Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
1 Corinthians 1:5
Ye are enriched. — Literally, ye were enriched. “Utterance” is the power of outward expression of that “knowledge” which dwells within.
Ye are enriched. — Literally, ye were enriched. “Utterance” is the power of outward expression of that “knowledge” which dwells within.
Verse 1 Corinthians 1:5. _YE ARE ENRICHED_ - YE ABOUND - _IN ALL UTTERANCE_] εν παντι λογω, _In all doctrine_; for so the word should certainly be translated and understood. All the truths of God rel...
THAT IN EVERY THING - In every respect, or in regard to all the favors conferred on any of his people. You have been distinguished by him in all those respects in which he blesses his own children. YE...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD. SEPARATION AND TESTIMONY. Chapter S 1-10 What Grace has Done and the Assurance Grace Gives. 1:1-9. CHAPTER 1 In the opening verse of this epistle...
1 CORINTHIANS 1-4. THE PARTIES IN THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH. 1 Corinthians 1:1. The epistle is sent in the joint names of Paul and Sosthenes, who may have been the ruler of the synagogue mentioned in Act...
Always I thank my God for you, for the grace of God which has been given to you in Christ Jesus. I have good reason to do so, because in him you have been enriched in everything, in every form of spee...
AN APOSTOLIC INTRODUCTION (1 Corinthians 1:1-3)...
ARE. were. ENRICHED. Greek. _ploutizo._ Only here and 2 Corinthians 6:10; 2 Corinthians 9:11. UTTERANCE. App-121. KNOWLEDGE. App-132. Compare 2 Corinthians 8:7
_in every thing ye are enriched_ Rather, YE WERE ENRICHED, i.e. at your baptism, when you entered into the covenant-union with Christ. The gifts of utterance, knowledge and the like, were the result o...
1 Corinthians 1:1-9. SALUTATION AND INTRODUCTION...
ὍΤΙ ἘΝ ΠΑΝΤῚ ἘΠΛΟΥΤΊΣΘΗΤΕ. BECAUSE IN EVERY THING YE WERE ENRICHED, i.e. at your baptism, when you entered into the covenant-union with Christ. See last note. The gifts of utterance, knowledge and the...
_THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE SON OF GOD 1 CORINTHIANS 1:1-9:_ Paul was chosen by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus. God used him to write several New Testament books. Sosthenes was a brother that also ha...
ΌΤΙ (G3754) что. Дает объяснение дарования благодати (Fee; Schrage). ΈΝ ΠΑΝΤΊ (G1722; G3956) во всем, в любом отношении (Barrett). ΈΠΛΟΥΤΊΣΘΗΤΕ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΠΛΟΥΤΊΖΩ (G4148) делать богаче, о...
DISCOURSE: 1929 THE BLESSINGS IMPARTED BY THE GOSPEL 1 Corinthians 1:4. I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; that in every thing ye are enrich...
THAT IN EVERY THING YE ARE ENRICHED— These respectful congratulations and acknowledgments of the things in which they did really excel, had a most happy tendency to soften their minds, and to dispose...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Unity Originates in the Character of God (1 Corinthians 1:1-17) 1 Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes, 2 To the ch...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Salutation and Thanksgiving_ (1-9) _Commentary Text_ 1 Corinthians 1:1-9. Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, 2 un...
That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; UTTERANCE. Billroth translates, doctrine. Ye are rich in preaching of the Word, and in knowledge of it. The Engli...
1 This is not the first time the apostle has written to the Corinthians. He had written a letter to them (1Co_5:9) and they had written one in return (1Co_7:1). This epistle is partly a reply to their...
1:5 word (c-12) _ Logos_ , whatever is the expression of a thought formed in the mind, and otherwise unknown; hence used for the thing _ expressed_ , or the expression of it. hence 'word.' Here it is...
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. 'I praise God continually because through your spiritual union with Christ you have received the gifts of His grace. (5) I am especially thankful because your knowledge of the truth and yo...
ARE ENRICHED] RY 'were enriched.' IN ALL UTTERANCE, AND _IN_ ALL KNOWLEDGE] The fact that they abused these gifts (1 Corinthians 12:3; 1 Corinthians 13:1; 1 Corinthians 14:2) did not
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...
CHAPTER 2 THE CHURCH IN CORINTH In the year 58 A.D., when Paul wrote this Epistle, Corinth was a city with a mixed population, and conspicuous for the turbulence and immorality commonly found in seap...
CHAPTER 3 THE FACTIONS THE first section of this Epistle, extending from the tenth verse of the first chapter to the end of the fourth chapter, is occupied with an endeavour to quench the factious sp...
§ 2. THE THANKSGIVING. The Pauline thanksgiving holds the place of the _captatio benevolentiœ_ in ancient speeches, with the diff [68] that it is in solemn sincerity addressed to _God_. The Ap. thanks...
ὅτι κ. τ. λ. stands in explicative apposition to the foregoing τ. χάριτι τ. δοθείσῃ, bringing out the matter of thanksgiving eminent in the conversion of the Cor [75] “(I mean), that in everything you...
ENRICHED AND UNITED IN CHRIST 1 Corinthians 1:1 It was pleasant to the church at Corinth to realize that one of their own number was associated with the Apostle in his great ministry. Compare 1 Corin...
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...
Words of Encouragement Paul used a Christian approach to the typical greetings in letters of that day. He wanted them to experience all of God's unmerited favor, or grace. Notice, Paul says that grace...
That in every thing ye are enriched by him, (8) in (d) all utterance, and [in] all knowledge; (8) He refers to that by name which they abused the most. (d) Seeing that while we live here we know but...
Rich in him in all knowledge. The apostles never addressed any epistle, except to persons who had been previously converted to the faith. Nor is it reasonable to expect, that infidel and pagan nations...
“I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you in Jesus Christ; 5. That in everything ye were enriched in Him, in every kind of utterance, and in every kind of knowledg...
THE THANKSGIVING. 1:4-9. The Epistle to the Galatians is the only one in which the apostle passes directly from the address to the handling of his subject, without interposing a thanksgiving. This is...
With the meaning of the word _grace_, which we have rejected, ὅτι would require to be translated by _in that._ But if we take the word _grace_ in the most general sense, ὅτι should be translated by “...
(4) I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; (5) That in everything ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; (6) Even as th...
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...
_THE TESTIMONY OF CHRIST CONFIRMED_ ‘I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; that in every thing ye are enriched by Him, in all utterance, and i...
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...
THAT IN EVERYTHING YE ARE ENRICHED BY HIM,.... This is still a continuation of the thanksgiving for this church, that they were "enriched", or plentifully and abundantly provided for by Christ, with a...
That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and _in_ all knowledge; Ver. 5. _Ye are enriched_] See here what is the Christian's riches. And so David reckons of his wealth, Psalms 11...
_Grace be unto you_, &c. See on Romans 1:7. _I thank my God always_ Whenever I mention you to God in prayer, or on every occasion; _on your behalf_ On your account; _for the grace of God which is give...
IN ALL UTTERANCE, AND IN ALL KNOWLEDGE; in a comprehensive knowledge of the gospel, and the ability to unfold its doctrines and discourse concerning them with readiness and propriety. It is the consta...
The thanksgiving of the apostle:...
THAT IN EVERYTHING YE ARE ENRICHED BY HIM, IN ALL UTTERANCE AND IN ALL KNOWLEDGE,...
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...
THAT IN EVERYTHING YE WERE ENRICHED IN HIM, IN ALL UTTERANCE AND ALL KNOWLEDGE; 'that' -'I mean, that in everything' (Gr. Ex. N.T. p. 759) 'EVERYTHING' -'God had withheld nothing from them.' (Lensk...
1-9 All Christians are by baptism dedicated and devoted to Christ, and are under strict obligations to be holy. But in the true church of God are all who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be...
_In every thing; _ in every grace and in every good gift, (for he is manifestly speaking of spiritual things), so as this general particle must not be extended to the things of this life, but restrain...
that in everything [in every respect] _ye were enriched in him, in all utterance_ [so that they were able to preach, teach, prophesy, and speak with tongues-- 1 Corinthians 12:8-10; 2 Corinthians 8:7;...
Origen Commentary on John Book VI The result of my counting, it is true, has been that I do not possess what is required to finish it; yet I have put my trust in God, who enriches us[5]...
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‘ I thank God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you in Christ Jesus, that in everything you were enriched in him, in all utterance and in all knowledge, even as the testimo...
1 Corinthians 1:5. THAT IN EVERYTHING YE ARE ENRICHED... IN ALL UTTERANCE _(Gr._ ‘word'), or aptitude to give utterance to divine truth. AND ALL KNOWLEDGE, or apprehension of the truth (see 2 Corinth...
THAT (οτ). Explicit specification of this grace of God given to the Corinthians. Paul points out in detail the unusual spiritual gifts which were their glory and became their peril (Chapter s 1 Cor...
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...
1. _Paul, called to be an, apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,_ Paul could never have sustained the great weight of responsibility and tribulation which fell u...
1. _Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,_ This brother had been put to great shame. He was beaten before the judgment-seat, if you remembe...
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...
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...
FOR IN UNION WITH CHRIST. This points back to the "grace he has given you" of 1 Corinthians 1:4. The actual grace which they already have received in being joined to Christ. INCLUDING. The Corinthians...
_I thank my God … for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ._ APOSTOLIC THANKSGIVING FOR I. The grace they had received. 1. Freely given. 2. Richly supplied. 3. Amply confirmed. II...
_Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God._ THE SALUTATION I. The character of Paul. 1. There were two things the apostle knew confidently. (1) That he was “not meet t...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1:1 Introduction to the Letter’s Main Themes. The opening verses can be divided into an initial greeting (vv. 1 Corinthi
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1:5 ENRICHED IN HIM. In 1 Corinthians 4:8 Paul will say that the Corinthians’ spiritual riches have led to an inappropri
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...
_That in everything ye are enriched by Him_ (by Christ), _in all utterances_ (of the preaching of the Gospel), _and in all knowledge_, that is, in spiritual understanding of Him. In other words, I giv...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 1:1. CALLED (to be) AN APOSTLE.—Only here and in Romans 1:1. For exact force choose between, (_a_) one of Christ’s “called” ones, who am also, in point of fact, an apost...
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 12:10; 1 Corinthians 12:8; 1 Corinthians 13:2; 1 Corinthians 13:8;...
Ye are enriched [ε π λ ο υ τ ι σ θ η τ ε]. Rev. more literally, "were enriched." Compare Colossians 3:16; and see on Romans 2:4. Utterance - knowledge [λ ο γ ω - γ ν ω σ ε ι]. The two words are found...
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...
THE CARNAL CHRISTIAN 1 Corinthians 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We will consider the opening 9 verses of the first chapter of I Corinthians. These verses give us plainly an eightfold standing which we ha...
In all utterance and knowledge — Of divine things. These gifts the Corinthians particularly admired. Therefore this congratulation naturally tended to soften their spirits, and I make way for the repr...