John Trapp Complete Commentary
1 Corinthians 10:24
Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
Ver. 24. Let no man seek his own] Self miscarries us all, and makes us eccentric in our motions, nothing more.
Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
Ver. 24. Let no man seek his own] Self miscarries us all, and makes us eccentric in our motions, nothing more.
Verse 24. _LET NO MAN SEEK HIS OWN_, c.] Let none, for his private gratification or emolument, disturb the peace or injure the soul of another. Let every man live, not for _himself_, but for every par...
LET NO MAN SEEK HIS OWN - This should be properly interpreted of the matter under discussion, though the direction assumes the form of a general principle. Originally it meant, “Let no man, in regard...
7. WARNINGS AND EXHORTATIONS CHAPTER 10 _ 1. Warnings from Israel's past history. (1 Corinthians 10:4)._ 2. Exhortations. (1 Corinthians 10:15). The same subject is continued with this chapter. The...
1 Corinthians 10:23 to 1 Corinthians 11:1. From the meal in the idol's temple Paul passes to the question as it arose in daily life. He repeats that while all might be lawful all was not expedient (1...
THE PERIL OF OVER-CONFIDENCE (1 Corinthians 10:1-13)...
All things are allowed to me, but all things are not good for me. All things are allowed, but all things do not build up. Let no one think only of his own good, but let him think of the good of the ot...
NO MAN. no one. Greek. _medeis._ HIS OWN. his own things. EVERY MAN. each one, but the texts omit. ANOTHER'S _ WEALTH_. the things of the other. (Greek. _heteros._ App-124.) Compare Philippians 1:2...
_Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth_ Rather, THE PROFIT OF HIS NEIGHBOUR. Cf. Romans 15:1-3; Philippians 2:4. The conclusion is moral, not positive. No rule is laid down about eat...
24. [ἕκαστος] after ΤΟΥ͂ ἙΤΈΡΟΥ. Omit אABCDFG Vetus Lat. Vulg. Rec. inserts with E and Peshito. The word is wanted to complete the sentence and has probably been added for that purpose. 24. ΤῸ ΤΟΥ͂ ἙΤ...
_TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND WITHOUT OFFENCE 1 CORINTHIANS 10:23-33:_ Christians must be fully convinced that there is such a thing as right and wrong. The Christian is very much out of step with the thin...
ΜΗΔΕΊΣ (G3367) никто, ΤΌ ΈΑΥΤΟΫ́ (G1438) собственная вещь, принадлежащее ему самому (Barrett), ΖΗΤΕΊ ΤΩ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΖΗΤΈΩ (G2212) искать. _Praes._ указывает на привычное действие....
LET NO MAN SEEK HIS OWN— This precept cannot be taken in a strict and literal sense, but should be interpreted comparatively, so as to understand the Apostle as exhorting them not to seek their own ad...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 Insensitiveness (1 Corinthians 10:23-30) 23 All things are lawful, but not all things are helpful. All things are lawful, but not all things build up. 24Let no one seek h...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Text_ 1 Corinthians 10:23-33. All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful; but not all things edify. 24 Let no man seek his own, but each his...
Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. (; Romans 15:1; .)...
25 Contestants in the Grecian games had to take an oath that they had been ten months in training, and that they would violate none of the regulations. They lived on a prescribed diet and exercised se...
ANOTHER'S _wealt_] RV 'his neighbour's good.' 'Wealth' is old English for 'welfare.'...
_(B) FOOD OFFERED TO IDOLS_ In these Chapter s St. Paul answers another question of the Corinthians—as to the lawfulness of eating food which had been offered in sacrifice to idols. This was a very ur...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 10 *WARNINGS FROM ISRAEL’S HISTORY 10:1-13 *SPIRITUAL FOOD AND DRINK 10:1-5 V1 *Brothers and *sisters, I do not want you to forget that a...
BUT EVERY MAN ANOTHER’S WEALTH. — Better, _but each one another’s good._ The English word “wealth” has, in process of time, come to bear a limited significance, such as did not originally belong to it...
CHAPTER 15 FALLACIOUS PRESUMPTIONS IN discussing the question regarding "things offered unto idols," Paul is led to treat at large of Christian liberty, a subject to which he was always drawn. And pa...
With μηδεὶς τ. ἑαυτοῦ κ. τ. λ. _cf._ 1 Corinthians 13:5; Romans 14:7; Romans 15:2; Galatians 6:2;...
to 1 Corinthians 11:1. § 34. LIBERTY AND ITS LIMITS. The maxim “All things are lawful” was pleaded in defence of the use of the idolothyta, as of other Cor [1541] laxities; so the Ap. has to discuss i...
§ 33. THE COMMUNION OF THE LORD, AND OF DEMONS. A further warning the Ap. will give against dalliance with idolatry, based on Christian practice as the former was based on Israelite history. He points...
“DO ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD” 1 Corinthians 10:23; 1 Corinthians 11:1 There seems to be a, clear distinction in the Apostle's directions between feasting in an idol temple on the one hand, and the acc...
A great warning based on an illustration in Israel's history is contained in these words, "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." To this warning the apostle adds that th...
Seeking The Good of Brethren Paul knew all things not morally wrong were lawful, but some of those would not build up or strengthen the church. When Christians have the right to do something, the que...
“Let no man seek his own, but each his neighbour's good.” It is the idea of οἰκοδομεῖν, _edifying_, which rules in this verse. It is not necessary to understand the adverb μόνον : “Let no man seek _o...
(23) All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. (24) Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. (25) Whatsoev...
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...
24._Let no one seek his own. _He handles the same subject in the 14th Chapter of the Romans. _Let no one please himself_, _but endeavor to please his brethren for their edification _This is a precept...
The apostle then gives the Corinthians the ways of God with Israel in the wilderness, as instruction with regard to His ways with us, declaring that the things which happened to them were types or fig...
LET NO MAN SEEK HIS OWN,.... His carnal pleasure and private advantage in eating things sacrificed to "idols", to the hurt and disadvantage of his brethren; otherwise it is lawful for a man to seek hi...
_All things_, &c. He here comes to speak of another case, namely, the buying and eating privately, meats which had been offered to idols: _are lawful for me_ All kinds of meats according to the gospel...
HIS OWN; his own pleasure or profit merely. ANOTHER'S; benefit, as well as his own....
The Christian principles involved:...
LET NO MAN SEEK HIS OWN, BUT EVERY MAN ANOTHER'S WEALTH. The apostle here mentions a thought that may have been found in the hearts of some of the Corinthians: Is it that we want to provoke the Lord t...
Just as, in the end of chapter 9, Paul shows himself willing to submit to a serious test as to the reality of his Christianity, so in the first of chapter 10 it is plain that all who claim the place o...
LET NO MAN SEEK HIS OWN, BUT EACH HIS NEIGHBOR'S GOOD. 'his neighbor's good'. Romans 15:1; 1 Corinthians 13:5; Galatians 6:2; 1 Peter 2:1
23-33 There were cases wherein Christians might eat what had been offered to idols, without sin. Such as when the flesh was sold in the market as common food, for the priest to whom it had been given...
It is the duty of every one who is a disciple of Christ, not merely to look at his own pleasure or profit, but the profit and advantage of others. CHARITY SEEKETH NOT HER OWN, (saith the apostle, 1 CO...
Let no man seek his own, but each his neighbor's good. [As to eating idolatrous meat and all similar questions of liberty, be more careful to think of the interests of others than to assert your own r...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV And, "Let no one seek his own advantage, but also that of his neighbour,"[85] Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II "Care not merely about your own (thing...
1 Corinthians 10:24 Let G2212 one G3367 seek G2212 (G5720) own G1438 but G235 one G1538 others G2087
'Let no man seek his own, but each his neighbour's good.' A much better catch phrase, suggests Paul, is, 'let no man seek his own but each his neighbour's'. In other words a man should not be always...
_Attendance at Idolatrous Feasts, 1 Corinthians 10:14_ to 1 Corinthians 11:1 When the first love of the converts began to cool, and, as a natural consequence, they drew closer to their heathen acquain...
1 Corinthians 10:24. Let no man seek his own, but _each_ his neighbour's _goodGr._ ‘his neighbour's things,' meaning his benefit, in the widest sense. As this is God's own design in all His works, but...
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...
LET NO MAN SEEK HIS OWN (μηδεις το εαυτου ζητειτω). This is Paul's rule for social relations (1 Corinthians 13:5; Galatians 6:2; Romans 14:7;...
1 Corinthians 10:15. I Speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion...
CONTENTS: Israel in the wilderness, a warning example. Fellowship of the Lord's table demands separation. Law of love in relation to eating and drinking. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Moses. CONCLU...
1 Corinthians 10:1. _I would not have you ignorant_ of the grand point, the foundation of the Hebrew religion; _that our fathers,_ for such was the usual language of the jews and proselytes respecting...
BUT FOR THE INTERESTS OF OTHERS. Selfishness will destroy us; unselfishness will make us strong! Compare 1 Corinthians 13:5; Romans 14:7; Romans 15:2;...
_Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth._ Let no one seek or buy flesh which, _e.g_., has been offered too idols, and which is useful and pleasant to himself, just because it is of a...
CHAPTER 10 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER From speaking of the contest, in which those who deny themselves and strive lawfully are rewarded, and in which the slothful and self-indulgent are condemned and pu...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 10:1.—Notice “_for_,” true reading, connecting closely with ix. _ult. Q.d_. “I am not secure from becoming a ‘castaway’; you are not yet sure of the prize; _for_ it is e...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 10:1 _Warnings against over confidence in relation to idolatry and other temptations._ 1 CORINTHIANS 10:1 MOREOVER; rather, _for. _He has just shown them, by his own ex
Moreover, brethren, I would not that you should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and passed through the sea (1 Corinthians 10:1); Now he is talking about their forefathers w...
1 Corinthians 10:33; 1 Corinthians 13:5; 1 Corinthians 9:19; Philippians 2:21;...
Another's wealth [τ ο τ ο υ ε τ ε ρ ο υ]. Lit., that which is the other's. Wealth, inserted by A. V. is used in the older English sense of well - being. See on Acts 19:25. The A. V. also ignores the f...
His own only, but another's welfare also....
These words may be understood two ways: 1. Let no man seek his own, that is, only his own wealth. 2. Let no man seek his own wealth: that is, to the prejudice of others, though never so much to his...