{As also ye did acknowledge us in part} (kath(9373) kai
epegn(9374)e h(886d)as apo merous). Gracious acknowledgment (second
aorist active indicative of epign(9373)k(935c)) to the original Pauline
party ( 1Co 1:12  3:4 ) that he had seemed to care so little for
them. And now in his hour of victory he shows that, if he is
their ground of glorying, they are his also (cf.  1Th 2:19f.  Php
2:16 ).