8  We  have  already  remarked  that  with
anxiety  and  selfdistrust  is  a  nearer  representa-
tion of  this  Pauline  phrase  than  the  literal
English,  as  appears  by  the  use  of  the  same
phrase  1  Cor.  ii.  3;  2  Cor.  vii.  15;  Eph.  vi.  5.
The  "fear"  is  a  fear  of  failure,  the  "trem-
bling "  an  eager  anxiety.
"^  This  phrase  has  perplexed  the  interpreters,


because  they  have  all  joined  it  with  the  preced-
ing words.  We  put  a  stop  after  the  preceding
verb,  and  take  the  noun  in  the  same  sense  as
at  i.  15  above,  and  Luke  ii.  14.  It  is  stran<.'e
that  so  clear  and  simple  a  construction,  in-
volving no  alteration  in  the  text,  should  not
have  been  before  suggested.
Since  the  above  was  first  published,  it  has
been  objected  that  the  position  of  the  Greek
article  negatives  the  above  rendering  ;  because
the  insertion  of  the  article  (where  it  is  gener-
ally omitted)  between  a  preposition  and  an
abstract  noun,  gives  to  the  latter  a  reflective
sense;  so  that  the  phrase  would  mean  "your
good  will,"  not  good  will  in  the  abstract.
This  grammatical  statement  is  not  universally
true ;  but  even  if  the  objection  were  valid,  it
would  not  negative  the  construction  proposed ,
nor  materially  alter  the  meaning.  The  trans
lation  would  then  stand:  —  "Do  all  things  ft
the  sake  of  nuxintaining  your  mutual  good  will."

[It  seems  very  doubtful  whether  this  view  is
tenable :  and  tlie  ordinary  rendering  gives  •
very  forcible  sense.  —  h.]

«  Dcut.  xxxii.  5  (LXX.).  The  preceding
"without  rebuke"  calls  up  a  corresponding
word  in  the  Greek  context  of  the  LXX.
»  Compare  Gen.  i.  14  (LXX.).
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ii.
