_APPENDED NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 4:11 _sqq_. Since it was by preaching and teaching that Paul laid the foundation of the Church of Corinth, the builders must be different kinds of teachers. Since the matter taught is the material the teacher uses, this must be the gold, silver, wood, straw, etc. The r... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 4:1. SO.—Choose between (_a_) a forward reference to “_as_” (_e.g_. with Stanley), and (_b_) a backward reference (with, _e.g_., Evans, in _Speaker_, and Beet) to 1 Corinthians 3:21; meaning: “Let a man account of us as Christ’s servants, having moreover the greater th... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 4:6.—From 1 Corinthians 3:5 he has discussed what applied to all the factions and their leaders, and even more to the others than to the so-called Pauline and Apollonian factions, in connection with himself and Apollos alone. “_For their sakes_” he has done so, to avoi... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 estimate of himself? Yes. But not vindictively, nor so as to humiliate them before others. It was only... [ Continue Reading ]