Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Those that oppose - . This seems to refer to those who opposed the apostle' s authority; and hence the propriety of the allusion to the rebellion of Korah and his company. See observations at the end of the chapter.
If God peradventure - He was to use every means which he had reason to believe God might bless; and the apostle intimates that, bad as they were, they were not out of the reach of God' s mercy.
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