Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Corinthians 9:11
Is it a great matter if we shall reap as much of your carnal things — As is needful for our sustenance? Do you give us things of greater value than those you receive from us?
Is it a great matter if we shall reap as much of your carnal things — As is needful for our sustenance? Do you give us things of greater value than those you receive from us?
Verse 1 Corinthians 9:11. _IF WE HAVE SOWN UNTO YOU SPIRITUAL THINGS_] If we have been the means of bringing you into a state of salvation by the Divine doctrines which we have preached unto you, is...
IF WE HAVE SOWN UNTO YOU SPIRITUAL THINGS - If we have been the means of imparting to you the gospel, and bestowing upon you its high hopes and privileges; see the note at Romans 15:27. The figure of...
6. PAUL'S GRACIOUS EXAMPLE. CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The Apostle's rights. (1 Corinthians 9:1)._ 2. He waives his rights for the Gospel's sake. (1 Corinthians 9:15). 3. The race-course and the crown. ...
1 CORINTHIANS 9. This chapter is not a digression, and is not primarily concerned with a vindication of Paul's apostolic status and rights. He enforces his plea that the enlightened should not ride ro...
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? Even if I am not an apostle to others, I certainly am to you; you are the seal of my apostleship in...
THE UNCLAIMED PRIVILEGES (1 Corinthians 9:1-14)...
SPIRITUAL THINGS. the spiritual (things). Greek. _pneumatikos._ See 1 Corinthians 12:1. CARNAL. Greek. _sarkikos._ See Romans 7:14....
_If we have sown unto you spiritual things_ St Paul's third argument is drawn from the principles of natural gratitude. If we have conferred on you such inestimable benefits, it is surely no very burd...
ΘΕΡΊΣΟΜΕΝ אABD. θερίσωμεν CDEFG Vetus Lat. Vulg. 11. ΕἸ ἩΜΕΙ͂Σ ὙΜΙ͂Ν. St Paul’s third argument is drawn from the principles of natural gratitude. If we have conferred on you such inestimable benefits,...
1 Corinthians 9:1-14. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE OF HIS APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY This chapter is devoted to a defence of the Apostolic authority of St Paul, but there is an under-current of thought connecting it wi...
_PAUL RESTRICTED HIS RIGHTS 1 CORINTHIANS 9:7-14:_ By way of comparison Paul said he had a right to support from the church. He also said he had a right to be married and to have his wife travel about...
ΎΜΪ́Ν _dat. pl. от_ ΣΎ (G4771) вы. _Dat._ личной заинтересованности ("для вашего блага") или _dat._ места ("среди вас"), ΤΆ ΠΝΕΥΜΑΤΙΚΆ (G4152) духовные вещи (_см._ 1 Corinthians 2:13). Здесь, по ана...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Text_ 1 Corinthians 9:1-12 a. Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? 2 If to others I am not an apostle, yet at leas...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Recitation of Rights (1 Corinthians 9:1-14) 9 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord? 2If to others I...
If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? WE ... WE - emphatic in the Greek. YOUR CARNAL THINGS. We, who have sown the infinitely more p...
1 The Corinthians questioned the apostleship of Paul. The phrase, "the twelve apostles" has been used to throw doubt on his commission, for if there were but twelve apostles, Paul could not have been...
_(b) Food offered to Idols (ii) St. Paul's own Example_ St. Paul has appealed to the 'enlightened' converts at Corinth to give up for the sake of others a practice which they might otherwise have had...
CARNAL THINGS] i.e. earthly material support: cp. Romans 15:27....
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 9 THE RIGHTS OF AN *APOSTLE 9:1-27 PAUL IS A REAL *APOSTLE 9:1-2 V1 You know that I am free. You know that I am an *apostle. I have seen...
IF WE HAVE SOWN UNTO YOU SPIRITUAL THINGS. — The two sentences in this verse contain a striking double antithesis, the “we” and “you” being emphatic, and “spiritual” being opposed to “carnal.” The spi...
CHAPTER 13 MAINTENANCE OF THE MINISTRY IN the preceding chapter Paul has disposed of the question put to him regarding meats offered in sacrifice to idols. He has taken occasion to point out that in...
1 Corinthians 9:11-12 _a_ appeal to the sense of justice in the Cor [1311]; τὸ δίκαιον δείκνυσιν τοῦ πράγματος (Thp [1312]): _cf._ Galatians 6:6. μέγα εἰ …; “Is it a great thing if …?” = “Is it a grea...
1 Corinthians 9:7-15 _a_. § 28. THE CLAIM OF MINISTERS TO PUBLIC MAINTENANCE. Paul asserts his right to live at the charge of the Christian community, in order to show the Cor [1295] how he has waived...
RIGHTS AND THEIR SURRENDER 1 Corinthians 9:1 Paul's claim to an equality with Peter and the other Apostles was violently disputed by his enemies at Corinth, because in several matters he differed fro...
The words, "my defence to them that examine me is this," reveal the opposition to him in Corinth. The two words, "defence" and "examine," are purely legal, and are in the language of the courts of jus...
Physical Rewards for Spiritual Service Spiritual blessings are beyond value, so paying the laborer who brought such was a good exchange. Other cases of spiritual debt being repaid with material goods...
(7) If we have sown unto you spiritual things, [is it] a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? (7) An assumption of the arguments with an amplification, for neither in so doing do we requi...
_Is it a great matter? The apostle is here speaking of what he had given to the Corinthians, and what he had received from them; and this he does under the comparison of the sower and the reaper. Can...
3. THE EXAMPLE OF ABNEGATION GIVEN BY PAUL. 9:1-22. IT is easy, from what we have just said, to understand the link which connects the following passage with the question treated by the apostle. It is...
“If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we should reap your carnal things?” When the vine-dresser and the shepherd partake of the fruit of their labour, when the ox eats the...
(7) Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? (8) Say I these thin...
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...
11._If we have sown unto you spiritual things _There was one cavil remaining — for it might be objected, that labors connected with this life should without doubt have food and clothing as their rewar...
The apostle was exposed to the accusations of false teachers, who asserted that he carried on his evangelisation and his labours from interested motives, and that he took the property of Christians, a...
IF WE HAVE SOWN UNTO YOU SPIRITUAL THINGS,.... The preachers of the Gospel are compared to sowers of seed; the seed they sow is the word of God, which is like to seed, for its smallness and despicable...
If we have sown unto you spiritual things, _is it_ a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? Ver. 11. _Is it a great thing, &c._] Do not we give you gold for brass? Cast we not pearls before...
_If we have sown unto you spiritual things_ By our incessant diligence in preaching to you the gospel of the blessed God; _is it a great thing_ More than we have a right to expect; _if we shall reap y...
SOWN UNTO YOU SPIRITUAL THINGS; labored for the good of your souls. REAP YOUR CARNAL THINGS; receive in return what is needful for support....
The Scriptural proof and its application:...
IF WE HAVE SOWN UNTO YOU SPIRITUAL THINGS, IS IT A GREAT THING IF WE SHALL REAP YOUR CARNAL THINGS?...
Because of the lowliness and grace on the part of the apostle, such as chapter 8 shows in the consideration of his brethren, there were some who would use this as an occasion to belittle him. He made...
IF WE SOWED UNTO YOU SPIRITUAL THINGS, IS IT. GREAT MATTER IF WE SHALL REAP YOUR CARNAL THINGS? 'If we sowed' -And if farmers had the right to share in the material benefits of their labors (i.e. th...
1-14 It is not new for a minister to meet with unkind returns for good-will to a people, and diligent and successful services among them. To the cavils of some, the apostle answers, so as to set fort...
By SPIRITUAL THINGS the apostle meaneth the doctrine and sacraments of the gospel; which are called _spiritual things, _ because they come from heaven, they affect the soul and spirit of a man, they t...
If we sowed unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your carnal things? [What was earthly support in comparison with the riches of the gospel? If Paul had demanded his full ca...
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'If we have sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your fleshly things?' So the Scripture is here declaring that those who sow spiritual things should be able to reap fr...
PAUL NOW POINTS OUT THAT HE REFUSES TO USE HIS FREEDOM IN ANY WAY THAT WOULD CAUSE YOUNG CHRISTIANS TO BE LED ASTRAY. HIS NEXT EXAMPLE REFERS TO HIS NOT RECEIVING GIFTS FOR HIS MINISTRY AMONG THEM WHI...
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...
IS IT A GREAT MATTER? (μεγα;). The copula εστιν has to be supplied. Note two conditions of first class with ε, both assumed to be true. On πνευματικα and σαρκικα see on 1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Corinth...
CARNEL That is, things for the body....
CONTENTS: Paul vindicates his apostleship. The method and reward of true ministry and the support of the ministry. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Cephas, Barnabas, Moses. CONCLUSION: It is no new thing for...
1 Corinthians 9:1. _Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord?_ Having illustrated the legal customs of the jews respecting meats, he introduc...
WE HAVE SOWN. They brought the Good News to them, made them disciples of Christ, and made them strong in the faith. IF WE REAP MATERIAL BENEFITS? "Some food and drink - a salary, in other words....
_Am I not an apostle?_ Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? SIGNS OF APOSTLESHIP Why should Paul, departing from his usual custom, speak here of himself and his claims? Undoubtedly...
_Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges?_ THE BAFFLE OF LIFE We have here-- I. An inspiriting metaphor. When life is represented as a warfare, some peaceful minds may feel a little alarmed,...
CHAPTER 9 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He proceeds to show by his own example how offences are to be avoided, and he says that he had refused to accept payment, or the maintenance due to a preacher of...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 9:1.—Notice the reversed order of clauses in the better-attested reading. FREE.—_I.c. quâ_ man; he is always Christ’s “bondservant”; it is of his own choice that he subm...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1 The rights and the self denial of an apostle. 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1 An apostle's right to maintenance....
Shall we turn in our Bibles to I Corinthians, chapter 9. I could do a lot of things I don't do. The reason why I don't do them is I do not want to be an offense unto a weaker brethren and destroy his...
2 Corinthians 11:15; 2 Kings 5:13; Galatians 6:6; Malachi 3:8; Mal
A third argument for the ministers' maintenance is here taken from common justice: THEY SOW SPIRITUAL THINGS. That is, they dispense the word and sacraments, and endeavour to make men spiritual and ho...