Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
1 Corinthians 4:15
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 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.
Verse 1 Corinthians 4:15. _FOR THOUGH YE HAVE TEN THOUSAND INSTRUCTERS_] μυριους παιδαγωγους, _Myriads of leaders_, that is, an indefinite multitude; for so the word is often used. The παιδαγωγος, fr...
FOR THOUGH YE HAVE TEN THOUSAND INSTRUCTORS - Though you may have or though you should have. It matters not how many you have, yet it is still true that I only sustain the relation to you of spiritual...
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. Servants of Christ and Stewards of the Mysteries of God. (1 Corinthians 4:1)._ 2. Contrast Between Self-Glorification and Humiliation. (1 Corinthians 4:6). 3. Admonition to Beloved Ch...
FATHERLY ADMONITION, ENTREATY, AND WARNING. The tone of mingled severity, irony, and pathos disappears; yet the affection is combined with sternness, and he warns them not to presume on his mildness....
THE THREE JUDGMENTS (1 Corinthians 4:1-5)...
It is not to shame you that I write these things, but to warn you as my beloved children. You may have thousands of tutors in Christ, but you have not many fathers; for, in Christ Jesus, through the g...
THOUGHT. if. App-118. b HAVE. should have. INSTRUCTERS. Greek. _paidagogos._ Only here and Galatians 1:3; Galatians 1:24, Gal 1:25. CHRIST JESUS. App-98. HAVE BEGOTTEN. begat. Greek. _gennao._ Comp...
_yet have ye not many fathers_ We have here an interesting example of the fact that the _spirit_rather than the letter of Christ's commands is to be observed, and that one passage of Scripture is not...
Contrast between the Corinthian Teachers and St Paul 8. _Now ye are full, now ye are rich_ Here we have one of the sudden turns of feeling so remarkable in the Apostle's style. Abruptly breaking off a...
ΓΆΡ gives the reason for τέκνα. ΠΑΙΔΑΓΩΓΟΎΣ. The παιδαγωγός (see Bishop Lightfoot on Galatians 3:24) was originally (1) employed to escort the boy to school, and thence (2) was ‘entrusted with his mo...
CONTRAST BETWEEN THE CORINTHIAN TEACHERS AND ST PAUL...
_A CHARGE REGARDING THEIR SPIRITUAL FATHER 1 CORINTHIANS 4:14-16:_ Paul wrote these things to the Christians at Corinth to remind them that he was their father in the faith. He had led them to the Lor...
ΈΆΝ (G1437) если, с _conj._ вводит _conj._ 3 типа, в котором предположение остается невыраженным, но существует некоторая надежда его реализации (Funk, 2:683). ΜΥΡΊΟΥΣ _masc. асс. pl. от_ ΜΎΡΙΟΙ (G34...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Exasperating (1 Corinthians 4:14-21) 14 I do not write this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. 15For though you have countless guides in Chr...
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 THOUSA...
8 The sharp contrast between the carnal Corinthians and the faithful apostle loses none of its force if we compare him with the church of today. We need not go outside of Protestantism to find churche...
PARAPHRASE. 'Iwrite not to shame you, but to admonish you; and I have the right to do so, for I am your spiritual father. (16, 17) Follow my example, therefore; and attend to the instructions of Timot...
INSTRUCTERS] RV 'tutors': those who succeeded St. Paul at Corinth. BEGOTTEN YOU THROUGH THE GOSPEL] St. Paul had been the means of their conversion. He had given them the new life....
CHRISTIAN TEACHERS ONLY THE INSTRUMENTS OF GOD The folly and sin of quarrelling about different teachers who are but servants of Christ and responsible to Him....
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 4 PAUL THE SERVANT 4:1-5 V1 This is how people should think about us. We are Christ’s servants. We are *stewards (keepers) of the secrets...
FOR. — The reason why he has a right to address them as a father would his children. They may have had since their conversion a host of instructors, but they could have only one father who begot them...
CHAPTER 7 THE MINISTRY So keenly alive is Paul to the danger and folly of party spirit in the Church, that he has still one more word of rebuke to utter. He has shown the Corinthians that to give the...
§ 14. PAUL'S FATHERLY DISCIPLINE. All has now been said that can be concerning the Divisions at Cor [756] the causes underlying them, and the spirit they manifest and foster in the Church. In their se...
Reason for this lighter reproof, where stern censure was due “For if you should have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet (you have) not many _fathers!_ ” The relation of the ἐποικοδομοῦντες to the θεμέ...
TEACHING CONVERTS CHRIST'S WAYS 1 Corinthians 4:14 The relationship between the Apostle and his converts was very tender. They were his children. They might have instructors and tutors, but they coul...
Christian teachers are "ministers of Christ." That defines their responsibility. They are "stewards of the mysteries of God." That defines their work. What dignity does this double statement suggest?...
Paul Loved the Church in Corinth Like a Father Paul did not try to make the brethren feel bad because they added to his problems. Rather, he wanted to warn them so they would change. He wrote to them...
I write not. St. Paul here insinuates to the Corinthians, that they ought to blush with shame for neglecting the apostles, who had suffered so many hardships for them, to follow after teachers void of...
4. PRIDE THE FIRST CAUSE OF THE EVIL. 4:6-21. Here is the final and general application of the whole first part, relating to the divisions which had arisen in the Church. The apostle, after reminding...
are the conclusion of all the apostle has written from 1 Corinthians 1:12. He first makes an explanation about the severe manner in which he has just spoken to them. It is not resentment or enmity whi...
“For though ye should have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 16. I beseech you therefore: be ye imitators of me.”...
(14) I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. (15) For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have bego...
15._For though you had ten thousand. _He had called himself _father_, and now he shows that this title belongs to him peculiarly and specially, inasmuch as he alone has _begotten them in Christ. _In t...
As for the apostle and the labourers, they were to consider them as stewards employed by the Lord. And it was to Him that Paul committed the judgment of his conduct. He cared little for the judgment m...
FOR THOUGH YE HAVE TEN THOUSAND INSTRUCTORS IN CHRIST,.... Or "schoolmasters"; by whom he means the false teachers, whom, for argument sake, he admits to be instructors in Christ, or ministers of his,...
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. Ver. 15. _Ten thousand instructors_] Gr. pedagogues,...
_I write not these things to shame you_ Publicly to disgrace you, and stain your credit with other churches; _but as my beloved sons I warn you_ Show you in a mild and tender way what is wrong in your...
I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU; his preaching was the means of their regeneration; and as their spiritual father, it was proper for him to reprove, rebuke, and exhort them with affectionate plainness....
But while we are not to exalt a ministering servant, no more are we to despise him or his work. The apostles should certainly be recognized for what they actually were, "ministers of Christ, and stewa...
FOR THOUGH YE HAVE TEN THOUSAND TUTORS IN CHRIST, YET HAVE YE NOT MANY FATHERS; FOR IN CHRIST JESUS. BEGAT YOU THROUGH THE GOSPEL. 'tutors' -'was used for the guide or attendant of the child who too...
14-21 In reproving for sin, we should distinguish between sinners and their sins. Reproofs that kindly and affectionately warn, are likely to reform. Though the apostle spoke with authority as a pare...
The great lesson of this text is: That people ought to have a tender respect for those ministers whom God hath hononred with their first conversion, and bringing them home to Christ. God may make use...
Though ye have ten thousand tutors [literally, pedagogues: the large number rebukes their itch for teachers] _in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers_ [they had but one--Paul]; _for in Christ Jesus I...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III Rursus ad Corinthios scribens: "Si enim decies mille paedagogos," inquit, "habeatis in Christo, sed non multos patres. In Christo enim per Evangelium ego vosge...
1 Corinthians 4:15 For G1063 though G1437 have G2192 (G5725) thousand G3463 instructors G3807 in G1722 Christ...
LET THEM THEN REMEMBER THAT HE FATHERED THEM AND THAT THROUGH HIM GOD'S POWER WAS AND IS REVEALED (4:14-21)...
‘I write these things not to shame you but to admonish you, as my beloved children. For though you might have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus I bro...
1 Corinthians 4:15. FOR IF you SHOULD HAVE TEN THOUSAND INSTRUCTORS IN CHRIST, YET HAVE YE NOT MANY FATHERS; FOR IN CHRIST JESUS I BEGAT YOU THROUGH THE GOSPEL. Three agencies are named here as factor...
TO ADMONISH (νουθετων). Literally, admonishing (present active participle of νουθετεω). See on 1 Thessalonians 5:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:14.FOR THOUGH YE SHOULD HAVE (εαν γαρ εχητε). Third-class con...
CONTENTS: Judgment of Christ's servants not committed to man. Apostolic example of patience and humility. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Apollos, Timothy. CONCLUSION: God's steward awaits no Judgmen...
1 Corinthians 4:1. _Let a man,_ yea every one of you, however biassed by parties, _so account of us,_ though servants for your sakes, _as ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God,_ as...
YOU HAVE ONLY ONE FATHER. PAIDAGOGOS = guardian, one who took care of a child from the time it was a baby, feeding, clothing, and teaching it, and taking it to and from school when it is that age. Pau...
_I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you._ PAUL AN EXAMPLE TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS He proceeds-- I. With love. 1. Not as a schoolmaster, but as a father. 2. Not t...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 4:15 COUNTLESS GUIDES. Apollos and Cephas, among others. FATHER. See v. 1 Corinthia
CHAPTER IV. SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER S. Paul proceeds in his task of uprooting the divisions, the pride, and the boasting of the Corinthians, and especially of some of their teachers who held him in...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 4:14.—Irony dropped. Even in 1 Corinthians 4:6 it was “Brothers!” Now, “Beloved children!” Yet surely he did desire to make them ashamed of their bearing towards and est...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 4:1 _Judgments, human and Divine, respecting ministers._ 1 CORINTHIANS 4:1 LET A MAN SO ACCOUNT OF US. Since it is inevitable that Christians should form some estimate of...
Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God (1 Corinthians 4:1). Ministers of Christ, the Greek word there is the under-rowers. They were the guys d...
1 Corinthians 3:10; 1 Corinthians 3:6; 1 Corinthians 9:1; 1 Corinthians 9:2;...
Tutors [π α ι δ α γ ω γ ο υ ς]. From paiv boy and ajgwgov leader. The Paedagogus was a slave to whom boys were entrusted on leaving the care of the females, which was somewhere about their sixteenth y...
CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP 1 Corinthians 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The names surrounding discipleship. Our chapter presents before us several statements which remind us of the responsibility and privile...
I have begotten you — This excludes not only Apollos, his successor, but also Silas and Timothy, his companions; and the relation between a spiritual father and his children brings with it an inexpres...