But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
Ver. 17. Knowing that I am set] κειμαι, or, laid by the heels. They of love help out at a deadlift, and do my office abroad; as Marulla, a maid of Lemnos, seeing her father slain in the gate, took up his weapons, and not only revenged his death, but helped to keep out the Turks, who hoped to have surprised the city suddenly.