I. OUTLINE OF CHAPTER ONE: I. Salutation: 1 Corinthians 1:1-3 II. Thanksgiving: 1 Corinthians 1:4-9 III.. Divided Church: 1 Corinthians 1:10-17 IV. Divine Wisdom and Human Wisdom: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 II. COMMENTARY ON CHAPTER ONE:... [ Continue Reading ]
PAUL, CALLED TO BE AN APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST THROUGH THE WILL OF GOD, AND SOSTHENES OUR BROTHER, 'Almost all letters from the Greco-Roman period begin with. threefold saluation: Name of the Writer, to the Addressee, Greetings.' [Note:. The New International Commentary on the New Testament. Gordon... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO THE CHURCH OF GOD WHICH IS AT CORINTH, EVEN THEM THAT ARE SANCTIFIED IN CHRIST JESUS, CALLED TO BE SAINTS, WITH ALL THAT CALL UPON THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IN EVERY PLACE, THEIR LORD AND OURS: 'church of God' -the Church belongs to God. (Acts 20:28; Matthew 16:18) 'WHICH IS AT CORIN... [ Continue Reading ]
GRACE TO YOU AND PEACE FROM GOD OUR FATHER AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS 1:4. THANK MY GOD ALWAYS CONCERNING YOU, FOR THE GRACE OF GOD WHICH WAS GIVEN YOU IN CHRIST JESUS; 'I thank my God always concerning you' -'The Corinthians had broken his heart, caused him great pain, despised his appearance and speech, doubted his apostleship; but he thanks God conc... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT IN EVERYTHING YE WERE ENRICHED IN HIM, IN ALL UTTERANCE AND ALL KNOWLEDGE; 'that' -'I mean, that in everything' (Gr. Ex. N.T. p. 759) 'EVERYTHING' -'God had withheld nothing from them.' (Lenski p. 31) 'So abundant was the grace thus granted that the Corinthian Christians lacked none of the s... [ Continue Reading ]
EVEN AS THE TESTIMONY OF CHRIST WAS CONFIRMED IN YOU: 'testimony of Christ' -'concerning Christ' (NASV), i.e. the gospel message. 'CONFIRMED IN YOU' -side ref., or "among you". (NASV) 'CONFIRMED' -950. bebaioo beb-ah-yo'-o; from 949; to stabilitate (figuratively): -confirm, (e-)stablish. 'The tr... [ Continue Reading ]
SO THAT YE COME BEHIND IN NO GIFT; WAITING FOR THE REVELATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST; 'so that' -'causing that' (McGarvey p. 51) The result of the enrichment just described. 'YE COME BEHIND IN NO GIFT' -'No church excelled the Cor. in the variety of its endowments and the satisfaction felt in t... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO SHALL ALSO CONFIRM YOU UNTO THE END, THAT YE BE UNREPROVEABLE IN THE DAY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 'confirm you unto the end' -'The believer will never be deserted by Jesus Christ. He will confirm the believer right to the end.. believer can prove faithless (2 Timothy 2:12)..The self-sufficien... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD IS FAITHFUL, THROUGH WHOM YE WERE CALLED INTO THE FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SON JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. 'God is faithful' -Which demands that we can always DEPEND on God acting in the way He said He will act (as detailed in His word). If God acts any way contrary to the Bible, then God is "unfaithful"!... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW. BESEECH YOU, BRETHREN, THROUGH THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT YE ALL SPEAK THE SAME THING AND THAT THERE BE NO DIVISIONS AMONG YOU; BUT THAT YE BE PERFECTED TOGETHER IN THE SAME MIND AND IN THE SAME JUDGMENT. 'beseech' -'exhort' (NASV). 'does not mean "I beg", but rather "I call upon... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR IT HATH BEEN SIGNIFIED UNTO ME CONCERNING YOU, MY BRETHREN, BY THEM THAT ARE OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF CHLOE, THAT THERE ARE CONTENTIONS AMONG YOU. 'signified' -'I have been informed'. (NASV) 'Implies definite information, the disclosure of facts.' (Gr. Ex. N.T. p. 763) 'BY THEM THAT ARE OF THE HOU... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW THIS. MEAN, THAT EACH ONE OF YOU SAITH,. AM OF PAUL; AND. OF APOLLOS: AND. OF CEPHAS; AND. OF CHRIST. 'Now this. mean' -defining the divisions of 1 Corinthians 1:10-11. 'EACH ONE OF YOU SAITH' -indicating that the vast majority in the Corinthian Church were involved. 'I AM OF' -'I belong to'... [ Continue Reading ]
IS CHRIST DIVIDED? WAS PAUL CRUCIFIED FOR YOU? OR WERE YE BAPTIZED INTO THE NAME OF PAUL? 'Is Christ divided?' -'Is there more than one Christ?' (Phi) 'Divided: so portioned up that one party may claim Him more than another.' (Vincent p. 190) 'Christ' here may also stand for the body of Christ. (1... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS 1:14. THANK GOD THAT. BAPTIZED NONE OF YOU, SAVE CRISPUS AND GAIUS;... [ Continue Reading ]
LEST ANY MAN SHOULD SAY THAT YE WERE BAPTIZED INTO MY NAME. This may have been. deliberate practice on Paul's part. He may have purposely had others (like Timothy and Silas) do the bulk of the baptizing. 'Had he immersed. lot of the Corinthians, he says, some might have claimed he was making Paulit... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. BAPTIZED ALSO THE HOUSEHOLD OF STEPHANAS: BESIDES,. KNOW NOT WHETHER. BAPTIZED ANY OTHER. 'I know not whether' -'It's nice to know that one so brilliant forgets some things.' (McGuiggan p. 31)... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR CHRIST SENT ME NOT TO BAPTIZE, BUT TO PREACH THE GOSPEL: NOT IN WISDOM OF WORDS, LEST THE CROSS OF CHRIST SHOULD BE MADE VOID. 'For Christ sent me not to baptize' -this phrase has been used as proof that baptism isn't necessary for salvation. _ Points to Note:_ 1. If Paul didn't believe in t... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE WORD OF THE CROSS IS TO THEM THAT PERISH FOOLISHNESS; BUT UNTO US WHO ARE SAVED IT IS THE POWER OF GOD. 'word of the cross' -'Message of the cross' (Knox) 'TO THEM THAT PERISH' -people are perishing, hell does exist! 'The present participle denotes process: who who are on the way to destr... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR IT IS WRITTEN,. WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE, AND THE DISCERNMENT OF THE DISCERNING WILL. BRING TO NOUGHT. 'For it is written'. Isaiah 2:14 The gospel message, is simply one more example of where trying to match wits with God ends in utter failure. Where mere human wisdom, is seen to be... [ Continue Reading ]
WHERE IS THE WISE? WHERE IS THE SCRIBE? WHERE IS THE DISPUTER OF THIS WORLD? HATH NOT GOD MADE FOOLISH THE WISDOM OF THE WORLD? 'Where is the wise?' -'philosopher' (Gspd). The man "wise" in the eyes of other men. (1 Corinthians 1:26) This verse is an echo of Isaiah 2:18. where the collapse of the... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR SEEING THAT IN THE WISDOM OF GOD THE WORLD THROUGH ITS WISDOM KNEW NOT GOD, IT WAS GOD'S GOOD PLEASURE THROUGH THE FOOLISHNESS OF THE PREACHING TO SAVE THEM THAT BELIEVE. 'For seeing' -'For since' (NASV) 'IN THE WISDOM OF GOD' -'For God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never find... [ Continue Reading ]
SEEING THAT JEWS ASK FOR SIGNS, AND GREEKS SEEK AFTER WISDOM: 'Neither Jews nor Greeks are ready to receive this message..Both are blinded by their own preconceptions. The "Jews ask for signs", for some strange and starling portents in the heavens (Matthew 16:1; Matthew 16:4)...The "Greeks seek aft... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT WE PREACH CHRIST CRUCIFIED, UNTO JEWS. STUMBLINGBLOCK, AND UNTO GENTILES FOOLISHNESS; 'unto Jews. stumblingblock' -'To the Jews it was incredible that one who had ended life upon. cross could possibly be God's Chosen One. They pointed to their own law and the law unmistakably said, "He that is... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT UNTO THEM THAT ARE CALLED, BOTH JEWS AND GREEKS, CHRIST THE POWER OF GOD, AND THE WISDOM OF GOD. 'called' -Christians. 'But such. message was no insult to the called ones..To those who embraced that message it isn't an insult or foolishness. To them is demonstrates the consummate wisdom of God... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE THE FOOLISHNESS OF GOD IS WISER THAN MEN; AND THE WEAKNESS OF GOD IS STRONGER THAN MEN. 'Because' -This way that seems foolish to men (1 Corinthians 1:18), is more effective than any idea than man ever came up with. And what people have viewed as "weak" (i.e.. crucified and humbled Jesus),... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR BEHOLD YOUR CALLING, BRETHREN, THAT NOT MANY WISE AFTER THE FLESH, NOT MANY MIGHTY, NOT MANY NOBLE, ARE CALLED: 'Behold your calling' -look at the type of people who have accepted the gospel call. '"How many wise, powerful or noble ones are among you?" he wants to know.' (McGuiggan p. 35) 'W... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT GOD CHOSE THE FOOLISH THINGS OF THE WORLD, THAT HE MIGHT PUT TO SHAME THEM THAT ARE WISE; AND GOD CHOSE THE WEAK THINGS OF THE WORLD, THAT HE MIGHT PUT TO SHAME THE THINGS THAT ARE STRONG;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE BASE THINGS OF THE WORLD, AND THE THINGS THAT ARE DESPISED, DID GOD CHOOSE, YEA AND THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT, THAT HE MIGHT BRING TO NOUGHT THE THINGS THAT ARE: 'things' -apparently refer to groups of people, categories of people. Categories that the world looks down upon. The things which... [ Continue Reading ]
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' -the purpose why God set it up this way. In the Gospel Message is there is room for 'I did it my w... [ Continue Reading ]