Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
1 Corinthians 9:19
Verse 19. For though I be free] Although I am under no obligation to any man, yet I act as if every individual had a particular property in me, and as if I were the slave of the public.
Verse 19. For though I be free] Although I am under no obligation to any man, yet I act as if every individual had a particular property in me, and as if I were the slave of the public.
FOR THOUGH I BE FREE - I am a freeman. I am under obligation to none. I am not bound to. give them my labors, and at the same time to toil for my own support. I have claims like others, and could urge...
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...
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...
THE UNCLAIMED PRIVILEGES (1 Corinthians 9:1-14)...
ALL = ALL THINGS, i.e. restrictions of meats, &c. HAVE. Omit. MADE MYSELF SERVANT. enslaved myself. App-190. GAIN. Greek. _kerdaino._ See Acts 27:21....
_made myself servant_ Literally, ENSLAVED MYSELF. _the more_ Not necessarily _more than other people_, but as our version implies, _more than he would otherwise have gained_....
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...
ἘΜΑΥΤῸΝ ἘΔΟΎΛΩΣΑ. Literally, ENSLAVED MYSELF. ΤΟῪΣ ΠΛΕΊΟΝΑΣ. Not _more than other people_, nor even as A.V. implies, _more than he would otherwise have gained_, but _the majority of those to whom he p...
ST PAUL’S USE OF HIS CHRISTIAN LIBERTY IS RESTRAINED BY THE THOUGHT OF THE NEEDS OF OTHERS...
_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:...
ΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть. Уступительное _part._ ("хоть я свободен") или причинное (Schrage). ΈΔΟΎΛΩΣΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΔΟΥΛΌΩ (G1402) порабощать, делать рабом кого-л. ΠΛΕΊΟΝΑΣ...
DISCOURSE: 1966 THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF CHRISTIAN LIBERTY 1 Corinthians 9:19. Though I be free from all men, yet hare I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. And unto the Jews I b...
SERVANT UNTO ALL— This is very emphatical, and intimates that he acted with as self-denying a regard to their interests, and as much caution not to offend them, as if he were absolutely in their power...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Reasons For Relinquishment (1 Corinthians 9:19-27) 19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, that I might win the more. 20To the Jews I bec...
For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. FREE FROM ALL MEN - i:e., independent of all men. GAIN THE MORE - i:e., the greater number...
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...
9:19 [possible]. (h-19) 'The most possible' gives the sense. It is used for the major part of any body, and hence for the mass opposed to leaders. It is not 'the more,' i.e. so much the more, but the...
_(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...
FREE FROM ALL _men_] Under authority or obligation to no man. SERVANT UNTO ALL] Accommodating myself to their desires and prejudices as far as possible....
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...
FOR. — The question is here answered. His reward was to gain the greater number of converts — Jews (1 Corinthians 9:20), Gentiles (1 Corinthians 9:21), weak ones (1 Corinthians 9:22). The only reward
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...
§ 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...
ἐλεύθερος γὰρ ὤν κ. τ. λ. serves further to explain, not εἰς τ. μὴ καταχρήσ. (the impropriety of a grasping use of such right is manifest), but Paul's general policy of self-abnegation (1 Corinthians...
“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...
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 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....
_Free as to all. That is, whereas I was under no obligation to any man, yet I made myself the servant of all, &c. (Calmet)_...
“For though I be free from all, I made myself servant to all, that I might gain the more.” Paul formulates the general principle on which is founded the particular self-denial of which he has just sp...
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...
(19) For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. (20) And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are unde...
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...
19._Though I was free from all. _ Εκ πάντων, that is, _from all_, may be taken either in the neuter gender or in the masculine. If in the neuter, it will refer to _things_; if in the masculine, to _pe...
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...
FOR THOUGH I BE FREE FROM ALL MEN,.... As an apostle, being in the highest office in the church, he had none superior to him, that could exercise any power and authority over him, and was also indepen...
For though I be free from all _men_, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. Ver. 19. _That I may gain the more_] The Greek word for gain signifieth also the joy and deli...
_For though I be free from all men_ Not bound to do that which seems unlawful, inconvenient, or disadvantageous to myself, to please any man; _yet have I made myself a servant unto all_ Addicting myse...
FREE FROM ALL; free from obligation to men to preach the gospel without charge. GAIN THE MORE; lead more souls to Christ....
Devoted work for the sake of the Gospel:...
FOR THOUGH. I BE FREE FROM ALL MEN, YET HAVE I MADE MYSELF SERVANT UNTO ALL THAT I MIGHT GAIN THE MORE....
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...
FOR THOUGH. WAS FREE FROM ALL MEN,. BROUGHT MYSELF UNDER BONDAGE TO ALL, THAT. MIGHT GAIN THE MORE. 'free from all men' -Again he asserts his own liberty in Christ (1 Corinthians 9:1). Paul had the...
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...
FOR THOUGH I BE FREE FROM ALL MEN; the word _men_ is not in the Greek, but is supplied by our interpreters. Some make _things_ the substantive, and restrain it to the things of the ceremonial law. It...
For though I was free from all men [and therefore had a right to demand wages of them and ignore their prejudices], _I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more_. [Here was yet a...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV "For though I be free from all men, I have made myself servant to all," it is said, "that I might gain all. And every one that striveth for mastery is temperate...
1 Corinthians 9:19 For G1063 am G5607 (G5752) free G1658 from G1537 all G3956 made G1402 myself G1683 se
IN FACT HE PUTS EVERYTHING INTO HIS WORK OF WINNING MEN FOR CHRIST (9:19-26) 'For though I was free from all men, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more. And to the Jews I b...
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...
I BROUGHT MYSELF UNDER BONDAGE (εμαυτον εδουλωσα). Voluntary bondage, I enslaved myself to all, though free. Causative verb in -οω (δουλοω, from δουλος). The more (τους πλειονας). Than he could have...
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...
I AM A FREE MAN. See 1 Corinthians 9:1 and note. IN ORDER TO WIN. There is a special beauty in this verse. Slaves worked for their masters without pay, and jumped to obey their every wish! Paul, in pr...
_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...
_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...
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...
_For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all._ I humbled myself to all things, even to want and hunger; I accommodated myself to the weaknesses of all, insomuch that, wh...
_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...
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 10:33; 1 Corinthians 7:16; 1 Corinthians 9:1; 1 Corinthians 9:20;...
Made myself servant [ε δ ο υ λ ω σ α]. Rev., brought myself under bondage; better, as bringing out the force of doulov bond - servant, from which the word is derived, and thus according with stewardsh...
I made myself the servant of all — I acted with as self — denying a regard to their interest, and as much caution not to offend them, as if I had been literally their servant or slave. Where is the pr...
In these verses our apostle proceeds to show the Corinthians farther, how mightily he did abridge himself of his Christian liberty, which was the argument he was insisting upon. For, says he, THOUGH....