Cormforteth (παρακαλων). See on 2. Corinthians 1:3-7 for this word.

The lowly (τους ταπεινους). See on Matthew 11:29. Literally, low on the ground in old sense (Ezekiel 17:24). Low in condition as here; James 1:9. In 2. Corinthians 10:1 regarded as abject. In this sense in papyri. "Humility as a sovereign grace is the creation of Christianity" (Gladstone, Life, iii, p. 466).

By the coming (εν τη παρουσια). Same use of παρουσια as in 1. Corinthians 16:7 which see. See also 2. Corinthians 7:7; 2. Corinthians 10:10.