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Verse 1 Corinthians 4:7. _FOR WHO MAKETH THEE TO DIFFER_] It is
likely that the apostle is here addressing himself to some _one of
those puffed up_ _teachers_, who was glorying in his _gifts_, and in...
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FOR WHO MAKETH ... - This verse contains a reason for what Paul had
just said; and the reason is, that all that any of them possessed had
been derived from God, and no endowments whatever, which they...
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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...
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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...
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THE THREE JUDGMENTS (1 Corinthians 4:1-5)...
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Brothers, I have transferred these things by way of illustration to
myself and to Apollos, so that through us you may learn to observe the
principle of not going beyond that which is written, so that...
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MAKETH... TO DIFFER. App-122. Note the change from plural in 1
Corinthians 4:6 to the singular here.
IF. App-118.
GLORY. boast, as in 1 Corinthians 1:29.
AS IF THOU HADST NOT. as not (Greek. _me)_...
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_For who maketh thee to differ from another_ Cf. St John 3:27; James
1:17. All the gifts they had received were of God, and this fact
excluded as a matter of course all boasting or self-satisfaction....
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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...
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ΤΊΣ ΓΆΡ ΣΕ ΔΙΑΚΡΊΝΕΙ; Literally, ‘for who SEPARATES
thee?’ Hence comes the idea of distinction in one’s own mind and
then in that of another. διακρίνω is opposed to
συγκρίνω (combine) in the passage f...
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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...
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_A CAUTION AGAINST SINFUL PRIDE 1 CORINTHIANS 4:7-13:_ The faithless
stewards were acting like they were the source of the good things they
possessed. These faithless stewards were filled with destruc...
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ΔΙΑΚΡΊΝΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΔΙΑΚΡΊΝΩ (G1252)
судить двоих, делать различие,
отличать (Weiss; МН, 302; Fee). Вероятно, это
надо воспринимать как риторический
вопрос (Barrett),
ΈΛΑΒΕΣ _aor. ind. ac...
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DISCOURSE: 1953
GOD TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED IN EVERY THING
1 Corinthians 4:7. _Who maketh thee to differ from another? and what
hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if than didst receive it,
why dos...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 2
Pompousness (1 Corinthians 4:6-13)
6 I have applied all this to myself and Apollos for your benefit,
brethren, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written,...
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For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that
thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou
glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Translate [ diakrine...
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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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WHO MAKETH THEE TO DIFFER] better, 'who maketh thee (who art puffed
up) superior?' THAT THOU DIDST NOT RECEIVE] i.e. from us (whom ye now
despise), as is shown by 1 Corinthians 4:8....
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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....
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PARAPHRASE. 'In speaking of the folly of these divisions I have used
only the names of Apollos and myself; but the same principles apply to
your attitude to all your teachers. (7) Why do some of you p...
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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...
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FOR... — This is the explanation of why such “puffing up” is
absurd. Even if one possess some gift or power, he has not attained it
by his own excellence or power; it is the free gift of God....
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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...
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§ 13. DISCIPLES ABOVE THEIR MASTER. What the Ap. has written, from 1
Corinthians 3:3 onwards, turns on the relations between himself and
Apollos; but it has a wide application to the state of feeling...
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τίς γάρ σε διακρίνει; “for who marks thee off?”
(or “separates thee? _discernit_, Vg [691] ”) what warrant for thy
boasting, “I am of Paul,” etc., for ranging thyself in this
coterie or that? “The διά...
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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...
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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?...
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Thoughts on the Corinthians' Boasting
No one man, even Paul or Apollos, should be followed in things not
revealed by God. Paul used his and Apollos' name to avoid hurting the
real leaders of the divis...
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For who distinguisheth, or hath distinguished thee from another? He
speaks particularly to those proud, vain preachers: if thou hast
greater talents than another man, who hath given them to thee, or t...
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“For who maketh thee to differ? And what hast thou that thou didst
not receive? And if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if
thou hadst not received it?”
Here is the standard indicated by...
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4. PRIDE THE FIRST CAUSE OF THE EVIL. 4:6-21.
Here is the final and general application of the whole first part,
relating to the divisions which had arisen in the Church. The apostle,
after reminding...
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(6)And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to
myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to
think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be...
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_EQUALITY AND INEQUALITY_
‘For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that
thou didst not receive?’
1 Corinthians 4:7
The remarkable inequalities of endowment which exist amongs...
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7._For who distinguisheth thee? _The meaning is — “Let that man
come forward, whosoever he be, that is desirous of distinction, and
troubles the Church by his ambition. I will demand of him who it is...
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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...
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FOR WHO MAKETH THEE TO DIFFER FROM ANOTHER,.... This question, and the
following, are put to the members of this church, who were glorying
in, and boasting of the ministers under whom they were conver...
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For who maketh thee to differ _from another_ ? and what hast thou that
thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive _it_, why dost thou
glory, as if thou hadst not received _it_ ?
Ver. 7. _For w...
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_And these things_ Mentioned 1 Corinthians 1:10, &c., 1 Corinthians
3:4, &c.; _I have in a figure_ very obviously _transferred to myself
and Apollos_ And Cephas, instead of naming those particular pre...
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WHO MAKETH THEE TO DIFFER? as to talents, condition, character, or
influence.
RECEIVE; from God.
WHY DOST THOU GLORY; in thyself or other men? For whatever excellence
any one has, he is indebted to...
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FOR WHO MAKETH THEE TO DIFFER FROM ANOTHER? AND WHAT HAST THOU THAT
THOU DIDST NOT RECEIVE? NOW, IF THOU DIDST RECEIVE IT, WHY DOST THOU
GLORY AS IF THOU HADST NOT RECEIVED IT?
In order to make the il...
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All spiritual gifts from God:...
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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...
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MAKETH THEE TO DIFFER FROM ANOTHER?:
_ Gr._ distinguisheth thee?...
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FOR WHO MAKETH THEE TO DIFFER? AND WHAT HAST THOU THAT THOU DIDST NOT
RECEIVE? BUT IF THOU DIDST RECEIVE IT, WHY DOST THOU GLORY AS IF THOU
HADST NOT RECEIVED IT?
'For' -'the reason why this puffing...
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7-13 We have no reason to be proud; all we have, or are, or do, that
is good, is owing to the free and rich grace of God. A sinner snatched
from destruction by sovereign grace alone, must be very abs...
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It is apparent that pride was the reigning sin of many in this church
of Corinth; pride, by reason of those parts and gifts wherein they
excelled, whether they were natural or acquired habits, or comm...
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For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not
receive? but if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou
hadst not received it? [God had made them to differ both in...
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Tertullian On Prayer
is a grace of God, and you have received it, "why do you boast," saith
he, "as if you have not received it? "[149]
Tertullian On the Veiling of Virgins
And if it is by God that...
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1 Corinthians 4:7 For G1063 who G5101 makes G1252 you G4571 differ
G1252 (G5719) And G1161 what G5101 have
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‘Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to
myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to
go beyond the things that are written, that no one of you be puffed...
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THOSE WHO ARE TRUE TO THE WORD OF THE CROSS ENDURE SUFFERING FOR
CHRIST. THE CORINTHIANS NEED TO RE-EXAMINE THEIR FOUNDATIONS (4:6-13).
Paul now stresses that all that he has said has been with them...
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1 Corinthians 4:7. FOR WHO MAKETH THEE TO DIFFER (in the way of
superiority)?...
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_Third_ reason why “we faint not” because the vessels which bear
the treasure we bring to men are so utterly incommensurate with the
salvation they are enriched with....
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[1] The allusion may be, as has been suggested, to the practice of
depositing treasure in vessels of earthenware....
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MAKETH THEE TO DIFFER
(σε διακρινε). Distinguishes thee, separates thee.
Διακρινω means to sift or separate between (δια) as in Acts
15:9 (which see) where μεταξυ is added to make it plainer. All
s...
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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...
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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...
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WHO MADE YOU SUPERIOR TO THE OTHERS? _MacKnight_ understands Paul to
be speaking to the false teacher. "What gift do you have that wasn't
given to you by God through we apostles? How, then, can you br...
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_For who maketh thee to differ from another?_
and what hast thou that thou didst not receive?
HUMAN DIFFERENCES
Why cannot we write poetry like John Milton, or paint like Raphael?
One man seems to b...
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 4:7 This set of rhetorical
questions expresses the central theological truth the Corinthians seem
to have forgotten: all their abilities, opportunities, and blessin...
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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...
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_For who maketh thee to differ from another?_ 1. The Greek word
denotes as much the act of placing a man above others as separate him
and dividing him off from them. So Theophylact paraphrases it, By...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
1 Corinthians 4:6.—From 1 Corinthians 3:5 he has discussed what
applied to all the factions and their leaders, and even more to the
others than to the so-called Pauline and Apollonian...
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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...
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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...
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1 Chronicles 29:11; 1 Corinthians 12:4; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 1
Corinthians 3:5;...
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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...
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Who maketh thee to differ — Either in gifts or graces. As if thou
hadst not received it — As if thou hadst it originally from thyself....
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As if the apostle had said, "Who is it that maketh one minister to
differ from and excel another? Is it not God? If so, then let those
ministers that have received the greatest gifts from God, whom th...