Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. A MAN - every man. ACCOUNT OF US - Paul and Apollos, and all duly-called teachers. MINISTERS OF CHRIST - not heads of the Church in whom we are to glory: the headship belongs to Christ alone; we... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. MOREOVER. 'Aleph (') A B C Delta G, Vulgate, read [ hoode (G5602) loipon (G3063)] 'Moreover HERE' (i:e., on earth): or the 'here' may be put at the close of the previous sentence, and 'moreover' at the beginning of the next (Lac... [ Continue Reading ]
But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. IT IS A VERY SMALL THING literally 'it amounts to a very small matter;' not that I despise your judgment but as IT IS A VERY SMALL THING - literally, 'it amounts to a very s... [ Continue Reading ]
For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. BY MYSELF. Translate, 'I am conscious to myself of no (ministerial) unfaithfulness.' YET AM I NOT HEREBY JUSTIFIED - therefore conscience is not an infallible guide. Paul did not consider his so. He... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. Disproving the judicial power claimed by the Romish priesthood in the confession... [ Continue Reading ]
And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another. AND, [ de (G1161)] - 'But' my remarks do not apply to myself and... [ Continue Reading ]
For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? Translate [ diakrinei (G1252)], 'Who distinguisheth thee (above another)? not thyself, but God. AND, [Greek, de (G1161... [ Continue Reading ]
Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. Irony. Translate [ eedee (G2235) kekoresmenoi (G2880)], 'Already ye are filled full (with spiritual food), already ye are rich, ye have made yourselves kings,... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR I THINK THAT GOD HATH SET FORTH US THE APOSTLES LAST, AS IT WERE APPOINTED TO DEATH: FOR WE ARE MADE A SPECTACLE UNTO THE WORLD, AND TO ANGELS, AND TO MEN._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised. Irony. How much your lot (supposing it to be real) is to be envied, and ours to be pitied! FOOLS (; : cf. ; ) FOR CHRIST'S SAKE ... IN CHRIST - our union with Chris... [ Continue Reading ]
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; (2 C 11 23 27 ) (2 Corinthians 11:23.) NAKED - i:e., insufficiently clad (; ). BUFFETED - as a slave (), the reverse of the state of the Corinthians, 'reigning as kings'... [ Continue Reading ]
And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: WORKING WITH OUR OWN HANDS - namely, "even unto this present hour" (): so continuous are my hardships. This is not stated in the narrative of Paul's proceedings at Ephesus, whence he wrote this lette... [ Continue Reading ]
Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day. All this we bear in the opposite to the self-assertive spirit of the world (): a tacit reproof to the self-sufficiency of the Corinthians (). DEFAMED, WE ENTREAT - namely, God... [ Continue Reading ]
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. I WRITE NOT THESE THINGS TO SHAME YOU - for not relieving my needs (). WARN - rather, 'admonish' as a father uses 'admonition' to 'beloved sons,' not provoking them to wrath (). The Corinthians might well be 'ashamed' at... [ Continue Reading ]
For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. FOR - I say, 'my sons.' THOUGH YE HAVE TEN THOUSAND - implying that the Corinthians had more "instructors" than was desirable. INSTRUCTORS - tutors... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. BE YE FOLLOWERS OF ME - literally, imitators; namely, in my ways, which be in Christ (; ); not in my crosses (1 Corinthians 4:8; ; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church. FOR THIS CAUSE - that ye may the better "be followers of me" (), through his admonitions. S... [ Continue Reading ]
Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. NOW - Greek, 'But' [ de (G1161)]. I have sent Timothy; BUT not because I do not intend to come myself, as some are puffed up to fancy as if I dared not come. A puffed-up spirit was the Corinthians' besetting sin (1 Corinthians 5:2).... [ Continue Reading ]
But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. An emphatic negation of their supposition (). SHORTLY - after Pentecost (). IF THE LORD WILL - a wise proviso (). He does not seem to have been able to go as soon as he... [ Continue Reading ]
For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. KINGDOM OF GOD - i:e., living fellowship in the Gospel (; ). IS NOT IN WORD. Translate, as in , "speech." Not empty 'speeches;' but the manifest "power" of the Spirit attests "the kingdom of God" (the reign of the Gospel spiritually) in a ch... [ Continue Reading ]
What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness? WITH A ROD, OR IN LOVE. The Greek "in" is in both clauses: Is it IN the character of one using the rod that I am to come, or IN love and the spirit of meekness? (; .) Nothing but the consciousness of super... [ Continue Reading ]