Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
1 Corinthians 9:4
not. Greek. me ou. The me stands for the question.
power. authority, or right. Greek. exousia. App-172.
to eat, &c. i.e. at the expense of the assembly.
not. Greek. me ou. The me stands for the question.
power. authority, or right. Greek. exousia. App-172.
to eat, &c. i.e. at the expense of the assembly.
Verse 1 Corinthians 9:4. _HAVE WE NOT POWER TO EAT AND TO DRINK?_] Have we not _authority_, or _right_, εξουσιαν, to expect sustenance, while we are labouring for your salvation? Meat and drink, the...
HAVE WE NOT POWER - (ἐξουσίαν exousian) Have we not the “right.” The word “power” here is evidently used in the sense of “right” (compare John 1:12, “margin”); and the apostle means to say that thou...
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...
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? Even if I am not an apostle to others, I certainly am to you; you are the seal of my apostleship in...
THE UNCLAIMED PRIVILEGES (1 Corinthians 9:1-14)...
_Have we not power to eat and to drink?_ i.e. at the expense of the Church, cf. St Luke 10:7. This privilege, said St Paul's opponents, was confined to the original twelve Apostles of the Lord....
ΜῊ ΟΥ̓Κ. ‘Is it really true that we have not’? μή containing the question, οὐκ the denial of the right. ἘΞΟΥΣΊΑΝ ΦΑΓΕΙ͂Ν ΚΑῚ ΠΙΕΙ͂Ν. THE RIGHT TO EAT AND TO DRINK, i. e. at the expense of the Church,...
1 Corinthians 9:1-14. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE OF HIS APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY This chapter is devoted to a defence of the Apostolic authority of St Paul, but there is an under-current of thought connecting it wi...
_PAUL HAD CERTAIN RIGHTS 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1-6:_ The brethren at Corinth knew and understood that Paul was an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ and that he had been taught by the Lord Himself. The Corint...
ΜΉ ΟΎΚ (G3361; G3756) Первое отрицание используется в вопросе, на который ожидается отрицательный ответ. Второе — отрицает гл.: "вы ведь не скажете, что у нас нет власти, не правда ли?" (BD, 220f; RG,...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Text_ 1 Corinthians 9:1-12 a. Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? 2 If to others I am not an apostle, yet at leas...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Recitation of Rights (1 Corinthians 9:1-14) 9 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord? 2If to others I...
Have we not power to eat and to drink? HAVE WE NOT POWER [ exousian (G1849)] - 'right,' lawful power; the same Greek as "liberty" (1 Corinthians 8:9). If you claim it, so may I. The "we" includes h...
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...
_(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...
POWER] RV 'right.' TO EAT AND TO DRINK] as guests of the Church....
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...
HAVE WE NOT POWER ...? — This follows 1 Corinthians 6 after the parenthetical argument contained in 1 Corinthians 9:2. Having established his right to be called an Apostle by the fact that he had seen...
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...
The rights P. vindicates for himself and his fellow-labourers in the Gospel, are (_a_) the right _to maintenance;_ (_b_) _to marriage;_ (_c_) _to release from manual labour_. (_a_) μὴ οὐκ ἔχομεν; “Is...
§ 27. PAUL'S APOSTOLIC STATUS. The Ap. is ready to forego his right to use the idolothyta, wherever this claim hurts the susceptibilities of any brother (1 Corinthians 8:13). He is “free” as any man i...
RIGHTS AND THEIR SURRENDER 1 Corinthians 9:1 Paul's claim to an equality with Peter and the other Apostles was violently disputed by his enemies at Corinth, because in several matters he differed fro...
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's Rights As An Apostle The church should feed its workers. As an apostle, Paul claimed the right to receive food and drink for his labors. It would seem most of the apostles were married. Paul an...
(4) Have we not power to (d) eat and to drink? (4) "Now concerning the matter itself", he says, "seeing that I am free, and truly an apostle, why may not I (I say not, eat of all things offered to id...
“Have we not right to eat and to drink? 5. Have we not right to lead about a sister as wife, as well as the other apostles and the brethren of the Lord and Cephas? 6. Or I only and Barnabas, have not...
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...
(1) Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? (2) If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine a...
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...
4._Have we not power _? He concludes from what has been already said, that he had a right to receive food and clothing from them, (482) for Paul ate and drank, but not at the expense of the Church. Th...
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...
HAVE WE NOT POWER TO EAT AND TO DRINK?] Having proved his apostleship, he proceeds to establish his right to a maintenance as a Gospel minister; which he expresses by various phrases, and confirms by...
Have we not power to eat and to drink? Ver. 4. _To eat and to drink_] At the Church's charge; so that we do it moderately without excess, as Josiah did, and it went well with him, Jeremiah 22:15 ....
_Mine answer_ My apology; _to them that examine_ and censure _me_ As to this part of my conduct, is this which follows. _Have we not power_ I and my fellow-labourers; _to eat and to drink_ At the expe...
POWER TO EAT AND TO DRINK; a right to be maintained at their expense, instead of supporting himself by manual labor. Acts 18:3; 2 Corinthians 11:7-9....
PAUL THE FREE SERVANT OF CHRIST. Defending his Christian liberty:...
HAVE WE NOT POWER TO EAT AND TO DRINK?...
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...
HAVE WE NO RIGHT TO EAT AND TO DRINK? This begins. series of questions, which are designed to force the Corinthians to acknowledge the fact that Paul has the same rights that any other apostle does....
1-14 It is not new for a minister to meet with unkind returns for good-will to a people, and diligent and successful services among them. To the cavils of some, the apostle answers, so as to set fort...
Could I not eat and drink of such things offered to idols as well as you? Have not I as great a knowledge, and as much liberty? Yet, you see, I forbear. But the generality of interpreters rather incli...
Have we no right to eat and to drink? [are we not entitled to be fed by the church?]...
1 Corinthians 9:4 have G2192 (G5719) no G3378 right G1849 eat G5315 (G5629) and G2532 drink G4095 ...
'My defence to those who examine me is this. "Have we no right to eat and to drink? Have we no right to lead about a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the L...
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...
1 Corinthians 9:4. HAVE WE NO RIGHT TO EAT AND TO DRINK? at the cost of the churches which we serve....
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...
HAVE WE NO RIGHT? (Μη ουκ εχομεν εξουσιαν;). Literary plural here though singular in 1 Corinthians 9:1-3. The μη in this double negative expects the answer "No" while ουκ goes with the verb εχομεν....
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...
DON'T I HAVE THE RIGHT? Even though he did not use this right, he had it. Compare 2 Thessalonians 3:9 and note....
_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...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 9:4 RIGHT. Paul proclaimed the gospel and established churches. He had the right (see the same word in 1 Corinthian
_Have we not power to eat and to drink?_ Viz., at your expense. This is the glory and defence of me and my apostleship, that it is gratuitous, unlike that of the false apostles. Notwithstanding I have...
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...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 9:1.—Notice the reversed order of clauses in the better-attested reading. FREE.—_I.c. quâ_ man; he is always Christ’s “bondservant”; it is of his own choice that he subm...
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 9:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:6; 1 Timothy 5:17; 1 Timothy 5:18;...
Eat - drink. At the expense of the churches. Compare Luke 10:7....
Have we not power — I and my fellowlabourers. To eat and to drink — At the expense of those among whom we labour....