Geneva Study Bible Commentary
1 Corinthians 4:4
For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the (c) Lord.
(c) I submit myself to the Lord's judgment.
For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the (c) Lord.
(c) I submit myself to the Lord's judgment.
Verse 1 Corinthians 4:4. _FOR I KNOW NOTHING BY MYSELF_] Ουδεν γαρ εμαυτῳ συνοιδα· I am not _conscious_ that I am _guilty_ of any evil, or have neglected to fulfil faithfully the duty of a steward o...
FOR I KNOW NOTHING BY MYSELF - There is evidently here an ellipsis to be supplied, and it is well supplied by Grotius, Rosenmuller, Calvin, etc. “I am not conscious of evil, or unfaithfulness to mysel...
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...
THE THREE JUDGMENTS (1 Corinthians 4:1-5)...
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...
KNOW. am conscious of. Greek. _sunoida._ See Acts 5:2 NOTHING. Greek. _oudeis._ BY. against. No preposition. NOT. App-105. HEREBY. in (Greek.. _n)_ this. JUSTIFIED. App-191. THE LORD. App-98....
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...
_For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified -I know nothing by myself"_(_I know nought by myself_, Tyndale) signifies I know nothing _against_myself, like the Latin "_nil conscire sib...
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...
ΟΥ̓ΔῈΝ ΓᾺΡ ἘΜΑΥΤΩ͂Ι ΣΎΝΟΙΔΑ. For if I were to put myself on my trial, I am conscious of no dereliction of duty. In A.V. ‘_I know nothing by myself_’ (_I know nought by myself_, Tyndale) signifies I kn...
_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...
ΣΎΝΟΙΔΑ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΝΟΊΔΑ (G4894). Def. perf. со _знач. praes._, делиться знаниями; здесь: знать о себе что-л., что неизвестно окружающим (RP); "моя совесть чиста" (Fee), ΔΕΔΙΚΑΊΩΜΑΙ _perf...
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...
FOR I KNOW NOTHING BY MYSELF— _"For,_ though I bless God that _I am not conscious to myself_ of any designed neglect of my office, or unfaithfulness in my trust, _yet am I not hereby justified."_ This...
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...
For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. BY MYSELF. Translate, 'I am conscious to myself of no (ministerial) unfaithfulness.' YET AM I NOT...
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...
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....
I KNOW NOTHING BY MYSELF] RV 'against myself.' The idea is the same as in Acts 24:16....
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...
FOR I KNOW NOTHING BY MYSELF. — The general meaning of this passage is given in the previous Note. The Greek of the words rendered, “I know nothing of myself,” is clearly “I am not conscious in myself...
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...
The negative clauses, οὐδὲν γὰρ … ἀλλʼ οὐκ, together explain, parenthetically, Paul's meaning in 1 Corinthians 4:3 : “For I am conscious of nothing against myself” (in my conduct as Christ's minister...
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...
For I am not conscious. This great apostle of the Gentiles, though conscious to himself of no breach of duty, still does not dare to call himself just. How different is the conduct of this apostle, fr...
His inmost conscience does not upbraid him with any unfaithfulness; but for all that (ἐν τούτῳ), he is not yet justified, that is to say, found irreproachable, by Him who searches the hearts and reins...
“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...
4._I am not conscious to myself of anything faulty. _Let us observe that Paul speaks here not of his whole life, but simply of the office of apostleship. For if he had been altogether unconscious to h...
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...
FOR I KNOW NOTHING BY MYSELF,.... Which must be understood with a restriction to the subject he is upon, faithfulness in the ministry; otherwise he knew much by himself of indwelling sin, and the corr...
For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. Ver. 4. _Yet am I not, &c._] Paul a chosen vessel, but yet an earthen vessel, knew well that he had hi...
_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...
I KNOW NOTHING BEFORE THE TIME; namely, when the Lord shall come to judgment, as immediately afterwards stated. In the mean time they were not to decide upon and condemn the character of one another....
FOR I KNOW NOTHING BY MYSELF; YET AM I NOT HEREBY JUSTIFIED; BUT HE THAT JUDGETH ME IS THE LORD....
THE WORK OF THE MINISTERS OF CHRIST. Faithfulness required:...
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...
FOR. KNOW NOTHING AGAINST MYSELF; YET AM. NOT HEREBY JUSTIFIED: BUT HE THAT JUDGETH ME IS THE LORD. 'For. know nothing against myself' -'I am conscious of nothing against myself.' (NASV) 'While he i...
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...
I KNOW NOTHING BY MYSELF; nothing amiss, nothing that is evil; yet this must not be interpreted universally, as if St. Paul knew nothing that was evil and sinful by himself; himself, ROMANS 7:1, tells...
For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. [Paul is not arrogantly vaunting himself as disdaining the good or bad opinion of the Corinthians,...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans But I am the more instructed by their injuries [to act as a disciple of Christ]; "yet am I not thereby justified."[34] Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans But I am t...
1 Corinthians 4:4 For G1063 know G4894 (G5758) nothing G3762 myself G1683 yet G235 am G1344 not G3756 justif
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 4:4. FOR I KNOW NOTHING AGAINST MYSELF. As this is clearly the intended sense, so our translators probably meant to express the same, using the word “by” in a now obsolete sense. YET A...
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...
FOR I KNOW NOTHING AGAINST MYSELF (ουδεν γαρ εμαυτω συνοιδα). Not a statement of fact, but an hypothesis to show the unreliability of mere complacent self-satisfaction. Note the use of συνοιδα (seco...
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...
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...
MY CONSCIENCE IS CLEAR. He has no reason to feel unfaithful in what he has done at Corinth. But that DOES NOT PROVE. His self-approval is not proof. THE LORD. Only He has the right to judge! See Roman...
_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....
_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...
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...
_For I know nothing by myself, yet am I not hereby justified._ I do not judge myself. For though I am not conscious of any unfaithfulness in my Apostolic office, yet I am not really just: I do not mea...
_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 4:5; 1 John 3:20; 1 John 3:21; 2 Corinthians 1:12;...
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...
I am not conscious to myself of anything evil; yet am I not hereby justified — I depend not on this, as a sufficient justification of myself in God's account. But he that judgeth me is the Lord — By h...
These words are not to be understood absolutely and universally, but relatively and respectively; not as if the apostle knew no sin in himself, (for he went groaning under. body of sin to his grave,)...