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Verse 1 Corinthians 3:10. _AS A WISE MASTER BUILDER_] Ὡς
σοφος αρχιτεκτων. The _design_ or _plan_ of the
building is from God; all things must be done according to the
_pattern_ which he has exhibit...
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ACCORDING TO THE GRACE OF GOD - By the favor of God which is given to
me. All that Paul had done had been by the mere favor of God. His
appointment was from him; and all the skill which he had shown,...
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CHAPTER 3
_ 1. The Carnal state of the Corinthians. (1 Corinthians 3:1)._
2. The Workmen and their Work. (1 Corinthians 3:10).
3. The Church the Temple of God. (1 Corinthians
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RENEWED CONDEMNATION OF PARTY SPIRIT. Paul has now reached a point
where he can effect an easy return to the divisions at Corinth. He has
been speaking of the spiritual man who is capable of receiving...
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THE SUPREME IMPORTANCE OF GOD (1 Corinthians 3:1-9)...
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According to the grace of God that was given to me, I laid the
foundation like a skilled master-builder, but another builds upon it.
Let each see to it how he builds upon it; for no one can lay any ot...
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GRACE. App-184.
MASTERBUILDER. Greek. _architekton._ Only here.
HAVE. The texts omit.
FOUNDATION. Compare App-146.
ANOTHER. App-124.
BUILDETH THEREON. Greek. _epoikodomeo._ See Acts 20:32.
TAKE...
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_According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise
masterbuilder_ Rather, _which_ WAS _given to me_, i.e. when he laid
the foundation. St Paul now desires to identify himself with the
te...
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Christian Ministers only labourers of more or less efficiency, the
substantial work being God's
6. _I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase_ The
Apostle would lead his converts to r...
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ἜΘΗΚΑ אABC, for the rec. τέθεικα.
10. ΤῊΝ ΔΟΘΕΙ͂ΣΆΝ ΜΟΙ. WHICH WAS GIVEN TO ME, i. e.
when I laid the foundation.
ὩΣ ΣΟΦῸΣ�. St Paul now desires to identify himself with the
teachers of the Corinthia...
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CHRISTIAN MINISTERS ONLY LABOURERS OF MORE OR LESS EFFICIENCY, THE
SUBSTANTIAL WORK BEING GOD’S...
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_THE PREACHERS ARE SERVANTS 1 CORINTHIANS 3:5-10:_ Apollos and Paul
were merely servants or ministers that had helped these brethren have
faith. Paul had no desire for preachers to receive special hon...
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ΔΟΘΕΊΣΑΝ _aor. pass. part. (adj.) от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325)
давать,
ΆΡΧΙΤΈΚΤΩΝ (G753) архитектор, строитель,
мастер, умелый ремесленник (Philo, On Dreams 2,
8). Строитель был ответственным за
планировку и в...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 2
Consists In Spiritual Work For God (1 Corinthians 3:5-17)
5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you
believed, as the Lord assigned to each. 6I plant...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_The Church is the Temple of God_ (10-17)
_Text_
1 Corinthians 3:10-17. According to the grace of God which was given
unto me, as a wise masterbuilder I laid a foundation; and a...
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According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise
masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth
thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
GRAC...
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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...
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THE FAULT OF PARTY SPIRIT
The immaturity of the Corinthian converts and their unfitness for
anything but elementary instruction in the faith is proved by their
mutual jealousies and their disagreemen...
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ANOTHER BUILDETH] Apollos and others carried on the work begun by St.
Paul. HOW HE BUILDETH] The Apostle indicates the great
responsibilities of Christian ministers and teachers,
11, 12. OTHER FOUNDAT...
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PARAPHRASE. 'Let me remind you that by the favour of God I was the
founder of your Church. Those who followed me took up my work. (11)
The foundation I laid was faith in Jesus Christ. (12) No one can...
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SERVANTS OF CHRIST
1 CORINTHIANS
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 3
GOD’S WORKERS 3:1-9
V1 *Brothers and *sisters, I could not speak to you as if the *Holy
Spirit was guiding you. I had to speak to you as...
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ACCORDING TO THE GRACE OF GOD. — The Apostle being about to speak of
himself as “a wise masterbuilder,” takes care by commencing his
statement with these words to show that he is not indulging in
self...
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CHAPTER 6
GOD'S HUSBANDRY AND BUILDING
PAUL having abundantly justified his method of preaching to the
Corinthians, and having shown why he contented himself with the simple
presentation of the Cross...
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§ 10. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HUMAN BUILDERS. After the long
digression on Wisdom (1 Corinthians 1:17 to 1 Corinthians 3:2),
occasioned by the Hellenic misconception of the Gospel underlying the
Cor...
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Κατὰ τὴν χάριν κ. τ. λ.: while “the grace of God”
has been given to all Christians, constituting them such (see 1
Corinthians 1:4), to the Ap. a special and singular “grace was
given,” “according to”...
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BUILD ON THE SURE FOUNDATION
1 Corinthians 3:10
We are called upon to contribute our share to the building of saved
souls which is rising through the ages, to be an habitation of God
through the Spir...
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The reason for the schisms was that these people were carnal.
"Jealousy and strife" are evidences of carnality. Proceeding, Paul
declared the true value of the Christian ministry. "For we are God's
fe...
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The Church is God's Building
Then, Paul and Apollos were workers together under God. The field they
worked in, which literally could be translated "tilled land," was
God's. To further illustrate, Paul...
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_I have laid the foundation well, as a wise architect, not of myself,
but according to the grace of God, and the gifts he bestowed upon me:
and another, or several others, built upon it, continue the...
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“According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise
master builder, I laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon;
but let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon!”
The apost...
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In order to show what, in a religious organization like that which the
gospel creates, is the place of preachers, the apostle takes two
examples: Apollos and himself; and he develops what he means to...
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(3) For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and
strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? (4) For
while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; a...
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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...
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_GOD AND THE SOUL_
‘Ye are God’s husbandry.’
1 Corinthians 3:9
What this text tells us is this—that Christian people are to God
just what the tillage of the earth is to us.
I. OUR HEARTS AND SOULS...
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10._As a wise master-builder _It is a most apt similitude, and
accordingly it is frequently met with in the Scriptures, as we shall
see ere long. Here, however, the Apostle declares his fidelity with...
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They were not natural men; but they were carnal (not spiritual) men,
so that the apostle had to feed them with milk and not with meat which
was only fit for those that were of full age. That with whic...
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ACCORDING TO THE GRACE OF GOD WHICH IS GIVEN UNTO ME,.... Lest the
apostle should be thought to be too much elated with the characters he
had given of himself, and other ministers, or to assume too mu...
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According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise
masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth
thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
Ver. 10...
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_According to the grace of God_ This he premises, lest he should seem
to ascribe any thing to himself; _as a wise master-builder_ A _skilful
architect_, directed by divine wisdom; _I have laid the fou...
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I HAVE LAID THE FOUNDATION; Paul first preached to the Corinthians
Christ crucified, an atoning sacrifice for sin, as the only and
all-sufficient foundation for human hope; and gathered such as
appear...
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The laborers and the foundation:...
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ACCORDING TO THE GRACE OF GOD WHICH IS GIVEN UNTO ME, AS A WISE MASTER
BUILDER, I HAVE LAID THE FOUNDATION, AND ANOTHER BUILDS THEREON. BUT
LET EVERY MAN TAKE HEED HOW HE BUILDS THEREUPON....
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But in practical experience the Corinthians were not properly
regarding, nor depending on, the wisdom of the Spirit of God, who had
been given to them. Paul could not write to them as spiritual, but a...
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ACCORDING TO THE GRACE OF GOD WHICH WAS GIVEN UNTO ME, AS. WISE
MASTERBUILDER. LAID. FOUNDATION; AND ANOTHER BUILDETH THEREON. BUT LET
EACH MAN TAKE HEED HOW HE BUILDETH THEREON.
'According to the gr...
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10-15 The apostle was a wise master-builder; but the grace of God
made him such. Spiritual pride is abominable; it is using the greatest
favours of God, to feed our own vanity, and make idols of ours...
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OLBGrk;
ACCORDING TO THE GRACE OF GOD WHICH IS GIVEN UNTO ME: carin here
signifies either the ability which God hath given Paul to preach the
gospel, or the apostolical office, to which God had called...
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According to the grace [apostleship with its attendant gifts-- Romans
1:5; Galatians 1:15-16; Ephesians 3:8] _of God which was given unto
me, as a wise masterbuilder I laid a foundation_ [In Corinth P...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V "According to the grace," it is
said, "given to me as a wise master builder, I have laid the
foundation. And another buildeth on it gold and silver, precious
ston...
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1 Corinthians 3:10 According G2596 grace G5485 God G2316 which G3588
given G1325 (G5685) me G3427 as G5613
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‘According to the grace (of God) which was given to me, I laid a
foundation like a wise master-builder, and another builds on it. But
let each man be very careful how he builds on it.'
Following up th...
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THAT IS WHY THESE TEACHERS ARE UNITED IN THEIR WORK KNOWING THEY MUST
ACCOUNT TO GOD FOR THEIR MINISTRY (3:8-15).
Paul now puts all these teachers, including himself, firmly in their
place. They are b...
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1 Corinthians 3:10. ACCORDING TO THE GRACE OF GOD WHICH WAS GIVEN UNTO
ME, AS A WISE MASTER-BUILDER, I LAID A FOUNDATION alluding to our
Lord's parable of the “wise man who built his house upon the ro...
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AS A WISE MASTERBUILDER
(ως σοφος αρχιτεκτων). Paul does not shirk his share
in the work at Corinth with all the sad outcome there. He absolves
Apollos from responsibility for the divisions. He deni...
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GRACE
Grace (imparted). (1 Corinthians 15:10); (Romans 6:1); (2 Peter 3:18)....
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1. _And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but
as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ._
The church at Corinth consisted of persons of large education and
great abilities....
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1. _And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but
as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ._
Their spiritual part had not grown strong, their old carnal nature
still had the pr...
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CONTENTS: Hindrance of a carnal state to spiritual growth. Christian
service and its reward.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Apollos, Cephas.
CONCLUSION: Our salvation rests solely upon t...
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1 Corinthians 3:1. _Babes in Christ,_ like children at the breast,
requiring to be _fed with milk, and not with meat._ Our great tutor
here addresses the Corinthians in a superior style of eloquence,...
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THAT GOD GAVE ME. God himself made Paul an apostle. I DID THE WORK. As
an apostle, Paul laid _the foundation_ everywhere he went. He did this
by proclaiming the Good News of God's act in Christ to set...
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_According to the grace of God … as a wise master builder, I have
laid the foundation … But let every man take heed how he buildeth
thereupon._
ALL OF GRACE
Now when we say a godly man acknowledgeth...
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_According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise
master builder I have laid the foundation._ Not mine is this building,
not mine the works; for although I, as the first architect, laid...
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CHAPTER III.
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
He endeavours to put an end to the divisions among the Corinthians, by
reminding them of their mutual subjection and union in Christ and God.
I. He points out t...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
1 Corinthians 3:10.—WAS GIVEN … I LAID, _q.d_. “when I was at
Corinth.” “_A_ foundation,” “which I subjectively laid in my
teaching at Corinth, because God had already laid the same o...
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EXPOSITION
1 CORINTHIANS 3:1
_The carnal conceit of the spiritually immature._
1 CORINTHIANS 3:1
I… COULD NOT SPEAK UNTO YOU AS UNTO SPIRITUAL. Though softened by
the word brethren, there was a cr...
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Let's turn now to I Corinthians, chapter 3.
Beginning with the fourteenth verse of chapter 2, Paul here separates
men into three classifications. Starting in chapter 2 with the natural
man, the unrege...
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1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 15:11; 1 Corinthians 15:12; 1
Corinthians 3:11;...
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Grace. The special endowment for his apostolic work. Compare Romans
1:5, grace and apostleship : Romans 12:3; Romans 12:6; Ephesians 3:7;...
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THE CARNAL AND SPIRITUAL CHRISTIAN
1 Corinthians 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
In our last study, we were discussing two kinds of people. One, the
unregenerate who had not the Spirit, and the other, the r...
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According to the grace of God given to me — This he premises, lest
he should seem to ascribe it to himself. Let every one take heed how
he buildeth thereon — That all his doctrines may be consistent w...
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Observe here, 1. The character which St. Paul assumes to himself,
namely, that of. master-builder, yea, of A WISE MASTER-BUILDER.
But was it not vain-glorious in the apostle thus to describe himself?...