus.
"For our boasting is this." We glory in sufferings for this reason, that our conscience does not reproach us at all with seeming to teach for the sake of glory or gain. "The testimony of our conscience." "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." "That in simplicity and sincerity of God." That is, as God is simple and sincere. "Not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God we have conducted ourselves in the world." Not teaching craftily or cunningly, as fleshly wisdom does, which is sold for a fee; but we preach freely, as we received from God, or we teach for God's sake alone. "And more abundantly toward you." From whom we did not accept even the food that was owed us by right.
2 Cor 1:12 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 5:8 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 10:8 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 9:12 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul's conscience witnesses that he taught freely, not for glory or gain.
- Souter brackets Et, hoc, and et; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips; word split in OCR; word split in OCR; misread quotation mark): conscienfcia nos minime reprehendifc → conscientia nos minime reprehendit; ui debunt. 5 → uidebunt.’; simplidtate → simplicitate; esfc → est; soli us → solius; Ahundantius → Abundantius.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.12 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:235; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.13Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:235
Non enim alia scribimus uobis . Non confundor, quia etiam uos nostis certum esse quod dico. Nam qu[a]e legistis et cognoscitis. Quae legistis in epistula, cognoscitis in conscientia. Spero autem quod usque in finem cognoscetis. Certus sum me propositum non mutare.
"For we write nothing else to you." I am not confounded, because you too know that what I say is certain. "Than what you have read and know." What you have read in the letter you know in conscience. "And I hope that you will know to the end." I am sure that I do not change my purpose.
2 Cor 1:13 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul writes only what the Corinthians already know to be true.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.13 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:235; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.14Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:235–236
Sicut et cognouisti[s] nos ex parte. Quia ‘ nondum est finis : ’ cum autem finis uenerit, ex integro cognoscetis. Quia gloria uestra sumus, sicut et uos nostra. Sic est gloria discipulis de bono doctore, quo modo et magister in bonis discipulis gloriatur. In die[m] domini nostri Iesu Christi. Quando et ueri magistri et boni discipuli proba[bu]ntur.
"As you have also known us in part." Because "the end is not yet"; but when the end comes, you will know fully. "That we are your glory, as you also are ours." As disciples have glory from a good teacher, so the master glories in good disciples. "On the day of our Lord Jesus Christ." When both true masters and good disciples will be proved.
2 Cor 1:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 24:6 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Teacher and disciples are each other's glory at Christ's day.
- Souter brackets letters of cognouistis, diem, and probabuntur; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips): efc magister in bonis discipulis gloriafcur → et magister in bonis discipulis gloriatur; lesu → Iesu.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.14 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:235–236; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.15Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:236
Et hac confidentia uolueram prius uenire ad uos. Quia nihil aliut uestrum quaesiuimus quam salutem. Ut secundam gratiam haberetis [,
"And in this confidence I had wanted to come to you first." Because we sought nothing else of yours than your salvation. "So that you might have a second grace,"
2 Cor 1:15 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul planned to visit the Corinthians again for their good.
- The lemma continues in the next section.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.15 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:236; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.16Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:236
et per uos transirem in Macedoniam, et iterum a Macedonia uenirem ad uos , et a uobis deduci in Iudaeam ]. Quia primam in primo meo habuistis aduentu. Siue: Ut secundam gratiam praesentiae meae post litteras haberetis.
["and to pass by you into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be conducted by you into Judea."] Because you had the first in my first coming. Or: that you might have a second grace of my presence, after the letters.
2 Cor 1:16 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The "second grace" is Paul's second visit.
- Souter brackets the lemma of 2 Cor 1:16; it is kept in brackets so that the section has its verse.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slips): deduct in ludaeam → deduci in Iudaeam.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.16 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:236; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.17Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:236
Cum hoc ergo cogitassem , numquit leui[t]ate usus sum? Quia promissum non impleuerat, ne leuita[ti]s putaretur, excusat. Aut quae cogito , secundum carnem cogito? Secundum carnalem scilicet uoluntatem : carnale est enim [aliquem] nulla maiore causa exsistente non facere quod[quod] promisit. Ut sit apud me ‘est’ [‘est’] et ‘non’ [‘non’]? Ideo non cogito secundum carnem, ut non mendax uel duplex inueniar.
"When I intended this, then, did I act with lightness?" Because he had not fulfilled his promise, he excuses himself lest he be thought fickle. "Or what I plan, do I plan according to the flesh?" According to fleshly will, that is: for it is fleshly not to do what one has promised when no greater cause has arisen. "So that with me there should be 'yes' and 'no'?" Therefore I do not plan according to the flesh, lest I be found a liar or double.
2 Cor 1:17 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul's change of plan was not fickleness or fleshly duplicity.
- Souter brackets letters of leuitate and leuitatis, aliquem, the repeated quod, and the repeated "yes" and "no"; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR misread bracket; OCR slip; OCR misread quotation mark): quodfquod] promisifc → quod[quod] promisit; ‘ est 9 → ‘est’.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.17 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:236; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.18Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:236
Fidelis autem deus. Ita et nos, per quos ipse loquitur et qui eum imitamur, non sumus infideles. Quia sermo noster, qui fit apud uos , non est in illo ‘ est ’ et ‘ non ’ [, sed ‘ est ’ in illo est]. Nulla in illo est ambiguitas, nec nos uobis sumus aliquando mentiti.
"But God is faithful." So we too, through whom he speaks and who imitate him, are not unfaithful. "For our word, which is with you, is not 'yes' and 'no' in it." There is no ambiguity in it, and we have never lied to you.
2 Cor 1:18 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: As God is faithful, Paul's word is not ambiguous.
- Souter brackets "but 'yes' is in it"; left out.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.18 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:236; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.19Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:236–237
Dei enim filius lesus Christus , qui in nobis [ est , qui ] per nos praedicatus est , [per me etSiluanum et Timotheum] non fuit ‘ est ’ et ‘non.’ [Si in] Christo non fuit ‘est’ et ‘non,’ qua re, cum promisisset se ire ad centurionis puerum, non perrexit? sed adfuit spiritali gratia, qui non adfuit praesentia corporali. Sed ‘ est ’ in illo fuit . Hoc est inmutabilis ueritas, sicut illud Moysi: ‘qui est misit me.’ Ille enim uere est qui semper idem est.
"For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you through us, was not 'yes' and 'no.'" In Christ there was not "yes" and "no"; why then, when he had promised to go to the centurion's servant, did he not go? But he who was not present in bodily presence was present by spiritual grace. "But in him was 'yes.'" That is, unchangeable truth, as that word to Moses: "He who is has sent me." For he truly is who is always the same.
2 Cor 1:19 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 8:7 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 8:13 (allusion, medium confidence) · Exod 3:14 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ is the unchangeable "yes"; he kept his word to the centurion by spiritual presence.
- Souter brackets "is, who" and "by me and Silvanus and Timothy" in the lemma, and "If" before "in Christ"; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slips; OCR stray mark): 'per nos → per nos; e£ ‘now/ → et ‘non.’.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.19 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:236–237; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-19). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.20Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:237
Quotquot enim promissiones dei [sunt], in illo ‘ est ,’ etiam per ipsum ‘ amen ’ deo ad gloriam per nos. Omnis ueritas promissionis in Christo est, quae per nos ad dei gloriam praedicatur.
"For all the promises of God, in him are 'yes'; therefore also through him the 'amen' to God, for glory, through us." All the truth of the promise is in Christ, and it is preached through us to the glory of God.
2 Cor 1:20 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: All God's promises are true in Christ.
- Souter brackets sunt; left out.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.20 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:237; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-20). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.21Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:237
Qui autem confirma[ui]t nos uobiscum Christus dominus. Gratia et doctrina; et quia dixerat per nos, modo ostendit deum totum facere, qui in eis ista omnia est operatus. Et qui unxit nos deus. Spiritu sancto uel chrismate.
"But he who confirms us with you is Christ the Lord." By grace and teaching; and because he had said "through us," now he shows that God does everything, who worked all these things in them. "And he who anointed us is God." With the Holy Spirit or with chrism.
2 Cor 1:21 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God confirms and anoints believers, with the Spirit or with chrism.
- Souter brackets -ui- in confirmauit; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): conjirma[ui]t → confirma[ui]t.
Topics: Baptism
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.21 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:237; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-21). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.22Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:237
Et qui signauit nos . Illut signatur quod aliquid intrinsecus continet praetiosum. Et dedit pignus spiritus in cordibus nostris. Pro arra spiritus gratiam; omnis autem arra pro magnitudine pretii dari solet: quantum ergo pretium est, cuius tanta est arra !
"And who sealed us." That is sealed which contains something precious within. "And gave the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts." As a pledge, the grace of the Spirit; and every pledge is usually given according to the size of the price: how great, then, is the price whose pledge is so great!
2 Cor 1:22 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Spirit is the pledge of a great inheritance.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.22 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:237; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-22). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.23Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:237–238
Ego autem testem deum inuoco. Reddit causam non impleti promissi: hoc est, non suae leuitati, sed illorum infirmitati adserit deputandum. Et animam meam . Cuius secreta solus agnoscit. Quod parcens uobis non ueni [ultra] Corinthum . Ne in uobis acrius uindicarem.
"But I call God as witness." He gives the reason for not fulfilling the promise: that is, he asserts that it is to be attributed not to his fickleness but to their weakness. "And upon my soul." Whose secrets he alone knows. "That to spare you I did not come to Corinth." Lest I punish you more severely.
2 Cor 1:23 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul stayed away to spare the Corinthians a severe visit.
- Souter brackets ultra; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips): meant → meam; far certs → parcens.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.23 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:237–238; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-23). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.24Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:238
Non quia dominamur fidei uestrae , sed cooperarii sumus uestrae gloriae. Non quo ideo credideritis ut uobis dominemur, sicut in lege sacerdotes, et ideo uos terremus, sed omnia ad uestram facimus emendationem, ut et hic in conscientia [et] in perpetuo gaudeatis, ne ipsa libertate male usi ruatis in peius. Nam fide statis. Fide, non lege; id est, credendo Christo stare coepistis.
"Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers of your glory." Not that you believed so that we might lord it over you, like the priests under the law, and for that reason frighten you; but we do everything for your amendment, so that you may rejoice both here in conscience and forever, and not, misusing liberty itself, rush into worse. "For by faith you stand." By faith, not by law; that is, by believing Christ you began to stand.
2 Cor 1:24 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul does not dominate the Corinthians but works for their amendment and joy.
- The lemma reads "of your glory" (gloriae). Souter brackets et; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips): Jidei → fidei; crediderifcis ufc → credideritis ut; sacerdofces → sacerdotes; hie → hic.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 1.24 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:238; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/1-24). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 2
2.1Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:238
Iudicaui autem hoc ipsum apud me , ne iterum uenirem in tristitiam ad uos. Id est, cogitaui siue disposui, ne in tristitiam secundo uenirem, qui, cum primum credidistis, [apud uos] in gaudio fui.
"But I decided this with myself, not to come to you again in sorrow." That is, I thought or arranged not to come a second time in sorrow, I who was in joy when you first believed.
2 Cor 2:1 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul resolved not to come again in sorrow.
- Souter brackets "among you"; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ludicaui → Iudicaui.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 2.1 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:238; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/2-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.2Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:238
Si enim contristo ego uos , et quis est qui me laetificet? Propter ea hoc facio, ut possim gaudere de uobis. Nisi qui[s ] contristatur ex me. Si enim contristatur, intellegit se peccasse: sic [et] aeger, qui dolorem sentit, potest percipere sanitatem et ad medici laetitiam pertinere.
"For if I make you sorrowful, who is there to make me glad?" I do this so that I may be able to rejoice over you. "Except the one who is made sorrowful by me." For if he is made sorrowful, he understands that he has sinned: so too a sick man who feels pain can receive health and add to the physician's joy.
2 Cor 2:2 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Godly sorrow, like a patient's pain, leads to healing and the teacher's joy.
- Souter brackets the s of quis and et; left out.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 2.2 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:238; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/2-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.3Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:238–239
Et hoc ipsum scripsi [uobis], Modo enim ideo scribo uel ante scripsi, ut litteris emendati praesentem [me] gaudere faciatis. Ut non , cum uenero , tristitiam super tristitiam habeam. Tristitiam habeo, quia pecca[s]tis, quae magis augebitur, si uos non perfecte uidero emendasse. De quibus oportuerat me gaudere . De quibus semper gaudere debueram. Siue: De emendatione gratulari. Confidens in omnibus uobis, quia meum gaudium omnium uestrum est. Confidens uos intellegere quia tunc sit uerum gaudium uestrum, si ego gaudeam. Siue: Confido quod me taliter diligatis, ut meum gaudium uestrum esse ducatis.
"And I wrote this very thing," For I write now, or wrote before, so that, corrected by letters, you may make me glad when I am present. "So that when I come I may not have sorrow upon sorrow." I have sorrow because you sinned, and it will be increased if I do not see that you have perfectly amended. "Over whom I ought to have rejoiced." Over whom I ought always to have rejoiced. Or: to be glad of your amendment. "Trusting in all of you, that my joy is the joy of you all." Trusting that you understand that your joy is true then, if I rejoice. Or: I trust that you love me so much that you count my joy as yours.
2 Cor 2:3 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul wrote so that their amendment would spare him further sorrow.
- Souter brackets uobis, me, and the s of peccastis; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; word split in OCR): facia tis → faciatis; yaudere → gaudere.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 2.3 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:238–239; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/2-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.4Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:239
Nam ex multa pressura et angustia cordis scripsi uobis per multas lacrimas . Primam epistulam, qu[i]a uos corripui: et [hinc] intellegendum quam fuerit de omnium salute sollicitus. Non ut contristemini, sed ut sciatis quam [ abundantius ] habeam caritatem. Non ideo commemoro ut iterum contristemini, sed ut sciatis me omnia de caritate fecisse. [Abundantius] in uobis. Ex maiore sollicitudine abundantiorem cognoscite caritatem.
"For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears." The first letter, in which I rebuked you; it is to be understood how anxious he was for the salvation of all. "Not that you should be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love I have." I do not mention it so that you may be saddened again, but so that you may know that I did everything out of love. "Toward you." From the greater anxiety recognize the more abundant love.
2 Cor 2:4 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul's tearful letter came from love.
- Souter brackets the i of quia, hinc, and abundantius ("more abundantly") twice; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): midtas → multas.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 2.4 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:239; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/2-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.5Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:239–240
Si quis autem contristauit , non me contristauit. Quia per illius peccatum etiam uos correpti amplius profecistis. Siue: Qui emendauit, non me penitus contristauit. Sed ex parte. Ex ea solum parte qua nocuit sibi[, dum illi necesse est paenitere]. Ut non onerem omnes uos. Ideo scribo eum recipi, ut non oneremini, si per uestram duritiam desperauerit de salute.
"But if anyone has caused sorrow, he has not caused sorrow to me." Because through his sin you too, being rebuked, made more progress. Or: he who has amended has not wholly saddened me. "But in part." Only in that part in which he harmed himself. "So as not to burden all of you." I write that he should be received for this reason, lest you be burdened if through your harshness he despairs of salvation.
2 Cor 2:5 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The offender harmed himself; he must be received lest he despair.
- Souter brackets "while it is necessary for him to repent"; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (running head and line number leaked from the page): sibi[,dum illi necesse PELAGl EXPOSITIO [II 6est paenitere] → sibi[, dum illi necesse est paenitere].
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 2.5 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:239–240; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/2-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.6Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:240
Sufficit ei qui eius modi est, obiurgatio haec quae fit a pluribus . Non de illo solo dicit qui paternum polluit thorum, sed de omni peccante: nam multos illic peccasse epistula prima demonstrat. Ita ut e contrario magis donetis et consolemini. Ut contra obiurgationem donetis ueniam et consolemini uerbis prophet[i]ae dicentis: ‘nolo mortem peccatoris[, tantum ut conuertatur et uiuat’], et: ‘iniquus quacumque die fuerit conuersus, non memorabuntur peccata eius.' Ne forte maiore tristitia absorbeatur qui eius modi est. Ne forte per desperationem indulgentiae absorbeatur gurgite uitiorum, et a diabolo persuasus ad infidelitatis et blasphemiae maiora praecipitia deducatur.
"Sufficient for such a one is this rebuke which is inflicted by many." He does not speak only of the one who defiled his father's bed, but of every sinner: for the first letter shows that many had sinned there. "So that on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him." That instead of rebuke you grant pardon and comfort with the words of the prophecy that says: "I do not desire the death of the sinner," and: "On whatever day the wicked man is converted, his sins will not be remembered." "Lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up by greater sorrow." Lest perhaps through despair of pardon he be swallowed up in the whirlpool of vices, and, persuaded by the devil, be led down to the greater precipices of unbelief and blasphemy.
2 Cor 2:6 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 2:7 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 5:1 (allusion, high confidence) · Ezek 33:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Ezek 18:22 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Punishment is enough; the penitent must be forgiven and comforted lest he despair.
- The section covers 2 Cor 2:6–7. The quotations are Ezek 33:11 and Ezek 18:22 (compare 33:16). Souter brackets the i of prophetiae and "only that he be converted and live"; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; word split in OCR; word split in OCR; OCR slip; word split in OCR; OCR slips): Sujficit → Sufficit; obiurgaiio → obiurgatio; demons trat. T I taut → demonstrat. Ita ut; pec catoris[, tantum ut conuertatur et uniat’] → peccatoris[, tantum ut conuertatur et uiuat’]; ui tiorum → uitiorum.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 2.6 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:240; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/2-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.8Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:240
Propter quod obsecro uos ut confirmetis in illum caritatem. Qua perfectam se agnoscat ueniam consecutum.
"Therefore I beseech you to confirm your love toward him." By which he may recognize that he has obtained full pardon.
2 Cor 2:8 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The church must show love so the penitent knows he is fully pardoned.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ilium → illum.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 2.8 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:240; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/2-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.9Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:240–241
Ad hoc enim [et hoc ] scripsi, ut cognoscam experimentum uestrum, si in omnibus oboedientes estis. Ut uideam si, quo mod[o ob]audistis in [uindicando, ita obaudiatis in] indulgendo: oboedientia enim illa perfecta et uera est quae in nullo contemnit.
"For this is why I wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things." To see whether, as you obeyed in punishing, so you obey in forgiving: for that obedience is perfect and true which disregards nothing.
2 Cor 2:9 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul tests whether the church obeys in forgiving as in punishing.
- Souter brackets "and this" in the lemma and letters and words of the comparison ("you obeyed in punishing, so you obey in"); without them the sentence has no sense, so it is rendered in full.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR misread bracket; hyphen rejoined; OCR slip): mod[o objaudistis in [uindicando, ita obau- diatis in] → mod[o ob]audistis in [uindicando, ita obaudiatis in]; ilia → illa.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 2.9 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:240–241; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/2-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.10Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:241
[Si] cui autem aliquid donastis, et ego: nam et ego quae donaui . Si cui iam forte donastis, et ego: sicut uobiscum uindicaui, ita et dono uobiscum. quod autem ego dono, non in mea persona, sed Christi, qui dixit: 'quae donaueritis in terra, erunt soluta et in caelo.’ [Si quid donaui ,] propter uos. Ne uos grauemini uel contristemini. In facie Christi. Quia uice fungimur Christi. Ut non circumueniamur a Satana[n]: nec enim uersutias eius ignoramus. Similiter enim circumuenit per nimiam duritiam, ut peccatores pereant desperando, quo modo in nimia remissione minime corrigendo. unde Solomon ait: ‘non declines dextra[m] neque [in] sinistra[m].’ quamuis ergo tota epistula contra Nouatum sit, tamen hic euidentissime ostenditur a diabolo circumuentus paenitentiam denegare, cuius ista uersutia est ut sub specie iustitiae fallat incautos.
"But to whom you have forgiven anything, I also: for what I too have forgiven," If you have perhaps already forgiven anyone, I also: as I punished together with you, so I also forgive with you. And what I forgive, I forgive not in my own person but in Christ's, who said: "Whatever you forgive on earth will be loosed also in heaven." "For your sake." Lest you be burdened or saddened. "In the person of Christ." Because we act in Christ's place. "So that we may not be outwitted by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices." For he outwits by excessive harshness, so that sinners perish by despairing, just as by excessive laxity, by not correcting them at all. Hence Solomon says: "Do not turn aside to the right or to the left." So although the whole letter is against Novatus, yet here it is shown most clearly that he who denies repentance has been outwitted by the devil, whose device it is to deceive the unwary under the appearance of righteousness.
2 Cor 2:10 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 2:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 18:18 (quotation, medium confidence) · Prov 4:27 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul forgives in Christ's person; refusing repentance, as Novatus did, is Satan's device.
- The section covers 2 Cor 2:10–11. The quotations are Matt 18:18 (in a free form) and Prov 4:27. Souter brackets Si, "if I have forgiven anything," the n of Satanan, and letters of dextram and sinistram; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips; OCR stray mark; verse number 11 leaked from the page; OCR slip): eb in caelo → et in caelo; 'propter → propter; ll Ut non drcumueniamur → Ut non circumueniamur; sinistrafrQ] → sinistra[m]; hie → hic.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 2.10 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:241; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/2-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.12Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:241–242
Cum uenissem autem Troadem propter euangelium Christi et ostium. Aditus uel oportunitas praedicandi. Mihi apertum esset in domino ,
"When I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and a door" Access, or opportunity for preaching. "was opened to me in the Lord,"
2 Cor 2:12 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A door for preaching opened at Troas.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): euuangelium → euangelium.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 2.12 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:241–242; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/2-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.13Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:242
non habui requiem spiritui meo , eo quod non inuenerim Titum fratrem meum. Modo illis uult probare quanto amplius eos diligat, quorum causa tantum sollicitus est, ut cum illi essent omnia prosperata, nullam requiem habuerit, quia Titum, quem ad eos uidendos miserat, non inuenit, timens scilicet ne minime correxissent, quia nondum ei renuntiauerat Titus. Sed uale dicens eis . Cito inde egressus sum, quamuis occasionem habuerim praedicandi. Profectus sum in Macedoniam. Per quam a uobis Titus erat utique rediturus: uicinior est enim Macedoniae Ac[h]aia quam Troad[a]e: denique, dum ibi esset, dicit Titum postea aduenisse.
"I had no rest for my spirit, because I did not find Titus my brother." Now he wants to prove to them how much more he loves them, for whose sake he was so anxious that, though everything had prospered for him, he had no rest, because he did not find Titus, whom he had sent to see them; fearing, of course, that they had not corrected themselves at all, since Titus had not yet reported to him. "But saying farewell to them." I left there quickly, although I had an opportunity to preach. "I set out for Macedonia." Through which Titus would certainly return from you: for Achaia is nearer to Macedonia than to Troas; and then, while he was there, he says that Titus came afterwards.
2 Cor 2:13 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 7:6 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Anxious for the Corinthians, Paul left Troas to meet Titus in Macedonia.
- Souter brackets the h of Achaia and the a of Troade; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): quern → quem.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 2.13 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:242; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/2-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.14Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:242
Deo autem gratias , qui semper triumphat nos in Christo. Triumphare nos facit per Christum. Siue: In nobis ipse triumphat. Et odorem notitiae suae manifestat per nos in omni loco . Odor notitiae dei per doctrinam manifestatur et signa : odor autem ideo dicitur quia sentitur potius quam uidetur, et quia primo credentes modicum aliquit tamquam [per] odorem sentire ualebant.
"But thanks be to God, who always makes us triumph in Christ." He makes us triumph through Christ. Or: he himself triumphs in us. "And manifests the fragrance of his knowledge through us in every place." The fragrance of the knowledge of God is manifested through teaching and signs; and it is called fragrance because it is perceived rather than seen, and because the first believers were able to perceive something small, as through a fragrance.
2 Cor 2:14 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God's knowledge spreads like a fragrance through teaching and signs.
- Souter brackets per; left out.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 2.14 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:242; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/2-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.15Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:242–243
Quia Christi bonus odor sumus deo in hi[i]s qui salui fiunt , et in hi[i]s qui pereunt . Quidam ita dicunt: “noster labor deo semper est gratus, quia omnibus praedicamus, seu uelint credere illi seu nolint.” sed hic proprie de illis dicit qui uel sanabantur per ipsos, uel in quibus uindicta fiebat. bonus ergo odor in utrisque, quia iustus.
"For we are the good fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing." Some say thus: "Our labor is always pleasing to God, because we preach to all, whether they wish to believe or not." But here he speaks properly of those who were either healed through them or on whom punishment fell. So the fragrance is good in both cases, because it is just.
2 Cor 2:15 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The apostles' work is a good fragrance in healing and in punishment alike.
- Souter brackets an i in hiis twice; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips): saluijiunt → salui fiunt; nolinb → nolint; hie → hic.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 2.15 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:242–243; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/2-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.16Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:243
[ Quibusdam [ quidem ] odor mortis in mortem, ] quibusdam quidem odor uitae in uitam: et ad haec quis [est] tam idoneus? Et [ad] haec facienda quis potest tam idoneus esse quam nos, qui ad hoc sumus electi?
"[To some a fragrance of death unto death,] to others a fragrance of life unto life: and who is so fit for these things?" And who can be so fit to do these things as we, who were chosen for this?
2 Cor 2:16 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The apostles were chosen to be a fragrance of life or death.
- Souter brackets the first half of the lemma, kept in brackets for the sense, and quidem, est, ad; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR misread bracket; OCR slip): \ quibusdam → ] quibusdam; [est] tarn idoneus? → [est] tam idoneus?; Efc → Et; potest tarn idoneus → potest tam idoneus.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 2.16 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:243; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/2-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.17Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:243
Non enim sumus sicut plurimi , adulterantes uerbum dei , sed ex sinceritate . Pseudo-apostolos tangit, humanum sensum diuinae praedicationi miscentes, unde [et] Isaias ait: ‘caupones tui miscent uino aquam’; id est, mer[a]e doctrinae adulationis mollia uerba, quibus homines [qui] non tam inebriati ferueant quam delectati tepescant. [Sed] sicut ex deo coram ipso in Christo loquimur. Sicut ex deo processit doctrina, quam scimus nos ipso praesente in persona dicere Christi, id est, sicut ipse praedicauit.
"For we are not, like very many, adulterating the word of God, but from sincerity." He touches the false apostles, who mixed human sense with divine preaching; hence Isaiah too says: "Your innkeepers mix water with wine"; that is, they mix with pure teaching the soft words of flattery, by which people are not so much made drunk to be fervent as delighted to grow lukewarm. "As from God, before him, in Christ we speak." As the teaching proceeded from God, which we know we speak in his presence, in the person of Christ, that is, as he himself preached.
2 Cor 2:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 1:22 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Unlike the false apostles, Paul does not dilute God's word with flattery.
- The quotation is Isa 1:22 in a Latin form. Souter brackets et, the a of merae, qui, and Sed; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips): aib: £caupones → ait: ‘caupones; tarn → tam; id esb, sicut ipse praedicauib → id est, sicut ipse praedicauit.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 2.17 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:243; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/2-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 3
3.1Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:243–244
Incipimus iterum nosmet ipsos commendare? Non ut commendemus nos uobis ista dicendo, laudare nos uolumus, sed haec, ne ab aliis seducamini, cogimur memorare. Aut numquid indigemus, sicut quidam , commendaticias epistulas ad uos aut a uobis [aliquas commendaticias ]? Quos non commendat gratia uirtutum, illos digne commendant epistulae amicorum.
"Are we beginning again to commend ourselves?" We do not wish to praise ourselves, commending ourselves to you by saying these things; but we are compelled to mention them, lest you be seduced by others. "Or do we need, as some do, letters of commendation to you or from you?" Those whom the grace of powers does not commend are fittingly commended by the letters of friends.
2 Cor 3:1 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul needs no letters of commendation; others do.
- Souter brackets "any letters of commendation"; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (word split in OCR): indig emus → indigemus.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 3.1 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:243–244; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/3-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.2Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:244
Epistula nostra uos estis. Per uestram fidem omnibus commendamur, sicut alibi dicit : ‘signaculum apostolatus mei uos estis.’ Scripta in cordibus nostris. In conscientiis nostris e[s]t uos nobis praedicantibus credidisse. Siue: In corde nostro est praedicatio, per quam epistula [nostra] estis effecti. Quae [cogno]scitur et [quae] legitur ab omnibus hominibus,
"You are our letter." Through your faith we are commended to all, as he says elsewhere: "You are the seal of my apostleship." "Written in our hearts." In our consciences, that you believed through our preaching. Or: in our heart is the preaching through which you have been made a letter. "Which is known and read by all men,"
2 Cor 3:2 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 9:2 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Corinthians' faith is Paul's letter of commendation.
- Souter brackets the s of est, nostra, cogno- in cognoscitur, and quae; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): dicifc → dicit; conscienbiis → conscientiis.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 3.2 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:244; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/3-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.3Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:244–245
manifestati[o] quoniam estis epistula Christi ministrata a nobis . Omnibus manifestum est Christo uos per nostram credidisse doctrinam, confirmante per uirtutem spiritu sancto. Siue: Hinc uere cognoscimini Christi esse, quod et spiritum accepistis. Inscripta , non atramento, sed spiritu [ sancto ] dei uiui. Hoc est, spiritu sancto praeparata. Non in tabulis lapideis, sed in tabulis cordis carnalibus . Hinc iam differentiam inducit legis et gratiae. Iudaei in dura materia legem acceperunt significante [et] duritia[m] mentis eorum, sicut et uelamen faciei Moysi cordis eorum uelamen ignorantiae portendebat: nos uero, quamuis legem Christi scriptam in euangeliis habeamus, tamen in primis non quasi absentes tabulis scriptis, sed praesentes per auditum domini uerba corde suscepimus: eua[n]gelia uero postmodum scripta sunt ad memoriam posterorum. si ergo inexcusabiles sunt qui legem in lapidibus acceperunt, quanto magis nos qui uerba Christi suscepimus, si peccemus, sicut [et] ad Hebraeos scribitur: ‘si enim illi non effugerunt super terram loquente[m] sibi,’ et cetera !
"being made manifest that you are a letter of Christ, ministered by us." It is manifest to all that you believed Christ through our teaching, the Holy Spirit confirming it by power. Or: hence you are truly known to be Christ's, because you have also received the Spirit. "Written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God." That is, prepared by the Holy Spirit. "Not on tablets of stone, but on fleshly tablets of the heart." Here he now introduces the difference between law and grace. The Jews received the law on hard material, which signified the hardness of their mind, just as the veil on Moses' face portended the veil of ignorance on their heart; but we, although we have the law of Christ written in the gospels, yet at first received the Lord's words in our heart, not as absent people through written tablets but as present people through hearing; the gospels were written afterwards, to be remembered by later generations. If, then, those who received the law on stones are without excuse, how much more we who have received the words of Christ, if we sin; as is also written to the Hebrews: "For if they did not escape who refused him who spoke to them on earth," and the rest!
2 Cor 3:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 34:33 (allusion, high confidence) · Heb 12:25 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: The law was written on stone for hard hearts; Christ's words were received in the heart, making sin less excusable.
- Souter brackets sancto, et, the m of duritiam, the n of euangelia, et, and the m of loquentem; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): portendebafc → portendebat; absentee → absentes; acceperunb → acceperunt; effiigerunt → effugerunt; eb cetera → et cetera.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 3.3 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:244–245; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/3-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.4Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:245
Fiduciam [autem] talem habemus ad dominum per Christum . Qui[a] nouimus uos per nos credidisse, uel qu[i]a [nos] non humana epistula, sed gratia diuina commendat.
"And such confidence we have toward the Lord through Christ." Because we know that you believed through us, or because not a human letter but divine grace commends us.
2 Cor 3:4 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul's confidence rests on the Corinthians' faith and on God's grace.
- Souter brackets autem, the a of quia (twice), and nos; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR misread bracket; OCR slip): Fidudam → Fiduciam; Qui]a → Qui[a]; bumana → humana; grabia → gratia.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 3.4 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:245; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/3-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.5Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:245
Non quod sufficientes simus cogitare aliquit a nobis quasi ex nobis . Uult ostendere nihil se sua prudentia facere uel uirtute, quia pauci homines rustici numquam sine dei gratia totum mundum saluare potuissent. Sed sufficientia nostra ex deo est. Ideo hoc praemisit quia dicturus erat tanto maius se quam Moysen ministerium suscepisse, quanto maius est nouum testamentum a lege scilicet, ut eos a falsis apostolis sibi detrahentibus reuocaret.
"Not that we are sufficient to think anything from ourselves, as from ourselves." He wishes to show that he does nothing by his own prudence or power, because a few rustic men could never have saved the whole world without the grace of God. "But our sufficiency is from God." He put this first because he was about to say that he had received a ministry greater than Moses' by as much as the new testament is greater than the law, namely to call them back from the false apostles who were disparaging him.
2 Cor 3:5 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The apostles' sufficiency is from God's grace, not their own power.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips): rusbici → rustici; potuissenb → potuissent; svffidentia → sufficientia; debrahentibus → detrahentibus.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 3.5 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:245; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/3-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.6Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:245–246
Qui et sufficientes nos fecit ministros noui testamenti. Cum ad hoc implendum idonei non essemus. Non littera[e] , sed spiritu[s]. Non litterae legis, sed spiritui gratiae ministrantes. Littera enim occidit , spiritus autem uiuijicat. Quo modo [autem] ergo alibi legem dicit esse spiritalem? sed spiritalibus. ceterum peccatores occidit: gratia uero etiam impium iustificat conuertentem. quidam uero dicunt quod historicus intellectus occidat, [ne]scientes quod nec ubique historia[e] nec ubique possit allegoria seruari: nam sicut quaedam in figura sunt dicta, [ita,] si praecepta uelis allegorice intellegere, omnem eorum uirtutem euacuans, omnibus aperuisti ianuam delinquendi. sed [et] ille uere spiritalis est intellectus qui non ueri similibus [coloribus] pulchrum mendacium pingit, sed uirtute rerum ipsarum exprimit ueritates.
"Who has also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant." Since we were not fit to fulfil this. "Not of the letter, but of the Spirit." Ministering not to the letter of the law but to the Spirit of grace. "For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life." How then does he say elsewhere that the law is spiritual? It is spiritual to the spiritual; but it kills sinners, whereas grace justifies even the ungodly man who turns. Some say that the historical sense kills, not knowing that neither history nor allegory can be kept everywhere: for just as some things are said figuratively, so, if you choose to understand the commandments allegorically, you empty them of all their force and open the door of sinning to all. But that is truly the spiritual sense which does not paint a beautiful lie with plausible touches, but expresses the truths by the force of the things themselves.
2 Cor 3:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 7:14 (allusion, high confidence) · Rom 4:5 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: The letter of the law kills sinners; Pelagius rejects reading the commandments allegorically.
- Souter brackets autem, ne- in nescientes (kept for the sense), the e of historiae, ita, et, and coloribus ("colors"); left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR misread bracket; OCR slip; word split in OCR): suffir cientes → sufficientes; littera[e\ → littera[e]; [nejscientes → [ne]scientes; historiafe] → historia[e]; pingifc → pingit.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 3.6 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:245–246; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/3-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.7Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:246–247
Quod si ministratio mortis , [in] litteris [de] formata in lapidibus, fuit in gloria . Quae mortificat peccatores. ceterum ipse eam [et] sanctam et iustam et bonam alibi appellauit. Ita ut non possint filii Istrahel in faciem Moysi intendere propter gloriam uultus eius , quae euacuatur . Contra Manichaeos. numquam enim apostolus posset contraria comparare, id est, [maiorem] ministrorum noui testamenti quam Moysi gloriam praedicare, si nulla inter eos uideretur esse communio. ‘Propter gloriam uultus eius, quae euacuatur.’ Gloria legis per gloriam euangelii euacuatur, sed i[s]ta euacuatur ut proficiat, sicut infantiam ipse dicit euacuari in uiri perfecti aetatem. semen quoque euacuatur in fructu: melior quidem fructus semine, sed sine eo esse non potest fructus, [et] non perit, sed multiplicatur semen in fructu[m], et ita euacuatur, sicut prophetia et scientia destruentur.
"But if the ministry of death, formed in letters on stones, was in glory." Which puts sinners to death. Yet he himself elsewhere called the law holy and just and good. "So that the sons of Israel could not look at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, which is being done away." Against the Manichaeans: for the apostle could never compare contraries, that is, proclaim the glory of the ministers of the new testament greater than that of Moses, if there seemed to be no communion between them. "Because of the glory of his face, which is being done away." The glory of the law is done away through the glory of the gospel, but it is done away so as to advance, as he himself says that infancy is done away in the age of the mature man. The seed too is done away in the fruit: the fruit is better than the seed, but without it there can be no fruit, and the seed does not perish but is multiplied in the fruit; and so it is done away, as prophecy and knowledge will be destroyed.
2 Cor 3:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 7:12 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 13:8 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 13:11 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The glory of the law gives way to the gospel's as seed to fruit, against the Manichaeans.
- Souter brackets in, de-, et, maiorem ("greater"), and letters of ista and fructum; left out, "greater" kept for the sense.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR misread bracket; OCR slip; OCR slips; word split in OCR; words run together in OCR): morfcificat → mortificat; earn → eam; appellauifc → appellauit; infadem → in faciem; eius , quaeeuacuatur → eius , quae euacuatur; esfc → est; fcestamenti → testamenti; euuangelii → euangelii; infan tiam → infantiam; fructufm] → fructu[m].
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 3.7 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:246–247; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/3-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.8Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:247
Quo modo non magis ministratio spiritus erit in gloria? In gloria nostra, quae ut perfecta non potest [e]uacuari.
"How will the ministry of the Spirit not be more in glory?" In our glory, which, being perfect, cannot be done away.
2 Cor 3:8 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Spirit's ministry has a lasting glory.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR misread bracket): [ejuacuari → [e]uacuari.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 3.8 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:247; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/3-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.9Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:247
Si enim [ex] ministerio damnationis gloria est. Exposuit quod superius dixerat, litteram occidere, ministrationem [esse] mortis, scilicet damnando peccantes. Multo magis abunda[bi]t ministerium iustitiae [in] gloria. Quod ministrat iustitia[m] dimittendo peccata.
"For if the ministry of condemnation is glory." He has explained what he said above: that the letter kills, that it is a ministry of death, namely by condemning sinners. "Much more does the ministry of righteousness abound in glory." It ministers righteousness by forgiving sins.
2 Cor 3:9 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The law condemns; the gospel ministers righteousness by forgiveness.
- Souter brackets ex, esse, -bi- in abundabit, and in; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR misread bracket): iustitiafm] → iustitia[m].
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 3.9 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:247; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/3-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.10Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:247–248
Nam [n]ec glorificatum est quod claruit in hac parte, propter excellentem gloriam. [In] comparatione gloriae euangelicae obumbratur gloria legis, sicut orto sole lumen obtunditur lunae, cum tamen suo tempore magnum habeat fulgorem. hoc ostendit etiam dominus, cum ascendens montem solus splendore solis uisus est radiasse, cum tamen etiam Moyses et Helias uisi in gloria referantur, et ideo uox desuper patris ipsum iam solum praecepit audiri. Si autem quod euacuatur, per gloriam est , multo magis quod manet , in gloria est . Si euacuandum per gloriam datum est testamentum, quanto magis erit quod permanet gloriosum !
"For what shone in this respect was not glorified, because of the surpassing glory." In comparison with the glory of the gospel the glory of the law is overshadowed, as when the sun has risen the light of the moon is dulled, though in its own time it has great brightness. The Lord showed this too when, going up the mountain, he alone was seen to shine with the brightness of the sun, though Moses and Elijah are also reported to have been seen in glory; and therefore the Father's voice from above commanded that he alone should now be heard. "For if what is done away was through glory, much more what remains is in glory." If the covenant that was to be done away was given through glory, how much more glorious will be that which remains!
2 Cor 3:10 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 3:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 17:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 17:5 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The law's glory pales before the gospel's, as the moon before the sun and Moses and Elijah before Christ.
- The section covers 2 Cor 3:10–11. Souter brackets the n of nec (kept for the sense) and In; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR misread punctuation; OCR slip; OCR slip; verse number 11 leaked from the page; OCR slips): [/i]ec glorijicatum → [n]ec glorificatum; parte) → parte,; fcempore → tempore; osfcendit → ostendit; audin. ll Si → audiri. Si; rn/uUo → multo.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 3.10 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:247–248; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/3-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.12Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:248
Habentes igitur talem spem . Talem spem gloriae, quia ‘spe salui facti sumus.’ Multa fiducia utimur. In eo qui nos fecit idoneos.
"Having therefore such hope." Such a hope of glory, because "in hope we were saved." "We use much boldness." In him who made us fit.
2 Cor 3:12 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 8:24 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Hope of glory gives the apostles boldness.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips): spent → spem; Mutiafidueia → Multa fiducia.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 3.12 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:248; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/3-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.13Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:248
Et non sicut Moyses ponebat uelamen super faciem suam , ut non intenderent filii Istrahel . Non ita facimus, quia [hic] iam omnes uident gloriam [domini] Christiani, sancto spiritu reuelante. Usque ad finem eius. Usque in finem uitae eius. ita et lex non intellegitur usque in finem eius, id est, [usque dum] Christo credatur. Quod euacuatur. Quod uelamen nunc euacuatur in Christo
"And not as Moses put a veil over his face, so that the sons of Israel should not look." We do not do so, because now all Christians see the glory, the Holy Spirit revealing it. "To the end of it." To the end of his life. So too the law is not understood until its end, that is, until Christ is believed. "Which is being done away." Which veil is now done away in Christ.
2 Cor 3:13 (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 34:33 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christians see God's glory unveiled; the law is understood only when Christ is believed.
- Souter brackets hic, domini ("of the Lord"), and "until"; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; word split in OCR; words run together in OCR): fadem → faciem; intenderentfilii → intenderent filii; hie → hic; uidenb → uident; eua cuatur → euacuatur.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 3.13 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:248; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/3-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.14Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:248–249
Sed obtu[n]si sunt sensus eorum usque in hodiernum diem . Nisi enim crediderint, intellegere secundum prophetam omnino non possunt. Id ipsum uelamen in lectione ueteris testamenti manet . Cuius figuram ille gestabat in facie[m]. Quod non reuelatur, quoniam in Christo euacuatur, In Christo, qui finis est legis. Sed usque in hodiernum diem , quotienscumque legitur Moyses , uelamen est positum [ignorantiae] super cor eorum , [Uelamen ignorantiae super cor eorum,] qui[bus] legitur Moyses, id est, Iudaeorum. Cum uero conuersus fuerit ad dominum, auferetur uelamen , Cum conuersus fuerit Iudaeus, sicut Moyses conuertebatur ad [dominum] audiendum.
"But their senses were dulled until this present day." For unless they believe, according to the prophet they cannot understand at all. "The same veil remains in the reading of the old covenant." Whose figure he bore on his face. "Not being uncovered, because it is done away in Christ." In Christ, who is the end of the law. "But until this present day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart." Those to whom Moses is read, that is, the Jews. "But when he turns to the Lord, the veil will be taken away." When the Jew turns, as Moses turned to hear the Lord.
2 Cor 3:14 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 3:15 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 3:16 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 7:9 (allusion, medium confidence) · Rom 10:4 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 34:34 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The veil over the Jews' hearts is removed only in Christ.
- The section covers 2 Cor 3:14–16. "The prophet" is Isa 7:9 in its Greek form ("unless you believe, you will not understand"). Souter brackets ignorantiae ("of ignorance") and a repeated phrase, -bus in quibus, and dominum; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slips; verse number 15 leaked from the page; verse number 16 leaked from the page): 6btu\n)pi → obtu[n]si; is Sed usque → Sed usque; 10 Cum uero → Cum uero.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 3.14 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:248–249; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/3-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.17Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:249
Dominus [autem] spiritus est , Nihil in illo obscurum neque uelatum. Ubi autem spiritus domini , ibi libertas. Liber est spiritus, et idcirco non potest uelamen accipere, cum magis omnia ipse reuelet. qui ergo spiritum dei habet, omnia illi nuda sunt et aperta, quia "spiritus omnia scrutatur/
"The Lord is the Spirit." Nothing in him is obscure or veiled. "And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." The Spirit is free, and therefore cannot receive a veil, since rather he himself reveals all things. So whoever has the Spirit of God, all things are naked and open to him, because "the Spirit searches all things."
2 Cor 3:17 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 2:10 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Spirit is free and reveals all things to those who have him.
- Souter brackets autem; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): spirUus est → spiritus est; spirUus domini → spiritus domini.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 3.17 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:249; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/3-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from Souter's Latin text (Texts and Studies 9.2, 1926); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.
3.18Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:249–250
Nos itaque omnes reuelata facie gloriam domini speculantes, Euidenter et clare domini gloriam contemplamur . Ad eandem imaginem reformamur, Quam Christus ostendit in monte, sicut [al]ibi dicit : "qui transformauit corpus humilitatis nostrae conforme [fieri] corpori claritatis suae/ Siue: Transformamur, cotidie enitimur transformari. A gloria in gloriam , sicut a domini spiritu . A gloria hac in futuram [gloriam] proficimus spiritu domini operante.
"And we all, with unveiled face beholding the glory of the Lord," We contemplate the glory of the Lord evidently and clearly. "Are formed anew into the same image," Which Christ showed on the mountain, as he says elsewhere: "who transformed the body of our lowliness, conformed to the body of his glory." Or: "we are transformed": we strive daily to be transformed. "From glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord." From this glory we advance to the future, the Spirit of the Lord working.
2 Cor 3:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Phil 3:21 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Beholding Christ's glory, believers are transformed by the Spirit from glory to glory.
- Souter brackets al- in alibi, fieri, and gloriam; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; word split in OCR): fade gloriam → facie gloriam; con templamur → contemplamur; dicifc → dicit; clarita tis → claritatis.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. 2 Cor. 3.18 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:249–250; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-2-corinthios/3-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from Souter's Latin text (Texts and Studies 9.2, 1926); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.