ἄνθρωποι. So אABCDEFG, Vetus Lat. and Vulg. The Peshito supports the rec. σαρκικοί.
4. ἄνθρωποι. See Critical Note. It is difficult to account for ἄνθρωποι having crept into the text, if it be not the true reading, whereas its correction by a transcriber into σαρκικοί would seem obvious and natural. If it be the true reading, it must mean ‘purely human,’ not sharing that Divine, regenerate life which is the special privilege of faith.
Verse 1 Corinthians 3:4. _FOR WHILE ONE SAITH, I AM OF PAUL_, c.] It was notorious that both Paul and Apollos held the _same creed_ between _them_ there was not the slightest difference: when, theref...
FOR WHILE ONE SAITH ...; - See the note at 1 Corinthians 1:12....
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
RENEWED CONDEMNATION OF PARTY SPIRIT. Paul has now reached a point where he can effect an easy return to the divisions at Corinth. He has been speaking of the spiritual man who is capable of receiving...
And I, brothers, could not talk to you as I would to spiritual men, but I had to talk to you as to those who had not yet got beyond merely human things, as to infants in Christ. I gave you milk to dri...
THE SUPREME IMPORTANCE OF GOD (1 Corinthians 3:1-9)...
WHILE. whenever. ANOTHER. App-124. CARNAL. Greek. _sarkikos,_ as in 1 Corinthians 3:3. but the texts read "men" (_anthropoi_)....
_are ye not carnal?_ The majority of MSS. and versions read -men" here, instead of -carnal." It is difficult to account for the latter word having crept into the text, if it be not the true reading, w...
_THE BRETHREN WERE CARNAL 1 CORINTHIANS 3:1-4:_ When Paul wrote this epistle the brethren were acting like people of this world. They were acting like babies as far as their faith is Christ was concer...
ΌΤΑΝ (G3752) где бы ни. ΛΈΓΗ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить. _Conj._ в indef. _temp. прид._ ΟΎΚ (G3756) используется в вопросах, на которые ожидается ответ "да" ΆΝΘΡΩΠΟΣ (G444) человеч...
I AM OF APOLLOS— From this verse, compared with ch. 1 Corinthians 4:6 it may be no improbable conjecture, says Mr. Locke, that the division in his church was owing to two opposite parties, whereof the...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Commence With Spiritual Feeding (1 Corinthians 3:1-4) 3 But I, brethren, could not address you as spiritual men, but as men of the flesh, as babes in Christ. 2I fed you w...
For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? ARE YE NOT CARNAL? (.) 'Aleph (') A B C Delta G f g, Vulgate, read 'Are ye not men?' - i:e., 'walking as men' un...
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...
PARAPHRASE. 'Te yourselves, brethren, are an illustration of what I say. (2) I have treated you as beginners and given you elementary Christian teaching, for hitherto you have been unfit for any other...
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...
CARNAL] The Gk. is again different from 1 Corinthians 3:1 and 1 Corinthians 3:3, and means, as RV, 'men.'...
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...
ONE SAITH, I AM OF PAUL. — These and the following words explain exactly what the Apostle means by their being “carnal,” and walking after a merely human manner. Only two of the factions — those of Pa...
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...
§ 12. CHRIST'S SERVANTS ANSWERABLE TO HIMSELF. The Ap. has shown his readers their own true position so high and yet so lowly (§ 11); Paul, Apollos, Cephas are but part of a universe of ministry that...
§ 9. GOD'S RIGHTS IN THE CHURCH. One idea runs through this chapter and into the next, that of _God's_ Church, _God's_ temple at Corinth, in whose construction so many various builders are engaged (1...
is parl [486] to 1 Corinthians 3:3. The protasis, ὅταν γὰρ κ. τ. λ., restates _in concreto_ the charge made in ὅπου γὰρ κ. τ. λ.; while the interr [487] apodosis, οὐκ ἄνθρωποί ἐστε; gathers into a wor...
PROSPERITY COMES FROM GOD 1 Corinthians 3:1 In all our relations with our fellow-men, Christ's followers must realize their obligations as members of one great family, with one God. A man may be _in...
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...
Division Is Carnal The Corinthians had grown slowly in spiritual things. They still clung to carnal things like envy and strife (1 Corinthians 3:1). Like those at Ephesus, they needed not to be "child...
3:1-4. After demonstrating that though the gospel is not a wisdom, yet it contains one, but one which cannot be expounded except to those who by their spiritual maturity are in a condition to understa...
“For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying and strifes, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 4. For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I of Apollos, are ye not men?” The ap...
The two examples the apostle gives in this verse are intended to prove that what he blames in the divisions which have been formed, is not any hostility they may have to his person, but the fact of th...
(3) For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? (4) For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; a...
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...
4._For while one saith _He now specifies the particular kind of contentions, (152) and he does this by personating the Corinthians, that his description may have more force — that each one gloried in...
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...
FOR WHILE ONE SAITH, I AM OF PAUL,.... This shows what their envying and strife, and divisions were about, and from whence they sprung; and which serve, to strengthen the proof, and support the charge...
For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I _am_ of Apollos; are ye not carnal? Ver. 4. _For when one saith, &c._] So those that will needs be called Lutherans, _Iurantque in verba magistri._ T...
_For while one saith, I am of Paul_ I am one of Paul's disciples, admiring his sublime sentiments, and being greatly edified by his instructive discourses: _and another, I am of Apollos_ I give the pr...
I AM OF PAUL-I AM OF APOLLOS; their division into parties and their violent contentions showed that they were still narrow in their views, and carnal in their feelings. Young Christians are exposed to...
All ministers of Christ of equal rank:...
FOR WHILE ONE SAITH, I AM OF PAUL, AND ANOTHER, I AM OF APOLLOS, ARE YE NOT CARNAL?...
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...
FOR WHEN ONE SAITH,I AM OF PAUL; AND ANOTHER,. AM OF APOLLOS; ARE YE NOT MEN? 'For when one saith' -'For whenever any one says' (pr. sbj. of recurring contingency); every such utterance shows you to...
1-4 The most simple truths of the gospel, as to man's sinfulness and God's mercy, repentance towards God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, stated in the plainest language, suit the people better t...
Not that Christians so large a city as Corinth might not put themselves under several pastors, or, as to themselves, prefer one before another, either in respect of the more eminent gifts of God besto...
For when one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not men? [Surely the Corinthians had no ground to argue with Paul as to their condition when he was among them, for their present...
1 Corinthians 3:4 For G1063 when G3752 one G5100 says G3004 (G5725) I G1473 G3303 am G1510 ...
‘For when one says, “I am of Paul.” And another, “I am of Apollos.' Are you not men?' Instead of concentrating on learning about and knowing Christ, and loving one another, and pleasing God, and dying...
1 Corinthians 3:4. FOR WHEN ONE SAITH, I AM OF PAUL; AND ANOTHER, I AM OF APOLLOS; ARE YE NOT _AS _ MEN? [1] men who have never passed into the new life. [1] Not, as in the received text, “are ye not...
FOR WHEN ONE SAITH (οταν γαρ λεγη τις). Indefinite temporal clause with the present subjunctive of repetition (Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 972). Each instance is a case in point and proof abundant of...
(1 Corinthians 1:12); (1 Corinthians 1:17); (John 1:13); (Jude 1:23)....
1. _And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ._ The church at Corinth consisted of persons of large education and great abilities....
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,...
WHEN ONE OF YOU SAYS. The competition between them that grew out of their "party spirit" was proof of their worldly motives....
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 3:1. AND I.—_Q.d_. “As any other ‘spiritual’ teacher would have to do.” So Ellicott; but perhaps laying undue stress upon the “_and_,” which, if more than merely a half-...
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 4:6...
Another [ε τ ε ρ ο ς]. See on Matthew 6:24. Not merely another, numerically, but another of different affinities and prepossessions. Carnal. The best texts read anqrwpoi men. Are ye not mere men? But...
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...
I am of Apollos — St. Paul named himself and Apollos, to show that he would condemn any division among them, even though it were in favour of himself, or the dearest friend he had in the world. Are ye...
That is, one saith, in opposition to another,. am the disciple of Paul; and another. follow Apollos: and thus, probably, they call themselves after the names of their admired preachers, factiously cry...