hollow and fallacious. It was neither from homage to Him, or love to souls, or an earnest desire to advance the gospel. In the other case, preaching was a sincere service—“out of a true heart, and with faith unfeigned.” The apostle, looking at the fact, and for a moment overlooking the motive, exclaims:— καὶ ἐν τούτῳ χαίρω ἀλλὰ καὶ χαρήσομαι—“and in this I rejoice; yea, and I will rejoice.” For χαίρω ἐν, see Col. 1:24. The pronoun τούτῳ does not refer specially to Christ; nor yet, vaguely,
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