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Verse 18. _THAT I ABUSE NOT MY POWER_] I am inclined to think that
καταχρησασθαι is to be understood here, not in the sense
of _abusing_, but of _using to the uttermost_ - exacting every thing
that a...
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WHAT IS MY REWARD THEN? - What is the source of my reward? or what is
there in my conduct that will show that I am entitled to reward What
is there that will demonstrate that my heart is in the work o...
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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. ...
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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...
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THE UNCLAIMED PRIVILEGES (1 Corinthians 9:1-14)...
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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...
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OF CHRIST. The texts omit.
WITHOUT CHARGE. without cost or expense. Greek. _adapanos._ Only here.
Compare _dapane_, cost (Luke 14:28), and _dapanao,_ spend (Luke
15:14).
THAT, &C. Literally unto (Gr...
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_What is my reward then?_ Literally, WAGES (see last verse). Either
(1) as in our version, the preaching the Gospel without charge, and
the consciousness of having served God faithfully thus obtained;...
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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...
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ΤΊΣ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ΜΟΎ ἘΣΤΙΝ Ὁ ΜΙΣΘΌΣ; For
μισθός see last verse. Either (1) as in our version, the
preaching the Gospel without charge, and the consciousness of having
served God faithfully thus obtained; or...
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ST PAUL’S USE OF HIS CHRISTIAN LIBERTY IS RESTRAINED BY THE THOUGHT
OF THE NEEDS OF OTHERS...
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_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:...
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BUT IF AGAINST MY WILL, &C.— _But if I do it merely because I am
obliged to it, I only discharge an office which is committed to me:_ 1
Corinthians 9:18. _For what then shall I be rewarded?—It is for...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Text_
1 Corinthians 9:12-18. Nevertheless we did not use this right; but we
bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel of
Christ. 13 Know ye not that they tha...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 2
Relinquishment of Rights (1 Corinthians 9:15-18)
15 But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing
this to secure any such provision. For I would rather...
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What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may
make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in
the gospel.
WHAT IS MY REWARD? (Greek, the reward I spea...
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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...
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9:18 me, (g-33) The same word as translated in ch. 7.31, 'not
disposing of it as their own.' According to common usage it is 'to use
as one who has possession of a thing;' using it as he likes, as hi...
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THAT I ABUSE NOT MY POWER] RV 'so as not to use to the full my
rights'; viz. of claiming maintenance from his people....
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_(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...
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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...
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WHAT IS MY REWARD THEN? — It seems better to omit the note of
interrogation, and read the whole verse thus: — _What reward then is
to be mine, so that_ (_i.e.,_ which induces me) _in preaching the
gos...
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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...
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Yet, after all, Paul has his reward: “What then (οὖν, things
being so) _is_ my reward?” ὁ μισθός “the reward” proper
to such a case, is simply to take no pay: “that, while I preach the
good news, I ma...
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Paul goes on to explain, by two contrasted suppositions (in _actual_
and _conceivable_ matter), that this is a point of honour with him.
Forced as he had been into the service of the Gospel, in a mann...
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§ 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...
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“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...
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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...
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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....
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What is my reward then? [Verily] that, when I preach the gospel, I may
make the gospel of Christ (o) without charge, that I abuse not my
power in the gospel.
(o) By taking nothing from those to whom...
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3. THE EXAMPLE OF ABNEGATION GIVEN BY PAUL. 9:1-22.
IT is easy, from what we have just said, to understand the link which
connects the following passage with the question treated by the
apostle. It is...
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“What is my reward then? [It is] that, when I preach the gospel, I
may make the gospel without charge, that I use not the right which
belongs to me in my preaching.”
According to Meyer, the understood...
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(15) But I have used none of these things: neither have I written
these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better
for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void. (16...
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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...
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18._What then is my reward? _He infers from what goes before, that he
has a ground of glorying; in this, that he labored gratuitously in
behalf of the Corinthians, because it appears from this, that h...
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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...
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WHAT IS MY REWARD THEN?.... None at all, I have none to expect, hope
for, or claim, in a way of debt; I am a servant intrusted by my Lord
with the Gospel, and an unprofitable one I am; I do, at most a...
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What is my reward then? _Verily_ that, when I preach the gospel, I may
make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in
the gospel.
Ver. 18. _What is my reward then?_] My _merce...
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_But_ Though my right to a maintenance, as an apostle, be established
by the precepts both of the law and of the gospel; _I have used none
of those things_ During my abode among you, as you well know;...
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WHAT IS MY REWARD THEN? in the course he was willing and joyfully
pursuing for their good. It was the satisfaction arising from his
disinterested labors, the approval of conscience and of God.
THAT I...
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His boasting is not of his preaching:...
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WHAT IS MY REWARD, THEN? VERILY THAT, WHEN I PREACH THE GOSPEL, I MAY
MAKE THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST WITHOUT CHARGE, THAT I ABUSE NOT MY POWER IN
THE GOSPEL.
Paul here again obviates a possible misundersta...
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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...
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WHAT THEN IS MY REWARD? THAT, WHEN. PREACH THE GOSPEL,. MAY MAKE THE
GOSPEL WITHOUT CHARGE, SO AS NOT TO USE TO THE FULL MY RIGHT IN THE
GOSPEL.
'What then is my reward?' -'he asks of one who is enti...
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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...
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WHAT IS MY REWARD THEN? What then is the ground of my expectation of a
greater reward? Or wherein is the glorying I before mentioned? Not in
the performance of the work, for as to that, I am under a n...
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What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may make the
gospel without charge, so as not to use to the full my right in the
gospel. [He found his reward in the happiness of preaching th...
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1 Corinthians 9:18 What G5101 is G2076 (G5748) my G3427 reward G3408
then G3767 That G2443 gospel G2097
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'For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my
own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me. What then is my
reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel withou...
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PAUL NOW POINTS OUT THAT HE REFUSES TO USE HIS FREEDOM IN ANY WAY THAT
WOULD CAUSE YOUNG CHRISTIANS TO BE LED ASTRAY. HIS NEXT EXAMPLE REFERS
TO HIS NOT RECEIVING GIFTS FOR HIS MINISTRY AMONG THEM WHI...
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1 Corinthians 9:18. WHAT THEN IS MY REWARD? THAT WHEN I PREACH THE
GOSPEL, [1] I MAY MAKE THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST WITH, OUT CHARGE that for
the good of others I forego an undoubted right. On this princip...
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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...
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SO AS NOT TO USE TO THE FULL
(εις το μη καταχρησασθα). Εις το for purpose
with articular infinitive and perfective use of κατα (as in 1
Corinthians 7:31) with χρησασθα (first aorist middle
infiniti...
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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...
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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...
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WHAT PAY DO I GET THEN? Only the satisfaction felt by the generous
mind who does volunteer service (compare Acts 20:33-35). Paul "boasts"
that while the Corinthians spend nothing on him, he spends him...
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_For if I do this thing willingly I have a reward._
PURITY OF MOTIVE REQUIRED IN EVERY CHRISTIAN MINISTER
I. Wherein it consists.
1. A willing service.
2. Without respect to fee or reward.
3. He...
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_Am I not an apostle?_
Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord?
SIGNS OF APOSTLESHIP
Why should Paul, departing from his usual custom, speak here of
himself and his claims? Undoubtedly...
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 9:18 FREE OF CHARGE. Paul
preached the gospel in urban centers where traveling lecturers were
common. Some of them used their speaking skills to seek fame and
fortu...
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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...
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_What is my reward then?_ That glorious and supreme reward spoken of.
Observe that _reward_ is put by metonymy for merit, or for a heroic
and meritorious work, that calls for a great reward. This wor...
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_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...
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EXPOSITION
1 CORINTHIANS 9:1
The rights and the self denial of an apostle.
1 CORINTHIANS 9:1
An apostle's right to maintenance....
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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...
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1 Corinthians 10:33; 1 Corinthians 7:31; 1 Corinthians 8:9; 1
Corinthians 9:6;...
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Abuse [κ α τ α χ ρ η σ α σ θ α ι]. See on ch. 1
Corinthians 7:31. Rev., correctly, use to the full....
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What then is my reward — That circumstance in my conduct for which I
expect a peculiar reward from my great Master? That I abuse not —
Make not an unseasonable use of my power which I have in preachin...
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The scene is, "This gives me hopes of. reward extraordinary from God;
namely, that. have preached the gospel to you, without being
chargeable to any of you; for had. received maintenance from you,.
fo...