Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
1 Corinthians 4:3
I judge not mine own self— That is, "not so as if my case were to be finally determined by my own apprehensions concerning it."
I judge not mine own self— That is, "not so as if my case were to be finally determined by my own apprehensions concerning it."
Verse 1 Corinthians 4:3. _IT IS A VERY SMALL THING THAT I SHOULD BE JUDGED OF_ _YOU_] Those who preferred _Apollos_ or _Kephas_ before St. Paul, would of course give their reasons for this preference...
BUT WITH ME - In my estimate; in regard to myself. That is, I esteem it a matter of no concern. Since I am responsible as a steward to my master only, it is a matter of small concern what men think of...
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...
PAUL WILL ACCEPT NO JUDGMENT BUT CHRIST'S. THE FORTUNATE LOT OF THE CORINTHIANS CONTRASTED WITH THE MISERABLE CONDITION OF THE APOSTLES. This section is concerned with the attitude of the Corinthians...
Let a man then so think of us as the servants of Christ and stewards of the secrets which God reveals to his own people. In ordinary everyday life, that a man should be found faithful, is a quality re...
THE THREE JUDGMENTS (1 Corinthians 4:1-5)...
WITH. for. A VERY SMALL. the least. JUDGED. examined. App-122. OF. by. App-104. MAN'S JUDGMENT. Literally man's day. The day in which man is examining, and "judging", and God is silent. MAN'S. Gre...
1 Corinthians 4:1-7. The true estimation of Christ's ministers and the true criterion of their work After having pointed out the light in which the teachers of Christianity should be regarded, the Ap...
_But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment_ Faithfulness is no doubt more urgently required in the discharge of this duty than of any other. But it is n...
THE TRUE ESTIMATION OF CHRIST’S MINISTERS AND THE TRUE CRITERION OF THEIR WORK After having pointed out the light in which the teachers of Christianity should be regarded, the Apostle in this chapter...
ΕἸΣ ἘΛΆΧΙΣΤΟΝ. _It amounts to the least_, i.e. it is of the least possible consequence. ἽΝΑ ὙΦ' ὙΜΩ͂Ν�. THAT I SHOULD BE ARRAIGNED. Faithfulness is no doubt more urgently required in the discharge of...
_A CHALLENGE CONCERNING PREACHERS 1 CORINTHIANS 4:1-6:_ First Corinthians four is a contrast between the "faithful" and the "faithless" stewards of God. Paul said that he, his fellow apostles and othe...
ΈΜΟΊ _dat. sing. от_ ΈΓ (G1473) я. Этический _dat._, "для меня" "по-моему" ΈΛΑΧΙΣΤΟΝ _superl. от_ ΜΙΚΡΌΣ (G1519) малый. Элатив: очень маленький: "это значит очень мало" "это очень незначительно" (RP;...
DISCOURSE: 1952 PAUL’S INDIFFERENCE TO MEN’S JUDGMENT 1 Corinthians 4:3. With me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. For I kn...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Partiality (1 Corinthians 4:1-5) 4 This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2Moreover it is required of stewards that...
But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. IT IS A VERY SMALL THING literally 'it amounts to a very small matter;' n...
5 Apollos was a Jew of Alexandria, a scholarly man, and able in the Scriptures. He came to Ephesus, full of zeal, but versed only in the baptism of John. Priscilla and Aquila heard him speak boldly in...
4:3 examined (k-13) The word does not signify 'judgment,' but the preliminary examination, at which the accused has to answer and give an account of himself, as Luke 23:14 ....
PARAPHRASE. 'You have been engaged in strife about the merits and position of your teachers. Consider for a moment what they are. They have no authority of their own; they only bear Christ's messages....
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....
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...
BUT WITH ME IT IS A VERY SMALL THING... — As, however, the Corinthians had actually “judged” various of their teachers, the Apostle assures them that _their_ judgment — or the judgment of the world ge...
IV. (1-5) The first five verses of this chapter contain a further argument against party-spirit as it existed in the Corinthian Church — viz., that God alone can judge of any man’s work whether it be...
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...
ἐμοὶ δὲ εἰς ἐλαχιστόν ἐστιν ἵνα κ. τ. λ.: “For myself however it amounts to a very small thing that by _you_ I should be put to trial, or by a human day (of judgment).” Fidelity is required of steward...
STEWARDS RESPONSIBLE TO THEIR LORD 1 Corinthians 4:1 At the most the ministers or teachers of God's Gospel are but stewards of the hidden things of God, according to Matthew 13:51. They ought not to...
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?...
Stewards of God's Mysteries Paul next said that inspired spokesmen should simply be thought of as servants and stewards. Vine says the word servant should be thought of as "an under rower." Further, h...
(3) But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, (4) or of man's (b) judgment: yea, (5) I judge not mine own self. (3) In reprehending others, he sets himself for an example, a...
Or by human judgment. Literally, by human day. The sense, says St. Jerome, is, by any human judgment, or by men, whose judgment is in the day, or time of this life: but God judges in his day, after th...
“But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged, of you or of a human tribunal; yea, I judge not mine own self. 4. For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified; but h...
(1) Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. (2) Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. (3) But with me it is a very...
3._But with me it is a very small thing _It remained that he should bring before their view his _faithfulness_, that the Corinthians might judge of him from this, but, as their judgment was corrupted,...
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...
BUT WITH ME IT IS A VERY SMALL THING,.... It stood for little or nothing, was of no account with him, what judgment and censures were passed on him by men with regard to his faithfulness in the minist...
But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. Ver. 3. _But with me it is, &c._] A good minister reviled, may reply, as onc...
_Moreover_ As for what remains to be done in the discharge of this office; _it is required of stewards_ Since they also, as well as lower servants in the family, are subject to account; _that a man be...
JUDGED OF YOU; in regard to my fidelity as Christ's steward. I JUDGE NOT MINE OWN SELF; he was not to be approved or condemned in the day of judgment according to his own decision, any more than that...
THE WORK OF THE MINISTERS OF CHRIST. Faithfulness required:...
BUT WITH ME IT IS A VERY SMALL THING THAT I SHOULD BE JUDGED OF YOU OR OF MAN'S JUDGMENT; YEA, I JUDGE NOT MINE OWN SELF....
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...
JUDGMENT: _ Gr._ day...
BUT WITH ME IT IS. VERY SMALL THING THAT. SHOULD BE JUDGED OF YOU, OR OF MAN'S JUDGMENT: YEA,. JUDGE NOT MINE OWN SELF. 'But with me' -'to me' (NASV); 'For my part' (NEB) 'IT IS. VERY SMALL THING'...
1-6 Apostles were no more than servants of Christ, but they were not to be undervalued. They had a great trust, and for that reason, had an honourable office. Paul had a just concern for his own repu...
Those who said, _I am of Apollos, and I_ am _of Cephas, _ did at least tacitly judge Paul, and prefer Apollos and Cephas before him; and it is probable, and will appear also from other parts of these...
But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's Judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self....
Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II Perhaps some (woman) will say: "To me it is not necessary to be approved by men; for I do not require the testimony of men:[128]...
1 Corinthians 4:3 But G1161 me G1698 is G2076 (G5748) thing G1519 G1646 that G2443 judged G350 ...
THE FAITHFULNESS REQUIRED OF CHRIST'S ASSISTANTS AND STEWARDS (4:1-5). Having summed up all in Christ and in God Paul now comes back to the fact that all men are therefore accountable to God. He speak...
‘But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by man's day.' Indeed so essential is this relationship between master and steward that anyone else's opinion becomes unimportan...
He does not, however, want them to think that he is disparaging their judgment. So he points out that he will not even judge himself, because he is quite frankly not adequate to do so. He may be total...
1 Corinthians 4:3. BUT WITH ME IT IS A VERY SMALL THING THAT I SHOULD BE JUDGED OF YOU, OR OF MAN'S JUDGMENT _Gr._ ‘man's day;' as if he had said, ‘Men have their days for sitting in judgment on their...
EVEN AS WE RECEIVED MERCY not so much, mercy to “put us into the ministry,” as mercy for the courageous discharge of it (1 Timothy 1:12-14), WE FAINT NOT: [1] [1] Our Authorised Version rightly depar...
1 Corinthians 4:3. BUT AND IF OUR GOSPEL BE HID, IT IS HID TO THEM THAT ARE PERISHING. It is veiled only in those who by their whole bearing towards the Gospel make it plain that they “are not willing...
BUT WITH ME (εμο δε). The ethical dative of personal relation and interest, "as I look at my own case." Cf. Philippians 1:21.IT IS A VERY SMALL THING (εις ελαχιστον εστιν). This predicate use of ε...
1 Corinthians 4:3 The Christian's Relation to Public Opinion. Note: I. That St. Paul was judged unfavourably at this time at the bar of the public opinion of the church of Corinth. The expression "p...
1 Corinthians 4:3 The judgment of our fellow-creatures upon our acts and our characters is, practically speaking, an inevitable accompaniment of human life. I. Human judgments keep order in the world...
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...
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...
ABOUT BEING JUDGED BY YOU. It is God who will decide who has been faithful, not the Corinthians or any human being. ON MYSELF. That is, he himself has no right to set up a standard by which to pass ju...
_Let a man so account of us as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God._ THE MINISTRY So keenly alive is Paul to the danger and folly of party-spirit, that he has still one...
_But with me it is a very small think that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment._ JUDGMENT I. Is the prerogative of God. 1. It belongs not to man. 2. Not to ourselves. 3. But the Lord....
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 4:3 JUDGED BY YOU. Some Corinthians, perhaps followers of Apollos or Cephas, probably criticized Paul, especially his lack of eloquence ...
_But with me it is a very small thing... or of man's judgment._ The Latin version give "of man's day." The meaning is the same; for the "day of the Lord" is frequently put for the "judgment of the Lor...
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...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 4:1. SO.—Choose between (_a_) a forward reference to “_as_” (_e.g_. with Stanley), and (_b_) a backward reference (with, _e.g_., Evans, in _Speaker_, and Beet) to 1 Cori...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 2:15; 1 Corinthians 3:13; 1 Samuel 16:7; John 7:24...
A very small thing [ε ι ς ε λ α χ ι σ τ ο ν]. Lit., unto a very small thing : it amounts to very little. Judged. See on ch. 1 Corinthians 2:14. Rev., in margin, examined. Man's judgment [α ν θ ρ ω π...
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...
Yea, I judge not myself — My final state is not to be determined by my own judgment....
Not as if the apostle was unconcerned whether the Corinthians had. good esteem of him, or not; or were regardless of his reputation among men: but the meaning is, he did not much value himself upon th...