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1 Corinthians 4:13

When we are insulted. Paul always returned good for bad, as Jesus said to do (Matthew 5:44; compare Romans 12:17-21). Garbage. scum. Paul is still using the symbolism of "men condemned to die in public" (1 Corinthians 4:9). It was the custom in Athens to offer a human sacrifice in times of crisis, Certain "worthless persons" were seized and thrown into the sea, in the belief that this would remove the guilt which caused the "gods" to curse the nation. Paul is saying that the world sees the apostles as men only fit to be sacrificed to the anger of the "gods."

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Corinthians 4:13. _BEING DEFAMED_] βλασφημουμενοι, Being _blasphemed_. I have already remarked that βλασφημειν signifies to _speak_ _injuriously_, and may have reference either to God or to m...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BEING DEFAMED - Greek, Blasphemed, that is, spoken of and to, in a harsh, abusive, and reproachful manner. The original and proper meaning of the word is to speak in a reproachful manner of anyone, wh...

  • 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

    PAUL WILL ACCEPT NO JUDGMENT BUT CHRIST'S. THE FORTUNATE LOT OF THE CORINTHIANS CONTRASTED WITH THE MISERABLE CONDITION OF THE APOSTLES. This section is concerned with the attitude of the Corinthians...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Brothers, I have transferred these things by way of illustration to myself and to Apollos, so that through us you may learn to observe the principle of not going beyond that which is written, so that...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DEFAMED. Greek. _blasphemeo._ But some texts read _dusphemeo._ INTREAT. App-134. FILTH. sweepings. Greek. _perikatharma._ Only here. OFFSCOURING. Greek. _peripsema._ Only here. UNTO THIS DAY. Lite...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _we are made as the filth of the world_ The word here translated _filth_means (1) _that which is removed by cleansing_and (2) an _expiatory sacrifice_, one who is delivered up to destruction, like Jon...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Contrast between the Corinthian Teachers and St Paul 8. _Now ye are full, now ye are rich_ Here we have one of the sudden turns of feeling so remarkable in the Apostle's style. Abruptly breaking off a...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    CONTRAST BETWEEN THE CORINTHIAN TEACHERS AND ST PAUL...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΠΕΡΙΚΑΘΆΡΜΑΤΑ. The word means (1) that which is removed by cleansing, (2) that which is cast away to make something else clean, and hence (3) an expiation. κάθαρμα and καθαρμός are more often used in...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _A CAUTION AGAINST SINFUL PRIDE 1 CORINTHIANS 4:7-13:_ The faithless stewards were acting like they were the source of the good things they possessed. These faithless stewards were filled with destruc...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΔΥΣΦΗΜΟΎΜΕΝΟΙ _praes. med._/pass. _part. от_ ΔΥΣΦΗΜΈΩ (G987) хулить, ругать. Temp, или уступительное _part._ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΫ́ΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΈΩ (G3870) ободрять, утешать. Пережитое унижени...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1954 PAUL’S MEEKNESS 1 Corinthians 4:12. _Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the earth, and are the offscouring...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AS THE FILTH OF THE WORLD— The word περικαθαρματα, rendered _filth,_ has a force and meaning, which no one word in our language can express. It was applied to those poor wretches, who were offered up...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Pompousness (1 Corinthians 4:6-13) 6 I have applied all this to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brethren, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day. All this we bear in the opposite to the self-assertive spirit of the world ():...

  • 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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    4:13 insulted, (a-1) Or 'spoken to injuriously.' entreat. (b-3) _ Parakaleo_ . The word has to be rendered very differently in English in different places, and is hard to render, though simple and ea...

  • 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. 'In speaking of the folly of these divisions I have used only the names of Apollos and myself; but the same principles apply to your attitude to all your teachers. (7) Why do some of you p...

  • 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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE FILTH OF THE WORLD. — The word here used for “filth” occurs only in one other passage in the LXX. Proverbs 21:18, where it has the idea of an additional expiatory sacrifice. Perhaps the word is us...

  • 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)

    1 Corinthians 4:11-12 _a_. ἄχρι τῆς ἄρτι ὥρας … ταῖς ἰδίαις χερσὶν describes the ἄτιμοι, reduced to this position by the world's contempt and with no means of winning its respect a life at the farthes...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    § 13. DISCIPLES ABOVE THEIR MASTER. What the Ap. has written, from 1 Corinthians 3:3 onwards, turns on the relations between himself and Apollos; but it has a wide application to the state of feeling...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    STEWARDS RESPONSIBLE TO THEIR LORD 1 Corinthians 4:1 At the most the ministers or teachers of God's Gospel are but stewards of the hidden things of God, according to Matthew 13:51. They ought not to...

  • 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's View of the Apostles' Position In contrast to the Corinthians' lofty thoughts of themselves, Paul gives his thoughts on the apostles' state. They suffered persecution and would continue to suff...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the (h) filth of the world, [and are] the offscouring of all things unto this day. (h) Such as is gathered together by sweeping....

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

    “Even unto this present hour we both hunger and thirst, are naked, buffeted, without certain dwelling - place; 12. labour, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suf...

  • 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

    (6)And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    13._As the execrations of the world. _He makes use of two terms, the former of which denotes a man who, by public _execrations_, is devoted, with the view to the cleansing of a city, (244) for such pe...

  • 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

    BEING DEFAMED, WE ENTREAT,.... Being blasphemed, as the word signifies, being evil spoken of, our good name taken away, and characters hurt; we entreat or pray to God for them, that he would convince...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, _and are_ the offscouring of all things unto this day. Ver. 13. _Being defamed, we entreat_] Though Luther call me devil, saith Calvi...

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

    _We are fools_ In the account of the world, _for Christ's sake_ Because we expose ourselves to so many dangers and sufferings for his cause: or because we preach the plain truths of the gospel, and af...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    BEING DEFAMED, WE INTREAT; WE ARE MADE AS THE FILTH OF THE WORLD, AND ARE THE OFFSCOURING OF ALL THINGS UNTO THIS DAY. The behavior of the Corinthians had resulted in a most unfortunate condition, nam...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The status of the heralds of salvation:...

  • 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

    BEING DEFAMED, WE ENTREAT: WE ARE MADE AS THE FILTH OF THE WORLD, THE OFFSCOURING OF ALL THINGS, EVEN UNTIL NOW. 'being defamed, we entreat' -Paul applied his own preaching. (Romans 12:17) 'They answ...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    7-13 We have no reason to be proud; all we have, or are, or do, that is good, is owing to the free and rich grace of God. A sinner snatched from destruction by sovereign grace alone, must be very abs...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    BEING DEFAMED, WE ENTREAT: we are blasphemed, Gr. that is, spoken evil of, which is the same with _defamed_ in our language, men speak all manner of evil of us to take away our reputation; but _we ent...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    being defamed, we entreat [Matthew 5:44]: _we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now_. ["Filth" indicates either rubbish swept up, or such foulness as is cle...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians For when there is no evil desire within you, which might defile and torment you, then do ye live in accordance with the will of God, and are [the servants] of Chr...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Corinthians 4:13 defamed G987 (G5746) entreat G3870 (G5719) made G1096 (G5675) as G5613 filth G4027 wor

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THOSE WHO ARE TRUE TO THE WORD OF THE CROSS ENDURE SUFFERING FOR CHRIST. THE CORINTHIANS NEED TO RE-EXAMINE THEIR FOUNDATIONS (4:6-13). Paul now stresses that all that he has said has been with them...

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

    1 Corinthians 4:13. BEING DEFAMED, WE INTREAT in the sense of returning soft words for calumnies. [1] [1] See a Mace. xiii. 23 for this tense of the word (Meyer). WE ARE MADE AS THE FILTH OF THE WOR...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    BEING DEFAMED WE INTREAT (δυσφημουμενο παρακαλουμεν). The participle δυσφημουμενο is an old verb (in I Macc. 7:41) to use ill, from δυσφημος, but occurs here only in the N.T. Paul is opening his ve...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8). _...

  • 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 Biblical Illustrator

    _Now ye are full … rich … as kings._ THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COUNTERFEIT AND THE REAL CHRISTIAN I. The counterfeit-- 1. Is so replenished with Divine knowledge that he needs no teacher. 2. Is s...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ._ THE FOLLY OF PAUL The better to serve Christ, Paul refrained from making acquirement of knowledge his chief aim. And many others have reno...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 4:10 WE ARE FOOLS FOR CHRIST’S SAKE. Measured by the Corinthians’ “royal” standards (v. 1 Corinthians 4:8),

  • 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 Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    _Being defamed, we entreat._ When we are reviled, called evil dealers in evil arts, and railed at. The word "blaspheme" has this meaning also in Titus 3:2. When thus treated we speak the meekness afte...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 4:6.—From 1 Corinthians 3:5 he has discussed what applied to all the factions and their leaders, and even more to the others than to the so-called Pauline and Apollonian...

  • 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

    Acts 22:22; Lamentations 3:45...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Defamed [δ υ σ φ η μ ο υ μ ε ν ο ι]. Publicly slandered; while reviled refers to personal abuse. Intreat [π α ρ α κ α λ ο υ μ ε ν]. See on consolation, Luke 6:24, and comfort, Acts 9:31. The sense is...

  • 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

    We are made as the filth of the world, and offscouring of all things — Such were those poor wretches among the heathens, who were taken from the dregs of the people, to be offered as expiatory sacrifi...

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