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1 Corinthians 4:19

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I " In rebuke of those who are wise in appearance, and think themselves wise, but are not in reality wise, he writes: "For the kingdom of God is not in word."[142]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VII " It teaches the magnificence of the wisdom implanted in her children by instruction. Now the apostle says, "I will know not the speech of those that are puffed up, but the power; "[178]

Origen Commentary on John Book I "The Lord shall give the word to those that preach with great power; the King of the powers of the beloved; "teaching at the same time that it is not skilfully composed discourse, nor the mode of delivery, nor well practised eloquence that produces conviction, but the communication of divine power. Hence also Paul says:[43]

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 19. _BUT I WILL COME TO YOU SHORTLY_] God being my helper, I fully purpose to visit you; and then I shall put those proud men to the proof, not of their _speech_ - eloquence, or pretensions to g...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BUT I WILL COME - It is from no fear of them that I am kept away; and to convince them of this I will come to them speedily. IF THE LORD WILL - If the Lord permit; if by his providence he allows me to...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 4 _ 1. Servants of Christ and Stewards of the Mysteries of God. (1 Corinthians 4:1)._ 2. Contrast Between Self-Glorification and Humiliation. (1 Corinthians 4:6). 3. Admonition to Beloved Ch...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    FATHERLY ADMONITION, ENTREATY, AND WARNING. The tone of mingled severity, irony, and pathos disappears; yet the affection is combined with sternness, and he warns them not to presume on his mildness....

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE THREE JUDGMENTS (1 Corinthians 4:1-5)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    It is not to shame you that I write these things, but to warn you as my beloved children. You may have thousands of tutors in Christ, but you have not many fathers; for, in Christ Jesus, through the g...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SHORTLY. quickly. IF. App-118. WILL. Greek. _thelo._ App-102. KNOW. i.e. find out and expose. App-132. SPEECH. word. App-121. POWER. App-172....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _if the Lord will_ See James 4:13-15, who "justly derides that rashness among men, in that they plan what they shall do ten years hence, when they are not certain that they shall live another hour." C...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Mission of Timothy, to be followed, if ineffectual, by strong measures on the part of St Paul himself 17. _For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus_ Literally, I SENT, i.e. before this epistle wa...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἘᾺΝ Ὁ ΚΎΡΙΟΣ ΘΕΛΉΣΗΙ. See James 4:13-15, who ‘justly derides that rashness among men, in that they plan what they shall do ten years hence, when they are not certain that they shall live another hour....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    MISSION OF TIMOTHY, TO BE FOLLOWED, IF INEFFECTUAL, BY STRONG MEASURES ON THE PART OF ST PAUL HIMSELF....

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _A COMMAND FOR TIMOTHY TO COME 1 CORINTHIANS 4:17-21:_ Paul sent Timothy unto them that they might learn how to imitate him. Their imitation of Paul simply meant that they followed the way of Christ....

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΈΛΕΎΣΟΜΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) приходить, ΤΑΧΈΩΣ (G5030) _adv._ быстро, вскоре, ΘΕΛΉΣΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΘΈΛΩ (G2309) хотеть, желать. _Conj._ в _conj._ 3 типа, в котором усл...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Exasperating (1 Corinthians 4:14-21) 14 I do not write this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. 15For though you have countless guides in Chr...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. An emphatic negation of their supposition (). SHORTLY - after Pentecost...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    8 The sharp contrast between the carnal Corinthians and the faithful apostle loses none of its force if we compare him with the church of today. We need not go outside of Protestantism to find churche...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    CHRISTIAN TEACHERS ONLY THE INSTRUMENTS OF GOD The folly and sin of quarrelling about different teachers who are but servants of Christ and responsible to Him....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    PARAPHRASE. 'Iwrite not to shame you, but to admonish you; and I have the right to do so, for I am your spiritual father. (16, 17) Follow my example, therefore; and attend to the instructions of Timot...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SHORTLY] cp 1 Corinthians 16:5. For his plans and their ultimate fulfilment see Intro. 2Cor....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 4 PAUL THE SERVANT 4:1-5 V1 This is how people should think about us. We are Christ’s servants. We are *stewards (keepers) of the secrets...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 7 THE MINISTRY So keenly alive is Paul to the danger and folly of party spirit in the Church, that he has still one more word of rebuke to utter. He has shown the Corinthians that to give the...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ὡς μὴ ἐρχομένου δὲ μου πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐφυσιώθησάν τινες : “Some however have been puffed up, under the idea that I am not coming to (visit) you”. The contrastive δὲ points to a group of inflated persons (_...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    § 14. PAUL'S FATHERLY DISCIPLINE. All has now been said that can be concerning the Divisions at Cor [756] the causes underlying them, and the spirit they manifest and foster in the Church. In their se...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    TEACHING CONVERTS CHRIST'S WAYS 1 Corinthians 4:14 The relationship between the Apostle and his converts was very tender. They were his children. They might have instructors and tutors, but they coul...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Christian teachers are "ministers of Christ." That defines their responsibility. They are "stewards of the mysteries of God." That defines their work. What dignity does this double statement suggest?...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    Paul Loved the Church in Corinth Like a Father Paul did not try to make the brethren feel bad because they added to his problems. Rather, he wanted to warn them so they would change. He wrote to them...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the (k) speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. (k) By words, he means their fancy and elaborate type of eloquence, whi...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    “But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will; and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. 20. For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.” The δέ is again a...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    are the conclusion of all the apostle has written from 1 Corinthians 1:12. He first makes an explanation about the severe manner in which he has just spoken to them. It is not resentment or enmity whi...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    4. PRIDE THE FIRST CAUSE OF THE EVIL. 4:6-21. Here is the final and general application of the whole first part, relating to the divisions which had arisen in the Church. The apostle, after reminding...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (14) I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. (15) For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have bego...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    19._But I will come shortly. _“They are in a mistake,” says he, “in raising their crests during my absence, as though this were to be of long duration, for they shall in a short time perceive how vain...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    As for the apostle and the labourers, they were to consider them as stewards employed by the Lord. And it was to Him that Paul committed the judgment of his conduct. He cared little for the judgment m...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT I WILL COME TO YOU SHORTLY,.... This he said as threatening them, but not by way of prophecy; for it is not certain that he ever did come to them after this; but by way of promise, as it was then...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. Ver. 19. _Not the speech of them which are puffed up_] _Dicta factis defici...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Now some are puffed up_ Are grown insolent; _as though I would not come_ To censure them for their misconduct, and to reform abuses; fancying that, because I have sent Timothy, I am not coming myself...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    WILL KNOW; make trial of their power to withstand his teaching and influence....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    BUT I WILL COME TO YOU SHORTLY, IF THE LORD WILL, AND WILL KNOW, NOT THE SPEECH OF THEM WHICH ARE PUFFED UP, BUT THE POWER....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The apostle's fatherly discipline:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    But while we are not to exalt a ministering servant, no more are we to despise him or his work. The apostles should certainly be recognized for what they actually were, "ministers of Christ, and stewa...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    BUT. WILL COME TO YOU SHORTLY, IF THE LORD WILL; AND. WILL KNOW, NOT THE WORD OF THEM THAT ARE PUFFED UP, BUT THE POWER. 'if the Lord will' -Paul, always the "servant" of Christ. (1 Corinthians 16:7...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    14-21 In reproving for sin, we should distinguish between sinners and their sins. Reproofs that kindly and affectionately warn, are likely to reform. Though the apostle spoke with authority as a pare...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    BUT I WILL COME TO YOU SHORTLY: Paul intended in his journey to Rome to pass through Macedonia and Achaia, but he knew that God could hinder him, and therefore he adds, IF THE LORD WILL: neither did P...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    But I will come to you shortly [as he did],_ if the Lord will_ [James 4:15]; _and I will know, not the word of them that are puffed up, but the power_. [I will test not their rhetorical ability, but t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Corinthians 4:19 But G1161 come G2064 (G5695) to G4314 you G5209 shortly G5030 if G1437 Lord G2962 wil

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘Now some are puffed up as though I were not coming to you. But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power. For the Kingly Rule...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    LET THEM THEN REMEMBER THAT HE FATHERED THEM AND THAT THROUGH HIM GOD'S POWER WAS AND IS REVEALED (4:14-21)...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    1 Corinthians 4:19. BUT I WILL COME TO YOU SHORTLY, IF THE LORD WILL (see 1 Corinthians 16:7-8); and this caveat he might well put in, for he had found already that his own plans were liable to be ove...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    IF THE LORD WILL (εαν ο κυριος θεληση). Third-class condition. See James 1 Corinthians 4:15; Acts 18:21; 1 Corinthians 16:7 for the use of this phrase. It should represent one's constant attitude, t...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Judgment of Christ's servants not committed to man. Apostolic example of patience and humility. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Apollos, Timothy. CONCLUSION: God's steward awaits no Judgmen...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Corinthians 4:1. _Let a man,_ yea every one of you, however biassed by parties, _so account of us,_ though servants for your sakes, _as ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God,_ as...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    IF THE LORD IS WILLING. We all should say THIS! Compare James 4:13-17. I WILL COME TO YOU SOON. Compare 1 Corinthians 16:7-8. Paul intends to come in person and to punish those who will not turn away...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus._ THE VISITATION I. The visitor. 1. Known. 2. Beloved in Christ. 3. Tried. II. His worn;. 1. To remind-- 2. Of old truths. 3. In Christ. III. T...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you._ PAUL AN EXAMPLE TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS He proceeds-- I. With love. 1. Not as a schoolmaster, but as a father. 2. Not t...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 4:19 I WILL FIND OUT... THEIR POWER. Apparently Paul expected the Holy Spirit to discipline those harming the church (see Acts 5:1;...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER IV. SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER S. Paul proceeds in his task of uprooting the divisions, the pride, and the boasting of the Corinthians, and especially of some of their teachers who held him in...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 4:14.—Irony dropped. Even in 1 Corinthians 4:6 it was “Brothers!” Now, “Beloved children!” Yet surely he did desire to make them ashamed of their bearing towards and est...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 4:1 _Judgments, human and Divine, respecting ministers._ 1 CORINTHIANS 4:1 LET A MAN SO ACCOUNT OF US. Since it is inevitable that Christians should form some estimate of...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God (1 Corinthians 4:1). Ministers of Christ, the Greek word there is the under-rowers. They were the guys d...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 14:5; 1 Corinthians 2:6; 1 Corinthians 4:18; 2 Corinthians 1:15;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP 1 Corinthians 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The names surrounding discipleship. Our chapter presents before us several statements which remind us of the responsibility and privile...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    I will know — He here shows his fatherly authority Not the big, empty speech of these vain boasters, but how much of the power of God attends them....

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