Wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption.
The last three terms illustrate and exemplify the first - wisdom. The wisdom impersonated in Christ manifests itself as righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. 79 For dikaiosunh righteousness, see on Romans 1:17. For aJgiasmov sanctification, on Romans 6:19. For ajpolutrwsiv redemption, Romans 3:24.
Verse 30. _BUT OF HIM ARE YE IN CHRIST JESUS_] Even the good which you possess is granted by God, for it is by and through him that Christ Jesus comes, and all the blessings of the Gospel dispensation...
BUT OF HIM - That is, by his agency and power. It is not by philosophy; not from ourselves; but by his mercy. The apostle keeps it prominently in view, that it was not of their philosophy, wealth, or...
2. CONTRASTS. CHAPTER 1:10-4). CHAPTER 1:10-31. _ 1. Divisions rebuked. (1 Corinthians 1:10)._ 2. The Cross of Christ, the Power of God. (1 Corinthians 1:17). The section which begins, after the in...
1 CORINTHIANS 1:18 TO 1 CORINTHIANS 2:5. THE CROSS, FOLLY TO THE WORLD, IS THE POWER AND WISDOM OF GOD. Paul now explains and justifies 1 Corinthians 1:17_ b_, which to Greek readers must have soun
Brothers, just look at the way in which you have been called. You can see at once that not many wise men--by human standards--not many powerful men, not many high-born men have been called. But God ha...
AN APOSTOLIC INTRODUCTION (1 Corinthians 1:1-3)...
OF. App-104. OF. from. App-104. The Greek reads "became... wisdom from God". IS MADE. became. Greek. _ginomai._ AND. both. RIGHTEOUSNESS. App-191. SANCTIFICATION. holiness. Greek. _hagiasmos._ Se...
God's Message not intended to flatter the pride of man 18. _For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God_ Literally, TO THEM TH...
_of him are ye in Christ Jesus_ Humanity is nothing in the sight of God, except it be created anew in Christ Jesus. By virtue of His Incarnation it becomes wisdom, not by means of human research but b...
GOD’S MESSAGE NOT INTENDED TO FLATTER THE PRIDE OF MAN...
ἘΞ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂ ΔῈ ὙΜΕΙ͂Σ. FROM HIM, i.e. as the source of your life. To the world you seem as nothing. Yet in truth, as being in Him, through His Son (ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ), you are greater than all beside. Fo...
ΈΞ ΑΥΤΟΎ от него; то есть "вы рождены от Него в Иисусе Христе" (Lightfoot, Notes), ΈΣΤΕ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΕΊΜΊ (G1510) быть, ΈΓΕΝΉΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) становиться. _Pass._ мож...
DISCOURSE: 1932 CHRIST IS ALL IN ALL 1 Corinthians 1:30. _Of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption_. HABITUATED as we ha...
BUT OF HIM ARE YE IN CHRIST JESUS— _"For,_ on the whole, all that we have that is worth mentioning we receive from Christ; and we receive it from him as the gift of God, since it is _of him;_ and his...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Word of the Cross and the Wisdom of the World_ (18-31) _Text_ 1 Corinthians 1:18-31. For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are save...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS Unity Occasions Glory to God Alone (1 Corinthians 1:26-31) 26 For consider your call, brethren, not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not...
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: BUT ... YE - in contrast to them that "glory" in worldly wisdom. OF HI...
21 To this day the great, the noble, and the wise are a small minority among the true saints of God. It is a matter of extreme thankfulness that this is so. If high birth or wisdom or any other attain...
1:30 holiness, (h-21) _ Hagiasmos_ . See Note i at Romans 1:4 ....
WHO OF GOD IS MADE UNTO US WISDOM, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, etc.] RM 'Who was made unto us wisdom from God, both righteousness and sanctification and redemption,' etc. There are only three co-ordinate terms...
GREETING AND THANKSGIVING. PARTISANSHIP IN THE CHURCH St. Paul, after greeting the Church and giving thanks for its spiritual gifts, rebukes the preference for various teachers which was prevalent am...
PARAPHRASE. 'Look at the state of matters in your own Church. There are few among you eminent in the eyes of the world. (27-29) But it is just what is weak and lowly and of no account according to wor...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ ABOUT THIS LETTER CORINTH Corinth was an important city. It was on a very narrow section of land (called an ‘isthmus’) in the southern part of Gre...
BUT. — So far from boasting in His presence, we all owe all to Him. He is the author of the spiritual life of us who are in union with Christ, “who _was_ (not “is”) made wisdom unto us _from_ God.” Th...
CHAPTER 4 THE FOOLISHNESS OF PREACHING In the preceding section of this Epistle Paul introduced the subject which was prominent in his thoughts as he wrote: the divided state of the Corinthian Churc...
ἐξ αὐτοῦ δὲ ὑμεῖς ἐστε ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ : is ἐν Χ. Ἰησοῦ or ἐξ αὐτοῦ (_sc._ τοῦ Θεοῦ) the predicate to ἐστέ ? Does P. mean, “It comes of Him (God) that you are in Christ Jesus” _i.e._, “Your Christian...
§ 5. THE OBJECTS OF THE GOSPEL CALL. § 4 has shown that the Gospel does not come ἐν σοφίᾳ λόγου (1 Corinthians 1:17 b) by _the method of its operation;_ this will further be evidenced by _the status o...
GOD'S GLORY IN MEN'S WEAKNESS 1 Corinthians 1:26; 1 Corinthians 2:1 Like the sons of Jesse before Samuel, so do the successive regiments on which the world relies pass before Christ. The wise, the mi...
The epistle is to the Church. Its messages are only for those who have been brought into fellowship with Jesus Christ. The character of the Church is indicated in the words, "sanctified in Christ Jesu...
Jesus Christ, Wisdom from God So, Paul said, not many of those who would be called wise, or powerful or noblemen followed Jesus. Most uprisings are successful because the upper crust leaders join and...
But (a) of him are ye in Christ Jesus, (27) who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: (a) Whom he cast down before, now he lifts up, indeed, higher tha...
“But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who, on the part of God, has been made unto us wisdom, as also righteousness and sanctification and redemption; 31. that, according as it is written, He that glorie...
(30) But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: (31) That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory...
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...
_CHRISTIAN SANCTITY_ ‘Christ … made unto us … sanctification.’ 1 Corinthians 1:30 The special interest of this passage is to note _ the means of sanctification_. How is Christ made sanctification t...
30._Of him are ye. _Lest they should think that any of those things that he had said were inapplicable to them, he now shows the application of those things to them, inasmuch as _they are not _otherwi...
I will now turn back to take up the thread of the contents of this epistle from the beginning. Paul was an apostle by the will of God. That was his authority, however it might be with others. Moreover...
BUT OF HIM ARE YE IN CHRIST JESUS,.... These words, as they direct to the proper object of glorying, Christ, so they show the high honour the called ones are brought to in and through Christ, and are...
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: Ver. 30. _But of him are ye_] _q.d._ Albeit ye have nothing of your own, y...
_But of him_ Of his free mercy and grace; _are ye in Christ Jesus_ Ingrafted into him, and therefore possessed of an interest in him, and union with him; _who of God_ The original source of our salvat...
OF HIM; of the free grace of God, and by the exercise of his power. Psalms 110:3; JAMES 1:18; 1 JOHN 4:19. IN CHRIST; united to him by faith, and for his sake entitled to receive all needed good. In h...
The status of the believers:...
BUT OF HIM ARE YE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO OF GOD IS MADE UNTO US WISDOM, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND SANCTIFICATION, AND REDEMPTION,...
Paul writes here as "a called apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God." As such, it is the authoritative word of God he communicates, that which requires the subjection and obedience of all the Chu...
26-31 God did not choose philosophers, nor orators, nor statesmen, nor men of wealth, and power, and interest in the world, to publish the gospel of grace and peace. He best judges what men and what...
_But of him are ye in Christ Jesus; _ of his grace ye are implanted into Christ, and believe in him. You are _of him, _ not by creation only, as all creatures are, but by redemption and regeneration,...
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption :...
Origen Against Celsus Book V for these things are in our view the Son of God, as His genuine disciple has shown, when he said of Him, "Who of God is made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctifi...
1 Corinthians 1:30 But G1161 of G1537 Him G846 you G5210 are G2075 (G5748) in G1722 Christ G5547 Jesus...
‘But of him are you in Christ Jesus, who has become to us wisdom from God, even righteousness, sanctification and redemption. That according as it is written, “He who glories, let him glory in the Lor...
1 Corinthians 1:30. BUT OF HIM ARE YE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO WAS MADE UNTO US WISDOM FROM GOD, [1] BOTH RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND SANCTIFICATION, AND REDEMPTION. [1] This is beyond doubt the correct order of...
SUMMARY. ‘I beseech you, study unity. Instead of this, I hear ye are ranging yourselves into schools and parties, each contending for its favourite preacher as if your salvation hung upon him. Thus is...
OF HIM (εξ αυτου). Out of God. He chose you.IN CHRIST JESUS (εν Χριστω Ιησου). In the sphere of Christ Jesus the choice was made. This is God's wisdom.WHO WAS MADE UNTO US WISDOM FROM GOD (ος εγ...
WISDOM From God, or, wisdom from God, even righteousness and sanctification, and redemption. RIGHTEOUSNESS (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:21). _ REDEMPTION (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:24). _...
1 Corinthians 1:30 Christ the Source of all Blessings. I. St. Paul seems to have had in his mind a conception of the gradual growth of the Christian spirit under the hand of Christ, from its dawn of...
1 Corinthians 1:30 Righteousness not of Us, but in Us. In every age of the Church, not in the primitive age only, Christians have been tempted to pride themselves on their gifts, or at least to forge...
In this chapter the apostle magnifies the cross of his Lord, as God's greatest gift to the world; and as the highest glory of God's self-revelation to men. He praises God that the Corinthian Christian...
1, 2. _Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth,_ -Note the humility of Paul in associating with hi...
I am going to speak about the testimony of the apostle Peter concerning his Lord, but we will first read together part of the writings of his «beloved brother Paul,» that we may see how these eminent...
CONTENTS: Christians' position in grace. The unspiritual condition of the Corinthian saints. Danger of following human leaders and exulting in human wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, Sosthenes, A...
1 Corinthians 1:1. _Paul, called to be an apostle._ It was proper to mention this, else he would have had no title to address his letter to the Corinthians, and the catholic church, or saints in gener...
BUT GOD HAS BROUGHT YOU. _MacKnight_ sees this emphasizing God's side of salvation, in which he alone is said to bring us into union with Christ. See notes on Romans 8:29-30. TO BE OUR WISDOM. Paul's...
_For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel._ PAUL’S PREACHING I. It exalted the Cross of Christ as the central element of the gospel. The apostle does not teach that truths associat...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1:26 Those who believed the gospel were FOOLISH by the world’s standards. God transformed them into his people by saving them. They must not boast in ancestry, acco...
RANSLATED AND EDITED BY W. F. COBB, D.D. EDINBURGH: JOHN GRANT 31 George IV. Bridge 1908 SAINT PAUL'S FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS EDITORS PREFACE In translating the Comments of Cornelius...
_But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus._ By the gift of God Himself, by His grace, were ye called to believe in Christ. So Anselm. To be in Christ is to have been incorporated with Him in Baptism, or to b...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 1:19.— Isaiah 29:14 (nearly as LXX.), and a free imitation of Isaiah 30:18. FOR.—Sustains the _general drift_ of...
EXPOSITION The oldest superscription was probably, "To the Corinthians, the first (Πρὸς Κορινθίους πρώτη)." This is found in א, A, B, C, D. 1 CORINTHIANS 1:1 _The_ _greeting. _An opening salutati...
Let's turn to I Corinthians, chapter 1. Paul introduces himself as the writer with Sosthenes in the first verse. Paul, called an apostle (1 Corinthians 1:1) Notice the words to be are in italics. Th...
1 Corinthians 1:2; 1 Corinthians 1:24; 1 Corinthians 12:18; 1 Corinthians 12:27;...
THE CHURCH OF GOD AT CORINTH 1 Corinthians 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We propose taking several studies from the First Epistle to the Corinthians. There will be much to consider here which should help...
Of him — Out of his free grace and mercy. Are ye Engrafted into Christ Jesus, who is made unto us that believe wisdom, who were before utterly foolish and ignorant. Righteousness — The sole ground of...
Our apostle had in the foregoing verses acquainted the Corinthins how low and despicable their outward condition was in this world; he tells them the world looked upon them as WEAK and FOOLISH, and, a...