All this I do for the gospel's sake. When Paul made himself everybody's slave, it was for one purpose: to promote the gospel! Compare Philippians 3:7-14. Every Christian ought to have this as their highest priority of life: to promote the gospel!
1 CORINTHIANS 9:23 pa,nta The reading pa,nta is strongly supported by î46 a A B C D E F G P 33 69 181 424c 436 1611 1837 it vg copsa, bo arm eth. Later copyists (followed by the Textus Receptus), wis...
Verse 23. _AND THIS I DO FOR THE GOSPEL'S SAKE_] Instead of τουτο, _this_, παντα, _all things_, (I do all things for the Gospel's sake,) is the reading of ABCDEFG, several others, the _Coptic, AEthiop...
FOR THE GOSPEL’S SAKE - That it may be advanced, and may be successful. THAT I MIGHT BE PARTAKER THEREOF WITH YOU - You hope to be saved. You regard yourselves as Christians; and I wish to give eviden...
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...
THE UNCLAIMED PRIVILEGES (1 Corinthians 9:1-14)...
But I have claimed none of these rights. I am not writing this to claim that these privileges should be extended to me. I would rather die than let anyone make ineffective my boast that I take nothing...
MIGHT BE. may become. PARTAKER. Greek. _sunkoinonos._ See Romans 11:17. _ YOU_. it, i.e. the gospel. Sharer in its triumphs....
St Paul's use of his Christian liberty is restrained by the thought of the needs of others 15. _But I have used none of these things_ Having disposed of the objections against his claims to Apostleshi...
ST PAUL’S USE OF HIS CHRISTIAN LIBERTY IS RESTRAINED BY THE THOUGHT OF THE NEEDS OF OTHERS...
ΠΆΝΤΑ אABCDEFG Vetus Lat. Vulg. τοῦτο rec. with Peshito. 23. ΠΆΝΤΑ ΔῈ ΠΟΙΩ͂. This gives a better sense than the rec. τοῦτο. ‘And I do everything for the Gospel’s sake.’...
_PAUL WAS A SERVANT OF ALL 1 CORINTHIANS 9:15-23:_ Paul had many rights that he willingly gave up in order to preach the gospel and to win lost souls. He wrote, "But I have used none of these things:...
ΣΥΓΚΟΙΝΩΝΌΣ (G4791) тот, кто делится; соучастник, ΓΈΝΩΜΑΙ _aor. conj. med. (dep.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) становиться. _Conj._ с ΪΝ выражает цель. По поводу приспосабливания Павла _см._ PAL, 230-44; Pete...
DISCOURSE: 1966 THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF CHRISTIAN LIBERTY 1 Corinthians 9:19. Though I be free from all men, yet hare I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. And unto the Jews I b...
THAT I MIGHT BE PARTAKER, &C.— _That I may share in its benefits._ Heylin. There is nothing for _with you_ in the original. The words seem to refer to the satisfaction which St. Paul found, in imparti...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Reasons For Relinquishment (1 Corinthians 9:19-27) 19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, that I might win the more. 20To the Jews I bec...
And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you. THIS. 'Aleph (') A B C Delta G f g read "all things." PARTAKER THEREOF (Greek, 'fellow-partaker') - of the Gospel...
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...
PARTAKER THEREOF WITH _you_] RV 'joint partaker thereof,' i.e. share with my converts in its blessings and salvation. This v. forms the transition to the next paragraph. St. Paul practised self-denial...
_(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...
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...
AND THIS I DO... — Better, _And all things I do for the gospel’s sake:_ such being the reading of the best MSS. Here a new thought is introduced. From them for whom he labours, the Apostle turns for a...
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...
§ 29. PAUL'S RENOUNCEMENT OF RIGHT FOR THE GOSPEL'S SAKE. The Ap. has been insisting all this time on the right of Christ's ministers to material support from those they serve, in order that for his o...
Paul's course in its chameleon-like changes is governed by a simple practical aim: “But all things I do for the gospel's sake”. His one purpose is to fulfil his Gospel stewardship (1 Corinthians 9:17;...
“UNDER BONDAGE TO ALL” 1 Corinthians 9:16 Paul's one aim was to _gain men._ He uses the words repeatedly. To gain one more for his Lord, he would forego comfort, emolument, and well-earned repose. He...
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...
Paul Sacrificed To Serve Paul was commanded to preach the gospel (Acts 26:16-20). As one who had obtained mercy, he had to proclaim mercy. He was not able to glory in simply being a faithful steward....
And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with (r) [you]. (r) That both I and those to whom I preach the Gospel, may receive fruit by the Gospel....
How convincing it this and many similar texts against those who deny the merit of good works, and who would not have men to act with a view to any recompense, though rewards and recompenses are very f...
II. THE QUESTION CONSIDERED FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF THE SALVATION OF THE STRONG THEMSELVES. 9:23-10:22. As Paul concluded the preceding development by giving his own example, he introduces the following...
“Now then I do all things for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof also.” The δέ, _then_, is progressive; it marks the transition from interest taken in the salvation of our brethren to...
(19) For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. (20) And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are unde...
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...
_COMPREHENSIVE CHRISTIANITY_ ‘Unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; … and this...
23._That I may become a partaker of it. _As the Corinthians might think with themselves, that this was a peculiarity in Paul’s case on the ground of his office, he argues, from the very design of it,...
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...
AND THIS I DO FOR THE GOSPEL'S SAKE,.... The Alexandrian copy and some others read, "all things I do", c. and so the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions that is, he became all things to all men, and s...
And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with _you_. Ver. 23. _That I might be partaker_] _i.e._ That I might be saved together with you. For the bell may call men to the...
_To the Jews I became as a Jew_ Conforming myself in all things to their manner of living, so far as I could with innocence. And, inasmuch as in the preceding chapter the apostle directed the Corinthi...
PARTAKER THEREOF; of the blessings which the gospel confers....
Devoted work for the sake of the Gospel:...
AND THIS I DO FOR THE GOSPEL'S SAKE THAT I MIGHT BE PARTAKER THEREOF WITH YOU. Here Paul's policy of self-denial is explained in detail. Taking up the thought of 1 Corinthians 9:1 again, he states: Fo...
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...
AND. DO ALL THINGS FOR THE GOSPEL'S SAKE, THAT. MAY BE. JOINT PARTAKER THEREOF. 'I do all things for the gospel's sake' -'But. do it all to advance the Gospel' (Ber) This is Paul's singular passion...
15-23 It is the glory of a minister to deny himself, that he may serve Christ and save souls. But when a minister gives up his right for the sake of the gospel, he does more than his charge and offic...
OLBGrk; Paul had two great ends which he aimed at in this denial of himself in these points of liberty; the one was the doing good to the souls both of Jews and Gentiles, this he had before instanced...
And I do all things for the gospel's sake, that I may be a joint partaker thereof. [He made every sacrifice for the success of the gospel, that he might share with other successful apostles and evange...
1 Corinthians 9:23 Now G1161 this G5124 do G4160 (G5719) for G1223 gospels G2098 sake G1223 that G2443 b
'To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak. I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some. And I do all things for the gospel's sake, that I may be a joint partaker...
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...
1 Corinthians 9:23. AND I DO ALL THINGS FOR THE GOSPEL'S SAKE, THAT I MAY BE A JOINT PARTAKER THEREOF joint partaker of the Gospel's blessed fruits and final joys with all who are saved by it. Hithert...
THAT I MAY BE A JOINT PARTAKER THEREOF (ινα συνκοινωνος αυτου γενωμα). Literally, That I may become co-partner with others in the gospel. The point is that he may be able to share the gospel with ot...
The apostle Paul is here giving a description of the way in which he made everything help toward the fulfillment of his desire to be a faithful minister of Jesus Christ. He longed to be the means of w...
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...
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...
_And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you._ That I may with other preachers receive, in fu time, fruit of the Gospel that I have preached. The Greek denotes _a pa...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 9:24.—His own salvation is at stake as well as that of his hearers. He must do all these things, not only as expedients which for his hearers’ sakes may make him a succe...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 9:15. USED.—As in 1 Corinthians 9:12. “Have not availed myself of my right, nor urged upon you the Law of Moses and the Lord Christ’s command.” For Paul’s sensitiveness...
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...
1 Corinthians 9:12; 1 Corinthians 9:25; 1 John 1:3; 1 Peter 5:1;...