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Verse 20. _FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD_] The religion of the Lord Jesus is
_not in word_-in human eloquence, excellence of speech, or even in
_doctrines; but in power_, εν δυναμει, in the mighty energy
of...
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FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD - The reign of God in the church (see the note
at Matthew 3:2); meaning here, probably, the power or authority which
was to be exercised in the government and discipline of the...
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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...
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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....
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THE THREE JUDGMENTS (1 Corinthians 4:1-5)...
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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...
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KINGDOM OF GOD. App-114. No verb in the sentence. Supply "is
established". Figure of speech _Ellipsis._ App-6.
WORD. Greek. _logos_ as in 1 Corinthians 4:19....
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_not in word, but in power_ See note on ch. 1 Corinthians 1:5, where
the word here used is translated _utterance_. In the last verse it is
translated _speech_. Like our words _sermon_and _discourse_,...
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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...
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ΟΥ̓ ΓᾺΡ ἘΝ ΛΌΓΩΙ. See note on ch. 1 Corinthians 1:5.
Like our words _sermon_ and _discourse_, the word λόγος contains
within itself the notion of matter and oral delivery. Of what the
Apostle meant by...
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MISSION OF TIMOTHY, TO BE FOLLOWED, IF INEFFECTUAL, BY STRONG MEASURES
ON THE PART OF ST PAUL HIMSELF....
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_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....
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Ή ΒΑΣΙΛΕΊΑ ΤΟΎ ΘΕΟΎ (G932; G3588; G2316)
царство Бога; то есть правление Бога.
Опущенный гл. означает либо "является"
либо "не работает" (Barrett; DPL, 524-26)....
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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...
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For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
KINGDOM OF GOD - i:e., living fellowship in the Gospel (; ).
IS NOT IN WORD. Translate, as in , "speech." Not empty 'speeches;'
but the ma...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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NOT IN WORD, BUT IN POWER] The extension of God's kingdom is promoted
not by eloquence of speech but by spiritual influence proceeding from
Christ's followers, and becoming a power in men's lives: cp....
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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...
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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...
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“For not in word (lies) the kingdom of God, but in power:” another
of Paul's religious maxims (see note on 1 Corinthians 1:29), repeated
in many forms: _cf._ 2 Corinthians 10:11; 2 Corinthians 13:3
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§ 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...
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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...
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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?...
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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...
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The maximum of 1 Corinthians 4:20 explains the necessity of such a
judgment. It is impossible to refer the notion of the _kingdom of
God_, as Meyer would have us, to the Messianic future. Paul is
cert...
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“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...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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20._For the kingdom of God is not in word _As the Lord governs the
Church by his word, as with a scepter, the administration of the
gospel is often called _the kingdom of God _Here, then, we are to
un...
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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...
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FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD,.... By "the kingdom of God" is not meant the
kingdom of heaven, or the ultimate glory and happiness of the saints;
though that is a kingdom prepared by God, which he gives to h...
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For the kingdom of God _is_ not in word, but in power.
Ver. 20. _The kingdom of God_] _i.e._ The administration of his
ordinances and government of the Church....
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_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...
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THE KINGDOM OF GOD; the reign of God in the hearts of men and in the
church.
IS NOT IN WORD; or continued by pompous declaration and vain
boastings.
BUT IN POWER; it consists in the power of God as...
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FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NOT IN WORD, BUT IN POWER....
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The apostle's fatherly discipline:...
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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...
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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...
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THE KINGDOM OF GOD in the church, or _the kingdom of God_ in the
particular soul. God hath not sent his ministers to subdue souls to
himself by fine, florid words and phrases, but by a lively preachin...
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For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power....
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Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
It is better for a man to be silent and be [a Christian], than to talk
and not to be one. "The kingdom of God is not in word, but in
power."[107]
Cyprian Treatis...
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1 Corinthians 4:20 For G1063 kingdom G932 God G2316 not G3756 in G1722
word G3056 but G235 in G1722 power
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LET THEM THEN REMEMBER THAT HE FATHERED THEM AND THAT THROUGH HIM
GOD'S POWER WAS AND IS REVEALED (4:14-21)...
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‘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...
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1 Corinthians 4:20. FOR THE KINGDOM of God is not in word (empty
plausibilities), BUT IN POWER and, in the case of preachers, seen in
self-emptying consecration to the one end in view....
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1 Corinthians 4:20
The Spiritual Mind.
How are we the better for being members of the Christian Church?
I. If we would form a just notion how far we are influenced by the
power of the gospel, we mus...
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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...
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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...
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FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. Note the identity of church and Kingdom
(compare Matthew 16:18). BUT OF POWER. As an apostle, Paul had the
miraculous gifts from the Spirit, which included the power to punish....
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_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...
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_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...
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_For the kingdom of God is not in word, hut in power._
THE KINGDOM OF GOD NOT WORD, BUT POWER
The kingdom of God--
I. Is not in word. It is one of the leading features of the age to
make the gospel...
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 4:20 On the KINGDOM OF GOD, see
note on Matt. 3:2.
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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...
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_For the Kingdom of God is not in word but in power._ The spiritual
energy and Christian, and especially Apostolic perfection, in which
God reigns, and displays in us and in the Church the effectual w...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 1:24; 1 Corinthians 2:4; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; 2
Corinthians 10:4;...
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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...
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For the kingdom of God — Real religion, does not consist in words,
but in the power of God ruling the heart....