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Verse 1 Corinthians 9:16. _FOR THOUGH I PREACH THE GOSPEL_] I have
cause of glorying that I preach the Gospel free of all charges to you;
but I cannot _glory_ in being a preacher of the Gospel, becau...
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FOR THOUGH I PREACH THE GOSPEL ... - This, with the two following
verses, is a very difficult passage, and has been very variously
understood by interpreters. The general scope and purpose of the
pass...
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6. PAUL'S GRACIOUS EXAMPLE.
CHAPTER 9
_ 1. The Apostle's rights. (1 Corinthians 9:1)._
2. He waives his rights for the Gospel's sake. (1 Corinthians 9:15).
3. The race-course and the crown. ...
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1 CORINTHIANS 9. This chapter is not a digression, and is not
primarily concerned with a vindication of Paul's apostolic status and
rights. He enforces his plea that the enlightened should not ride
ro...
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THE UNCLAIMED PRIVILEGES (1 Corinthians 9:1-14)...
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But I have claimed none of these rights. I am not writing this to
claim that these privileges should be extended to me. I would rather
die than let anyone make ineffective my boast that I take nothing...
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THOUGH. if. App-118.
PREACH THE GOSPEL. App-121.
NOTHING TO GLORY OF. no (Greek. _ou)_ (cause of) boasting (as in 1
Corinthians 9:15).
NECESSITY. Gr _. ananke._ Compare 1 Corinthians 7:37.
IS LAID....
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St Paul's use of his Christian liberty is restrained by the thought of
the needs of others
15. _But I have used none of these things_ Having disposed of the
objections against his claims to Apostleshi...
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_necessity is laid upon me_ See Acts 9:6; Acts 22:21....
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ST PAUL’S USE OF HIS CHRISTIAN LIBERTY IS RESTRAINED BY THE THOUGHT
OF THE NEEDS OF OTHERS...
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ΕΥ̓ΑΓΓΕΛΊΖΩΜΑΙ 2nd time אA. εὐαγγελίσωμαι
is marked doubtful by Westcott and Hort, read by Lachmann and
Tregelles on the authority of BCDEFG Vulg. The MSS. of the Vetus Lat.
differ.
16. ἈΝΆΓΚΗ ΓΆΡ ΜΟ...
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_PAUL WAS A SERVANT OF ALL 1 CORINTHIANS 9:15-23:_ Paul had many
rights that he willingly gave up in order to preach the gospel and to
win lost souls. He wrote, "But I have used none of these things:...
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ΕΎΑΓΓΕΛΊΖΩΜΑΙ _praes. conj. med. (dep.) от_
ΕΎΑΓΓΕΛΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G2097) провозглашать
благую весть, проповедовать евангелие
(TDNT; NIDNTT, 1:107-15; EDNT; TLNT; MNTW, 41f). _Conj._ с ΈΆΝ
(G1437) в _conj._ 3...
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DISCOURSE: 1965
PREACHING THE GOSPEL
1 Corinthians 9:16. _Woe is unto me, if I preach not the Gospel!_
RESPECTING men’s call to the ministerial office, it would be
difficult to speak with any degree...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 2
Relinquishment of Rights (1 Corinthians 9:15-18)
15 But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing
this to secure any such provision. For I would rather...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Text_
1 Corinthians 9:12-18. Nevertheless we did not use this right; but we
bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel of
Christ. 13 Know ye not that they tha...
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1 The Corinthians questioned the apostleship of Paul. The phrase, "the
twelve apostles" has been used to throw doubt on his commission, for
if there were but twelve apostles, Paul could not have been...
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_(b) Food offered to Idols
(ii) St. Paul's own Example_
St. Paul has appealed to the 'enlightened' converts at Corinth to give
up for the sake of others a practice which they might otherwise have
had...
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SERVANTS OF CHRIST
1 CORINTHIANS
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 9
THE RIGHTS OF AN *APOSTLE 9:1-27
PAUL IS A REAL *APOSTLE 9:1-2
V1 You know that I am free. You know that I am an *apostle. I have
seen...
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FOR THOUGH I PREACH THE GOSPEL, I HAVE NOTHING TO GLORY OF. —
Better, _For though I preach the gospel, I have no ground of
boasting._ St. Paul proceeds now to show how his maintenance by the
Church wo...
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CHAPTER 13
MAINTENANCE OF THE MINISTRY
IN the preceding chapter Paul has disposed of the question put to him
regarding meats offered in sacrifice to idols. He has taken occasion
to point out that in...
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Paul goes on to explain, by two contrasted suppositions (in _actual_
and _conceivable_ matter), that this is a point of honour with him.
Forced as he had been into the service of the Gospel, in a mann...
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The fact of his preaching supplies in itself no καύχημα :
“For if I be preaching the good news (εὐαγγελίζωμαι),
it is no (matter of) boasting to me; for necessity is imposed on
me”. For ἀνάγκη, see no...
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§ 29. PAUL'S RENOUNCEMENT OF RIGHT FOR THE GOSPEL'S SAKE. The Ap. has
been insisting all this time on the right of Christ's ministers to
material support from those they serve, in order that for his o...
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“UNDER BONDAGE TO ALL”
1 Corinthians 9:16
Paul's one aim was to _gain men._ He uses the words repeatedly. To
gain one more for his Lord, he would forego comfort, emolument, and
well-earned repose. He...
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The words, "my defence to them that examine me is this," reveal the
opposition to him in Corinth. The two words, "defence" and "examine,"
are purely legal, and are in the language of the courts of jus...
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Paul Sacrificed To Serve
Paul was commanded to preach the gospel (Acts 26:16-20). As one who
had obtained mercy, he had to proclaim mercy. He was not able to glory
in simply being a faithful steward....
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_It is no glory. That is, I have nothing to glory of. (Challoner) ---
If I preach the gospel through compulsion, fear, or mere necessity,
having no other means of maintenance, I must not look for a re...
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3. THE EXAMPLE OF ABNEGATION GIVEN BY PAUL. 9:1-22.
IT is easy, from what we have just said, to understand the link which
connects the following passage with the question treated by the
apostle. It is...
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“For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for
necessity is laid upon me; for woe is unto me, if I preach not the
gospel!”
Many have taken the first proposition as a general maxim. P...
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(15) But I have used none of these things: neither have I written
these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better
for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void. (16...
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As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle
give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle
speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
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16._For if I preach the gospel. _To show how very important it was not
to deprive himself of that ground of glorying, he intimates what would
have happened, if he had simply discharged his ministry —...
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The apostle was exposed to the accusations of false teachers, who
asserted that he carried on his evangelisation and his labours from
interested motives, and that he took the property of Christians,
a...
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FOR THOUGH I PREACH THE GOSPEL, I HAVE NOTHING TO GLORY OF,.... The
sense is not, that if he preached the Gospel in order for a
livelihood, and to serve his private advantage, he should have no room
f...
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For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for
necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the
gospel!
Ver. 16. _I have nothing to glory of_] My glorying is, that...
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1 Cor. 9:16. "For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory
of." That is, in case I had a dependence upon preaching the gospel for
a livelihood, then might it be said _that necessity is laid...
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_But_ Though my right to a maintenance, as an apostle, be established
by the precepts both of the law and of the gospel; _I have used none
of those things_ During my abode among you, as you well know;...
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NOTHING TO GLORY OF; nothing from the fact of his preaching.
NECESSITY IS LAID UPON ME; after the commission he had received from
Christ, he could not, consistently with duty, refrain from preaching....
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FOR THOUGH I PREACH THE GOSPEL, I HAVE NOTHING TO GLORY OF; FOR
NECESSITY IS LAID UPON ME; YEA, WOE IS UNTO ME IF I PREACH NOT THE
GOSPEL!...
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His boasting is not of his preaching:...
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Because of the lowliness and grace on the part of the apostle, such as
chapter 8 shows in the consideration of his brethren, there were some
who would use this as an occasion to belittle him. He made...
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FOR IF. PREACH THE GOSPEL,. HAVE NOTHING TO GLORY OF; FOR NECESSITY IS
LAID UPON ME; FOR WOE IS UNTO ME, IF. PREACH NOT THE GOSPEL.
'I have nothing to glory of' -'Proclaiming the gospel gives me no...
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15-23 It is the glory of a minister to deny himself, that he may
serve Christ and save souls. But when a minister gives up his right
for the sake of the gospel, he does more than his charge and offic...
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FOR THOUGH I PREACH THE GOSPEL, I HAVE NOTHING TO GLORY OF; though I
do preach the gospel, yet I have no reason at all to glory; all that I
have to glory in is, that I have preached it freely (which y...
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For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of; for necessity
is laid upon me; for woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel....
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Tertullian An Answer to the Jews
And so there is incumbent on us a necessity[89]...
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1 Corinthians 9:16 For G1063 if G1437 gospel G2097 (G5735) I G3427
have G2076 (G5748) nothing G3756 of...
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'For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of, for necessity
is laid on me. For woe is to me, if I preach not the gospel.'
But that is not to suggest that he has anything to glory of in doin...
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PAUL NOW POINTS OUT THAT HE REFUSES TO USE HIS FREEDOM IN ANY WAY THAT
WOULD CAUSE YOUNG CHRISTIANS TO BE LED ASTRAY. HIS NEXT EXAMPLE REFERS
TO HIS NOT RECEIVING GIFTS FOR HIS MINISTRY AMONG THEM WHI...
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1 Corinthians 9:16. FOR IF I PREACH THE GOSPEL, I HAVE NOTHING TO
GLORY OF. ‘To glory in preaching without charge is reasonable
enough, but to boast of preaching the Gospel itself were shameful.'
FO...
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It was impossible for Christians in almost any Greek or Roman colony,
and least of all at Corinth, to avoid coming frequently in contact
with idolatrous practices in various and ensnaring forms. In wr...
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FOR IF I PREACH
(εαν γαρ ευαγγελιζωμα). Third class condition,
supposable case. Same construction in verse 1 Corinthians 9:16 (εαν
μη).FOR NECESSITY IS LAID UPON ME
(αναγκη γαρ μο επικειτα). Old v...
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1 Corinthians 9:16
It is a ministry of necessity that Christ calls for, that the world
needs, that a revived Church supplies today. We need not ministers
that may or that will, but ministers that mus...
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CONTENTS: Paul vindicates his apostleship. The method and reward of
true ministry and the support of the ministry.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Cephas, Barnabas, Moses.
CONCLUSION: It is no new thing for...
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1 Corinthians 9:1. _Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not
seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord?_ Having
illustrated the legal customs of the jews respecting meats, he
introduc...
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JUST BECAUSE I PREACH THE GOSPEL. Being a teacher gives Paul no right
to boast about it. The false teacher boasted very much about himself,
so Paul makes a strong statement that he is Christ's slave ...
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_But I have used none of these things._
PAUL’S CONDUCT
I. Does not establish a general rule. Because--
1. He maintains his right.
2. Voluntarily concedes it.
3. Under particular circumstances.
I...
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_Am I not an apostle?_
Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord?
SIGNS OF APOSTLESHIP
Why should Paul, departing from his usual custom, speak here of
himself and his claims? Undoubtedly...
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CHAPTER 9
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. He proceeds to show by his own example how offences are to be
avoided, and he says that he had refused to accept payment, or the
maintenance due to a preacher of...
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_Woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel._ It appears from this that
strict injunctions were given to the Apostles (S. Mat 28:19) to preach
the Gospel and teach all nations, insomuch that, if they h...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
1 Corinthians 9:15. USED.—As in 1 Corinthians 9:12. “Have not
availed myself of my right, nor urged upon you the Law of Moses and
the Lord Christ’s command.” For Paul’s sensitiveness...
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EXPOSITION
1 CORINTHIANS 9:1
The rights and the self denial of an apostle.
1 CORINTHIANS 9:1
An apostle's right to maintenance....
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to I Corinthians, chapter 9.
I could do a lot of things I don't do. The reason why I don't do them
is I do not want to be an offense unto a weaker brethren and destroy
his...
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Acts 26:16; Acts 4:20; Acts 9:15; Acts 9:6; Amos 3:8;...
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That which the apostle glories in, is not his bare preaching of the
gospel, but his preaching of it freely and without maintenance: "For,
says he, though. preach the gospel, that has nothing singular...