Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Corinthians 3:21
Therefore — Upon the whole. Let none glory in men — So as to divide into parties on their account. For all things are yours — and we in particular. We are not your lords, but rather your servants.
Therefore — Upon the whole. Let none glory in men — So as to divide into parties on their account. For all things are yours — and we in particular. We are not your lords, but rather your servants.
Verse 21. _LET NO MAN GLORY IN MEN_] Let none suppose that he has any cause of _exultation_ in any thing but God. _All are yours_; he that has God for his portion has every thing that can make him hap...
THEREFORE ... - Paul here proceeds to apply the principles which he had stated above. Since all were ministers or servants of God; since God was the source of all good influences; since, whatever migh...
CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The Carnal state of the Corinthians. (1 Corinthians 3:1)._ 2. The Workmen and their Work. (1 Corinthians 3:10). 3. The Church the Temple of God. (1 Corinthians
IT IS A FALSE WISDOM THAT PITS ONE LEADER AGAINST ANOTHER: ALL ARE YOURS. Paul warns against the self-deception which causes a man to overrate his own judgment. Better renounce his worldly wisdom, whi...
Do you not know that you are God's temple, and that the Spirit of God has his dwelling place in you? If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for the temple of God is holy and you a...
THE SUPREME IMPORTANCE OF GOD (1 Corinthians 3:1-9)...
THEREFORE. So then. GLORY. boast, as in 1 Corinthians 1:29....
_Therefore let no man glory in men_ We are to regard men as nothing in themselves, but in reference to their fellow-men solely as the instruments of a divine purpose, like all other things God has suf...
Christian Ministers only labourers of more or less efficiency, the substantial work being God's 6. _I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase_ The Apostle would lead his converts to r...
CHRISTIAN MINISTERS ONLY LABOURERS OF MORE OR LESS EFFICIENCY, THE SUBSTANTIAL WORK BEING GOD’S...
ὭΣΤΕ ΜΗΔΕῚΣ ΚΑΥΧΆΣΘΩ ἘΝ�. We are to regard men as nothing in themselves, but in reference to their fellow men solely as the instruments of a Divine purpose, like all other things God has suffered to e...
_THE TEMPLE IS THE CHURCH 1 CORINTHIANS 3:16-23:_ As members of the church we should be spiritual people because the church of Christ is the Holy Temple of God. His Spirit dwells in this temple. God w...
ΏΣΤΕ (G5620) следовательно. Делает вывод из предыдущего, ΚΑΥΧΆΣΘΩ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΚΑΥΧΆΟΜΑΙ (G2744) хвалиться, славиться чем-л. или кем-л. ΠΆΝΤΑ _пот. n. pl. от_ ΠΆΣ (G3956) весь; зде...
DISCOURSE: 1949 THE CHRISTIAN’S PRIVILEGES 1 Corinthians 3:21. _Let no man glory in men. For all things are your’s; whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things pre...
ALL THINGS ARE YOURS, &C.— How magnificently are the happy privileges of Christians, through Christ, set forth in this noble exultation! First, here is a full and vehement enumeration of particulars;...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Concludes With Spiritual Compensation (1 Corinthians 3:18-23) 18 Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a foo...
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; LET NO MAN GLORY IN MEN - as the sphere in which he glories; resuming : cf. ; , where the true object of glorying is stated: "THE LORD....
5 Apollos was a Jew of Alexandria, a scholarly man, and able in the Scriptures. He came to Ephesus, full of zeal, but versed only in the baptism of John. Priscilla and Aquila heard him speak boldly in...
THE FAULT OF PARTY SPIRIT The immaturity of the Corinthian converts and their unfitness for anything but elementary instruction in the faith is proved by their mutual jealousies and their disagreemen...
PARAPHRASE. 'Do not deceive yourselves; but if there be any of you priding himself on his worldly wisdom let him quickly unlearn it, that he may learn the true wisdom. (19, 20) For as Holy Scripture t...
ALL THINGS ARE YOURS] To him who is united to Christ all things belong, contributing to the growth of his Christian character and the increasing perfection of his spiritual life. He learns from all te...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 3 GOD’S WORKERS 3:1-9 V1 *Brothers and *sisters, I could not speak to you as if the *Holy Spirit was guiding you. I had to speak to you as...
THEREFORE. — Not because of what has been mentioned, but introducing what he is about to mention. Let party-spirit cease. Do not degrade yourselves by calling yourselves after the names of any man, fo...
CHAPTER 6 GOD'S HUSBANDRY AND BUILDING PAUL having abundantly justified his method of preaching to the Corinthians, and having shown why he contented himself with the simple presentation of the Cross...
§ 11. THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD. Affectation of philosophy, “the wisdom of the world,” which P. has repudiated on behalf of the Gospel (1 Corinthians 1:2) was at the bottom of the Cor [606] troubles. T...
_a_. ὥστε μηδεὶς καυχάσθω ἐν ἀνθρώποις : “And so let no one glory in men”. ὥστε often, with P., introduces the impv [617] at the point where argument or explanation passes into exhortation; _cf._ note...
BUILD ON THE SURE FOUNDATION 1 Corinthians 3:10 We are called upon to contribute our share to the building of saved souls which is rising through the ages, to be an habitation of God through the Spir...
The reason for the schisms was that these people were carnal. "Jealousy and strife" are evidences of carnality. Proceeding, Paul declared the true value of the Christian ministry. "For we are God's fe...
True Wisdom True wisdom, according to the apostle Paul, comes in learning to be a fool in the eyes of this world's wise (Acts 2:24). Pride in one's own intellectual abilities can keep him from learnin...
(11) Therefore let no man (h) glory in men. For all things are (i) yours; (11) He returns to the proposition of the second verse, first warning the hearers, that from now on they do not esteem as lor...
Let no man deceive himself. He next precautions them against themselves, and admonishes them to be upon their guard against curiosity, presumption, and self-love, and tells them to undervalue all othe...
“So then, let no man glory in men, for all things are yours.” The apostle began by reminding the Corinthians of what preachers are in relation to the Church: _servants_ (ministers) of the one Lord; th...
(16) Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? (17) If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple...
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...
21._Therefore let no man glory in men _As there is nothing that is more _vain _than man, how little security there is in leaning upon an evanescent shadow! Hence he infers with propriety from the prec...
They were not natural men; but they were carnal (not spiritual) men, so that the apostle had to feed them with milk and not with meat which was only fit for those that were of full age. That with whic...
THEREFORE LET NO MAN GLORY IN MEN,.... The apostle means ministers, who are but men, even the best of them, and therefore not to be gloried in; and has chiefly respect to the false teachers, whose wis...
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; Ver. 21. _Let no man glory in men_] That is, that they are such a one's scholars or followers, seeing the Church is not made for them, but...
_Therefore_ Upon the whole, considering all that has been advanced, and especially considering in what view the great God regards these things which we are so ready to value ourselves upon; _let no ma...
THEREFORE; as the result of what has been said. GLORY IN MEN; by setting up one teacher above others as his leader. ALL THINGS ARE YOURS; not one teacher alone, but all the teachers of the church wi...
The conclusion:...
THEREFORE LET NO MAN GLORY IN MEN. FOR ALL THINGS ARE YOURS...
But in practical experience the Corinthians were not properly regarding, nor depending on, the wisdom of the Spirit of God, who had been given to them. Paul could not write to them as spiritual, but a...
WHEREFORE LET NO ONE GLORY IN MEN. FOR ALL THINGS ARE YOURS; 'Wherefore' -'What is the proper conclusion to be drawn from all this?' 'LET NO ONE GLORY IN MEN' -'to glory in men, means to boast abou...
18-23 To have a high opinion of our own wisdom, is but to flatter ourselves; and self-flattery is the next step to self-deceit. The wisdom that wordly men esteem, is foolishness with God. How justly...
Seeing, therefore, that Christ is but one, his ministers but one, and no more than _ministers by whom ye believed,_ 1 CORINTHIANS 3:5; and the principal efficiency of any saving work begun, or carried...
Wherefore let no one glory in men. [A returning upon the thought at 1 Corinthians 1:31] _For all things are yours_ [why, then, grasp a paltry part and forego the glorious whole?];...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V "Therefore," says he, "let no man glory in man; "[277] Tertullian Against Marcion Book V Now, from whom do all things come to us, but from Him to whom all things be...
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THE CHURCH IS GOD'S SACRED SANCTUARY FOR THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLS IN THEM AND THEY ARE HID WITH CHRIST IN GOD. LET DIVISIVE TEACHERS THEREFORE BEWARE (3:16-23). Paul now applies his building analogy t...
‘Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours; whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours, and you are Chr...
1 Corinthians 3:21. WHEREFORE, LET NO ONE GLORY IN MEN in one preacher as opposed to another. FOR ALL THINGS ARE YOURS....
WHEREFORE LET NO ONE GLORY IN MEN (ωστε μηδεις καυχασθω εν ανθρωποις). The conclusion (ωστε) from the self-conceit condemned. This particle here is merely inferential with no effect on the construct...
1 Corinthians 3:21 Consider: I. How Christ's servants are men's lords. "All things are yours: Paul, Apollos, Cephas." These three teachers were all lights kindled at the central light, and therefore...
17-18. _If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this worl...
1. _And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ._ Their spiritual part had not grown strong, their old carnal nature still had the pr...
CONTENTS: Hindrance of a carnal state to spiritual growth. Christian service and its reward. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Apollos, Cephas. CONCLUSION: Our salvation rests solely upon t...
1 Corinthians 3:1. _Babes in Christ,_ like children at the breast, requiring to be _fed with milk, and not with meat._ Our great tutor here addresses the Corinthians in a superior style of eloquence,...
ABOUT WHAT MEN CAN DO. Since Paul, Apollos, and Peter are all God's servants, no one should boast about being followers of one specific teacher. But especially, they had no reason to boast about the f...
_Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?_ THE TWO TEMPLES Two points comprehend the apostle’s teaching in this chapter. 1. The foundation of Christian...
_Therefore let no man glory in man._ THAT IT IS A GREAT SIN TO GLORY IN MEN This sin is not often preached upon, yet no question political and civil idolatry, making men as gods to us, hath done a g...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 3:21 LET NO ONE BOAST IN MEN. Arrogance causes division in Corinth (1 Corinthians 4:6,...
CHAPTER III. SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER He endeavours to put an end to the divisions among the Corinthians, by reminding them of their mutual subjection and union in Christ and God. I. He points out t...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 3:21.—See Homiletic Analysis. Note the unexpected turn of phrase; not “Christ is yours.” “Rise to the plane of His life and your relations to Him, then you are a posses...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 3:1 _The carnal conceit of the spiritually immature._ 1 CORINTHIANS 3:1 I… COULD NOT SPEAK UNTO YOU AS UNTO SPIRITUAL. Though softened by the word brethren, there was a cr...
Let's turn now to I Corinthians, chapter 3. Beginning with the fourteenth verse of chapter 2, Paul here separates men into three classifications. Starting in chapter 2 with the natural man, the unrege...
1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 3:4; 1 Corinthians 4:6; 2 Corinthians 4:15;...
All things are yours. The categories which follow form an inventory of the possessions of the Church and of the individual Christian. This includes : the christian teachers with different gifts; the w...
THE CARNAL AND SPIRITUAL CHRISTIAN 1 Corinthians 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In our last study, we were discussing two kinds of people. One, the unregenerate who had not the Spirit, and the other, the r...
Here the apostle closes his discourse with an inference not to glory in any teacher whatsoever, either in Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, seeing they were all theirs; that is, all the apostles and minist...