Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Corinthians 1:14
I thank God — (A pious phrase for the common one, "I rejoice,") that, in the course of his providence, I baptized none of you, but Crispus, once the ruler of the synagogue, and Caius.
I thank God — (A pious phrase for the common one, "I rejoice,") that, in the course of his providence, I baptized none of you, but Crispus, once the ruler of the synagogue, and Caius.
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Verse 1 Corinthians 1:14. _I THANK GOD THAT I BAPTIZED NONE OF YOU_] None of those who now live in Corinth, except _Crispus_, the ruler of the synagogue, Acts 18:8. _And Gaius_, the same person proba...
I THANK GOD ... - Why Paul did not himself baptize, see in 1 Corinthians 1:17. To him it was now a subject of grateful reflection that he had not done it. He had not given any occasion for the suspici...
2. CONTRASTS. CHAPTER 1:10-4). CHAPTER 1:10-31. _ 1. Divisions rebuked. (1 Corinthians 1:10)._ 2. The Cross of Christ, the Power of God. (1 Corinthians 1:17). The section which begins, after the in...
THE PARTY SPIRIT IN THE CHURCH. Apparently Paul had only just heard of the parties, they were, therefore, a new development and not of long standing. He deals with them first, not as the gravest abuse...
AN APOSTOLIC INTRODUCTION (1 Corinthians 1:1-3)...
Brothers, I urge you through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you should make up your differences and that you should see to it that there may be no divisions among you, but that you should be k...
BAPTIZED. App-115. NONE. Greek. _oudeis._ BUT. except. Greek. _ei me_. CRISPUS. See Acts 18:8. GAIUS. See Acts 19:2.Romans 16:23....
_Crispus and Gaius_ The special honour seems to have been accorded to Crispus of baptism by the hands of St Paul, because he was -the chief ruler of the synagogue" (Acts 18:8). Gaius, -mine host, and...
Rebuke of the Divisions in the Corinthian Church 10. _I beseech you, brethren_ The Apostle now enters on the subject of the divisions among his Corinthian converts, for which his introduction (see ne...
ΚΡΊΣΠΟΝ ΚΑῚ ΓΆΪΟΝ. The special honour of baptism by the hands of St Paul seems to have been accorded to Crispus, because he was ‘the chief ruler of the synagogue’ (Acts 18:8). Gaius, ‘mine host, and o...
REBUKE OF THE DIVISIONS IN THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH...
_THE UNITY OF THE SON OF GOD 1 CORINTHIANS 1:10-17:_ God called on His people to be united. (Ephesians 4:4-6) If unity is to be achieved we must get back to the Bible and do things exactly God's way....
ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΏ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΕΎΧΑΡΙΣΤΈΩ (G2168) благодарить (_см._ 1 Corinthians 1:4). ΈΒΆΠΤΙΣΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΒΑΠΤΊΖΩ (G907) крестить. ΕΊ ΜΉ (G1487; G3361) кроме, только (BD, 221)....
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Unity Originates in the Character of God (1 Corinthians 1:1-17) 1 Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes, 2 To the ch...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Problem of Division_ (10-17) _Text_ 1 Corinthians 1:10-17. Now I beseech you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that th...
I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; I thank God's providence now, who so ordered it that I baptized none of you but Crispus (the former ruler of the synagogue, ), and Ga...
1 This is not the first time the apostle has written to the Corinthians. He had written a letter to them (1Co_5:9) and they had written one in return (1Co_7:1). This epistle is partly a reply to their...
GREETING AND THANKSGIVING. PARTISANSHIP IN THE CHURCH St. Paul, after greeting the Church and giving thanks for its spiritual gifts, rebukes the preference for various teachers which was prevalent am...
CRISPUS] the ruler of the synagogue (Acts 18:8). GAIUS] see Romans 16:23....
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ ABOUT THIS LETTER CORINTH Corinth was an important city. It was on a very narrow section of land (called an ‘isthmus’) in the southern part of Gre...
I THANK GOD. — “I am thankful to God that it was not so.” For if he had baptised a great many, some might have said he had created originally a party in his own name. Crispus (see Acts 18:8), a “ruler...
CHAPTER 3 THE FACTIONS THE first section of this Epistle, extending from the tenth verse of the first chapter to the end of the fourth chapter, is occupied with an endeavour to quench the factious sp...
1 Corinthians 1:10-17 a. § 3. THE REPORT ABOUT THE PARTIES, AND PAUL'S EXPOSTULATION. Without further preface, the Apostle warns the Cor [121] solemnly against their schisms (1 Corinthians 1:10), stat...
In fact, P. had himself baptised very few of the Cor [181] He sees a providence in this; otherwise he might have seemed wishful to stamp his own name upon his converts, and some colour would have been...
THE CROSS GOD'S SAVING POWER 1 Corinthians 1:12 _ Apollos_ had gone straight from Ephesus to Corinth, Acts 19:1. A party gathered around him, especially attracted by his eloquence and intellectual br...
The epistle is to the Church. Its messages are only for those who have been brought into fellowship with Jesus Christ. The character of the Church is indicated in the words, "sanctified in Christ Jesu...
Personal Thoughts From Paul Because of the division and strife, Paul was glad he had only baptized a few of them. Crispus was ruler of the synagogue (Acts 18:8). Paul wrote his letter to the Romans fr...
(18) I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; (18) He protests that he speaks so much the more boldly of these things, because through God's providence, he is void of all suspi...
I give God thanks that I baptized none of you, but, &c. It is strange that Quakers should from hence pretend, that St. Paul condemned baptism, when he only tells them, he is glad they were baptized by...
BODY OF THE EPISTLE. 1:10-15:58. I. The Parties in the Church of corinth. 1:10-4:21. EWALD has well stated the reason why the apostle puts this subject first, of all those he has to treat in his Ep...
“I thank God that I baptized none of you but Crispus and Gaius, 15. lest any should say that ye were baptized in my name. 16. I baptized also the household of Stephanas; besides, I know not whether I...
(10) Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same...
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...
14._I thank my God. _In these words he reproves very sharply the perversity of the Corinthians, which made it necessary for him to avoid, in a manner, a thing so sacred and honorable as that of the ad...
I will now turn back to take up the thread of the contents of this epistle from the beginning. Paul was an apostle by the will of God. That was his authority, however it might be with others. Moreover...
I THANK GOD THAT I BAPTIZED NONE OF YOU,.... The Alexandrian copy and the Syriac version read, "I thank my God"; not that the apostle disliked the ordinance of baptism, or the administration of it; an...
I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; Ver. 14. _I thank God_] He noteth and noticeth herein a sweet providence, beyond all that he then imagined, when he was at Corinth. God...
Why do you not all say the same thing, namely, _I am of Christ, 1 Corinthians 3:23_. _Is Christ divided?_ Did one Christ send Paul, and another Apollos, to preach the gospel to you? Is not one and the...
CRISPUS AND GAIUS; ACTS 18:8; ROMANS 16:23....
I THANK GOD THAT I BAPTIZED NONE OF YOU BUT CRISPUS AND GAIUS,...
A REPROOF OF DISHARMONY. 1 Corinthians 1:10...
Paul writes here as "a called apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God." As such, it is the authoritative word of God he communicates, that which requires the subjection and obedience of all the Chu...
1 CORINTHIANS 1:14. THANK GOD THAT. BAPTIZED NONE OF YOU, SAVE CRISPUS AND GAIUS;...
10-16 In the great things of religion be of one mind; and where there is not unity of sentiment, still let there be union of affection. Agreement in the greater things should extinguish divisions abo...
Concerning the apostle's baptizing Crispus we read, ACTS 18:8; he was _the chief ruler of the synagogue_ of the Jews: why Paul thanks God that he baptized not many, he tells us, 1 CORINTHIANS 1:15....
I thank God [who, foreseeing the future, prevented him from making such a mistake] _that I baptized none of you, save Crispus_ [the ruler of the synagogue-- Acts 18:8] _and Gaius_ [from whose house Pa...
Tertullian On Baptism , why did he baptize Gaius, and Crispus, and the house of Stephanas?[145] Tertullian On Modesty And what kind of invidiousness is the pungency of humility? "To God I give than...
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THE FOLLY OF THE DISUNITY BEING REVEALED IN THE CHURCH BECAUSE OF A CRAVING FOR ONE MAN'S WISDOM OVER ANOTHER'S (1:10-17). In their world around them they see men taken up with the glory of wisdom of...
CHRIST CRUCIFIED FOR US AND THE NEW BIRTH THROUGH THE SPIRIT ARE THE TWO CENTRAL FOUNDATIONS OF CHRISTIANITY (1:10-4:21). Paul begins this section by revealing his concern that the Corinthians are in...
‘I thank God that (or with some good MSS ‘I give thanks that') I baptised none of you, except Crispus and Gaius, lest any man should say that you were baptised into my name. And I baptised also the ho...
SUMMARY. ‘I beseech you, study unity. Instead of this, I hear ye are ranging yourselves into schools and parties, each contending for its favourite preacher as if your salvation hung upon him. Thus is...
_The evil done by undue exaltation of preachers_ 10-17. 1 Corinthians 1:10. I BESEECH YOU... BY THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST a touching appeal at the outset' to that Name which is above every na...
I THANK GOD (ευχαριστω τω θεω). See verse 1 Corinthians 1:4, though uncertain if τω θεω is genuine here.SAVE CRISPUS AND GAIUS (ε μη Κρισπον κα Γαιον). Crispus was the ruler of the synagogue in Co...
1, 2. _Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth,_ -Note the humility of Paul in associating with hi...
I am going to speak about the testimony of the apostle Peter concerning his Lord, but we will first read together part of the writings of his «beloved brother Paul,» that we may see how these eminent...
1. _Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,_ This brother had been put to great shame. He was beaten before the judgment-seat, if you remembe...
CONTENTS: Christians' position in grace. The unspiritual condition of the Corinthian saints. Danger of following human leaders and exulting in human wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, Sosthenes, A...
1 Corinthians 1:1. _Paul, called to be an apostle._ It was proper to mention this, else he would have had no title to address his letter to the Corinthians, and the catholic church, or saints in gener...
THAT I DID NOT BAPTIZE. Paul shows horror at the thought of any being baptized in his own name as his disciples! He _thanks God_ that he personally did not baptize very many of them. _"And many other...
_Now I beseech you … that ye speak the same thing, and that, there he no divisions among you._ THE APOSTOLICAL EXHORTATION TO UNITY I. What it includes--unity. 1. In confession. 2. In spirit. 3....
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1:10 Divisions over Christian Preachers. The Corinthians’ pride has led them to value appearance and powerful speaking over the genuine work of the Spirit....
RANSLATED AND EDITED BY W. F. COBB, D.D. EDINBURGH: JOHN GRANT 31 George IV. Bridge 1908 SAINT PAUL'S FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS EDITORS PREFACE In translating the Comments of Cornelius...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 1:11.—“I HEAR; for, though you have written me about many things (1 Corinthians 7:1), yet you said nothing about this!” THEM OF … CHLOE.—The bearers of the Corinthian l...
EXPOSITION The oldest superscription was probably, "To the Corinthians, the first (Πρὸς Κορινθίους πρώτη)." This is found in א, A, B, C, D. 1 CORINTHIANS 1:1 _The_ _greeting. _An opening salutati...
Let's turn to I Corinthians, chapter 1. Paul introduces himself as the writer with Sosthenes in the first verse. Paul, called an apostle (1 Corinthians 1:1) Notice the words to be are in italics. Th...
1 Corinthians 1:4; 1 Corinthians 14:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:18; 1 Timothy 1:12;...
THE CHURCH OF GOD AT CORINTH 1 Corinthians 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We propose taking several studies from the First Epistle to the Corinthians. There will be much to consider here which should help...
Observe here, 1. That though baptizing were God's ordinance, and St. Paul, as Christ's minister, had commission and sufficient authority to baptize, yet the providence of God so ordered, that he bapti...