And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. AND I - i:e., as the natural (animal) man cannot receive, so I also could not (was not able-namely, at my second visit-to) speak unto you deep things of God, since spiritual things can b... [ Continue Reading ]
I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. MILK - the elementary "principles of the doctrine of Christ" (). The profounder doctrines in this letter were for the more mature believers among them.... [ Continue Reading ]
For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? ENVYING - jealousy, rivalry. This refers to their feelings; "strife," to their words; "divisions," to their actions. An ascending climax: envying produced strife, and stri... [ Continue Reading ]
For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? ARE YE NOT CARNAL? (.) 'Aleph (') A B C Delta G f g, Vulgate, read 'Are ye not men?' - i:e., 'walking as men' unregenerate ().... [ Continue Reading ]
Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? PAUL ... APOLLOS. 'Aleph (') A B C Delta G f g, Vulgate, read in the reverse order, Apollos ... Paul. He puts Apollos before himself, in humility. WHO THEN - seeing that ye severally st... [ Continue Reading ]
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. I ... PLANTED, APOLLOS WATERED (; ). Apollos was born in the learned city Alexandria: he originally "knew only the baptism of John;" but subsequently being taught in the Gospel by Aquila and Priscilla at Ephesus, he, at his own desire, was... [ Continue Reading ]
So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. NEITHER IS HE THAT ... ANY THING ... BUT GOD - namely, is all in all. "God" is emphatically last in the Greek, 'He that giveth the increase (namely), GOD.' Here follows a parenthesis, from... [ Continue Reading ]
Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. ONE - one in standing before God; able to do nothing without God. It is only their relative faithfulness with their gifts which will place them higher or lower (Matthew 25:1... [ Continue Reading ]
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry ye are God's building For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. GOD - Translate, as the Greek collocation, and the emphasis on "God" thrice repeated, requires, 'For (in proof that "each sha... [ Continue Reading ]
According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. GRACE ... GIVEN UNTO ME (). Paul puts this first, to guard against usurping a particle of the divine glo... [ Continue Reading ]
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. (Isaiah 28:16; Acts 4:12; Ephesians 2:20.) FOR. My warning (1 Corinthians 3:10) is as to the superstructure, not as to the foundation: "For other foundation can no man lay than [ para (G3844), besides] that laid (by God... [ Continue Reading ]
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; NOW [ de (G1161)] - "But." The "gold, silver, precious stones," which all can bear fire (Revelation 3:18; Revelation 21:18; Isaiah 54:11), are teachings that will stand the test of judgment: "wood, hay, s... [ Continue Reading ]
Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. EVERY MAN'S WORK - each superstructure on the foundation. THE DAY - of the Lord (; ). "The day" - i:e., the day of days, the... [ Continue Reading ]
If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. ABIDE - the testing fire (Matthew 3:11). WHICH HE HATH BUILT THEREUPON - on the foundation. REWARD - wages, as a builder. Converts built on Christ, the foundation, through, his faithfulness, shall be his "crown... [ Continue Reading ]
If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. IF ... BE BURNT - If any man's work consist of such materials as the fire will destroy. SUFFER LOSS - i:e., forfeit the special "reward;" not that he shall lose salvation (which is a free... [ Continue Reading ]
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? KNOW YE NOT - It is no new thing I tell you, in calling you "God's building;" ye are the noblest of buildings, "the temple of God." YE - Christians form together one vast temple. Not, 'ye are temples,' but ... [ Continue Reading ]
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. IF ANY ... DEFILE ... DESTROY - rather, as the Greek is the same in both, 'destroy ... destroy;' or [ ftheirei (G5351), ftherei (G5351)], 'If any corrupt, God will give him to corruptio... [ Continue Reading ]
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. SEEMETH - i:e., is, and is regarded by himself and others. WISE IN THIS WORLD - wise in mere worldly wisdom (). LET HIM BECOME A FOOL - by receiving the Gospel in it... [ Continue Reading ]
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. WITH GOD - in the judgment of God. IT IS WRITTEN - in Job 5:13. This formula of quoting SCRIPTURE establishes the canonicity of Job. HE TAKETH THE WISE IN THEIR OWN CRAFTINESS... [ Continue Reading ]
And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. From Psalms 94:11, Septuagint There it is of men; here it is "of the wise." Paul by inspiration states the class whose "thoughts" [ dialogismous (G1261); Hebrew, Machsheboth] (rather, "reasonings," as suits the context) the... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; LET NO MAN GLORY IN MEN - as the sphere in which he glories; resuming : cf. ; , where the true object of glorying is stated: "THE LORD." Also . FOR ALL THINGS - not only all men. For you to glory in men is lowering yourselves from you... [ Continue Reading ]
Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; Enumeration of the "all things." The teachers in whom they gloried he puts first (). He omits after "Cephas," or Christ, to whom exclusively some () professed to belong; for... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. YE ARE CHRIST'S - not Paul's or Apollos', etc. (Matthew 23:8; ). Not merely a section, but ye all are Christ's (). CHRIST IS GOD'S (). God is the ultimate end of all, even of Christ, His co-equal Son (; Philippians 2:6).... [ Continue Reading ]