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Verse 29. _THAT NO FLESH SHOULD GLORY_] God does his mighty works in
such a way as proves that though he may condescend to employ _men_ as
instruments, yet they have no part either in the _contrivance...
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THAT NO FLESH - That no person; no class of people. The word
“flesh” is often thus used to denote human beings. Matthew 24:22;
Luke 3:6; John 17:2;...
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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...
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1 CORINTHIANS 1:18 TO 1 CORINTHIANS 2:5. THE CROSS, FOLLY TO THE
WORLD, IS THE POWER AND WISDOM OF GOD. Paul now explains and justifies
1 Corinthians 1:17_ b_, which to Greek readers must have soun
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Brothers, just look at the way in which you have been called. You can
see at once that not many wise men--by human standards--not many
powerful men, not many high-born men have been called. But God ha...
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AN APOSTOLIC INTRODUCTION (1 Corinthians 1:1-3)...
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GLORY. boast. Greek. _kauchaomai._ See Romans 2:17....
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God's Message not intended to flatter the pride of man
18. _For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish
foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God_
Literally, TO THEM TH...
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GOD’S MESSAGE NOT INTENDED TO FLATTER THE PRIDE OF MAN...
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ὍΠΩΣ. God’s purpose in all this is here distinctly pointed out.
It was to remove all possibility of self-glorification from mankind....
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ΌΠΩΣ (G3704) с _conj._ используется для
выражения подразумеваемых
результатов (BD, 196). Здесь выражает
отрицательные результаты,
ΚΑΥΧΉΣΗΤΑΙ _aor. conj. med. (dep.) от_ ΚΑΥΧΆΟΜΑΙ
(G2744) хвалиться, х...
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DISCOURSE: 1931
THE OBJECTS OF GOD’S CALL
1 Corinthians 1:26. Ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many
wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
but God hath chose...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_The Word of the Cross and the Wisdom of the World_ (18-31)
_Text_
1 Corinthians 1:18-31. For the word of the cross is to them that
perish foolishness; but unto us who are save...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
Unity Occasions Glory to God Alone (1 Corinthians 1:26-31)
26 For consider your call, brethren, not many of you were wise
according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not...
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That no flesh should glory in his presence.
NO FLESH SHOULD GLORY. For they who glory (boast) because of human
greatness and wisdom are "put to shame" (; ).
IN HIS PRESENCE. So Vulgate, 'Aleph ('...
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21 To this day the great, the noble, and the wise are a small minority
among the true saints of God. It is a matter of extreme thankfulness
that this is so. If high birth or wisdom or any other attain...
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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...
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PARAPHRASE. 'Look at the state of matters in your own Church. There
are few among you eminent in the eyes of the world. (27-29) But it is
just what is weak and lowly and of no account according to wor...
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THAT NO FLESH SHOULD GLORY] because God's call is not given on account
of any earthly position or advantage....
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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...
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CHAPTER 4
THE FOOLISHNESS OF PREACHING
In the preceding section of this Epistle Paul introduced the subject
which was prominent in his thoughts as he wrote: the divided state of
the Corinthian Churc...
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God's purposes in choosing the refuse of society are gathered up into
the general and salutary design, revealed in Scripture (see parls.),
“that so no flesh may glory in God's presence” (a condens
quo...
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§ 5. THE OBJECTS OF THE GOSPEL CALL. § 4 has shown that the Gospel
does not come ἐν σοφίᾳ λόγου (1 Corinthians 1:17 b) by
_the method of its operation;_ this will further be evidenced by _the
status o...
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GOD'S GLORY IN MEN'S WEAKNESS
1 Corinthians 1:26; 1 Corinthians 2:1
Like the sons of Jesse before Samuel, so do the successive regiments
on which the world relies pass before Christ. The wise, the mi...
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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...
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Jesus Christ, Wisdom from God
So, Paul said, not many of those who would be called wise, or powerful
or noblemen followed Jesus. Most uprisings are successful because the
upper crust leaders join and...
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That no (z) flesh should glory in his presence.
(z) "Flesh" is often, as we see, taken for the whole man: and he uses
this word "flesh" very well, to contrast the weak and miserable
condition of man...
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_Glory in his sight. God wished it to be known, that the establishment
of his Church was not the work of human wisdom or power, but of the
omnipotent power of his divinity. (Calmet)_...
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῞Οπως, _that thus._ This conjunction denotes the _final_ end
with a view to which all the preceding ἵνα, _that_, indicated only
means. The negative μή, according to a well-known Hebraism, applies
to t...
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“But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the
wise, and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the
things which are mighty; 28. and base things of the world, a...
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(18) For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish
foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. (19)
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will
brin...
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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...
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29._That no flesh should glory _Though the term _flesh _here, and in
many passages of Scripture, denotes all mankind, yet in this passage
it carries with it a particular idea; for the Spirit, by speak...
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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...
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THAT NO FLESH SHOULD GLORY IN HIS PRESENCE. That is, "in the presence
of God", as some copies, and the Arabic and Ethiopic versions read;
not in their blood, birth, families, lineage, and natural desc...
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That no flesh should glory in his presence.
Ver. 29. _That no flesh_] Proud flesh will soon swell, if it have but
anything to fasten on. The devil will also easily blow up such a blab....
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_But God hath chosen the foolish things_ Or, supplying the word
προσωπα, _the foolish persons of the world._ Such persons as
are of little esteem in the world, for want of learning, parts,
eloquence,...
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SHOULD GLORY; in any man or system of doctrine of man's invention. The
dealings of God in selecting ministers of the gospel and subjects of
his renewing grace, are calculated to humble the pride of me...
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THAT NO FLESH SHOULD GLORY IN HIS PRESENCE....
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The status of the believers:...
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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...
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THAT NO FLESH SHOULD GLORY BEFORE GOD.
'And so there is no place for human pride in the presence of God'
(NEB); 'So that in his presence no human being might have anything to
boast of.' (Gspd)
'THAT...
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26-31 God did not choose philosophers, nor orators, nor statesmen,
nor men of wealth, and power, and interest in the world, to publish
the gospel of grace and peace. He best judges what men and what...
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And God doth this in infinite wisdom, consulting his own honour and
glory, that none might say, that God hath chosen them because they
were nobler born, or in higher repute and esteem in the world, th...
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that no flesh [no minister or other instrument of his] _should glory_
[take pride in himself, and aspire to be head of a faction] _before
God_. [The Corinthians in endeavoring to exalt their leaders w...
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1 Corinthians 1:29 that G3704 no G3361 G3956 flesh G4561 glory G2744
(G5667) presence G1799 G846...
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LET THEM CONSIDER WHOM GOD HAS CHOSEN AND WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR THEM
(1:26-31).
‘For look at your calling, brothers, how that not many wise after
the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called....
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1 Corinthians 1:29. THAT NO FLESH SHOULD GLORY BEFORE GOD. This has
been all along the design of God in the erection and growth of His
kingdom of grace (Jeremiah 9:23; Romans 3:27;...
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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...
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THAT NO FLESH SHOULD GLORY BEFORE GOD
(οπως μη καυχησητα πασα σαρξ ενωπιον
του θεου). This is the further purpose expressed by οπως
for variety and appeals to God's ultimate choice in all three
inst...
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In this chapter the apostle magnifies the cross of his Lord, as God's
greatest gift to the world; and as the highest glory of God's
self-revelation to men. He praises God that the Corinthian Christian...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THAT NO ONE CAN BOAST. Compare Romans 3:27-28; Ephesians 2:8-10. "The
source of your salvation is God's act in Christ, not your own wisdom
and strength....
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_For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel._
PAUL’S PREACHING
I. It exalted the Cross of Christ as the central element of the
gospel. The apostle does not teach that truths associat...
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1:26 Those who believed the
gospel were FOOLISH by the world’s standards. God transformed them
into his people by saving them. They must not boast in ancestry,
acco...
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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...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
1 Corinthians 1:19.— Isaiah 29:14 (nearly as LXX.), and a free
imitation of Isaiah 30:18. FOR.—Sustains the _general drift_ of...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 1:31; 1 Corinthians 4:7; 1 Corinthians 5:6; Ephesians
2:9;...
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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...
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That no flesh — A fit appellation. Flesh is fair, but withering as
grass. May glory before God — In God we ought to glory....