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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

Paul the model preacher. The apostle has shown that God does not save men by human wisdom, but by the preaching of Christ. He now declares that his own practice at Corinth was in accordance with this great principle. His example is a pattern for all preachers of the gospel. I. THE MATTER . AND METHOD OF PREACHING . Paul's business was to "proclaim the mystery of God," "even the mystery which hath been hid from all ages and generations; but now hath it been manifested to his... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:1

And I, brethren - Keeping up the tender and affectionate style of address.When I came unto you - When I came at first to preach the gospel at Corinth. Acts 18:1 ff.Came not with excellency of speech - Came not with graceful and attractive eloquence. The apostle here evidently alludes to that nice ant studied choice of language; to those gracefully formed sentences, and to that skill of arrangement in discourse and argument which was so much an object of regard with the Greek rhetoricians. It is... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 2:1

1 Corinthians 2:1. And I, brethren, &c. As if he had said, I have been showing that God is wont to call and convert persons to himself by unlikely and contemptible means; and that his design in the gospel is of a very humbling nature, and admirably calculated to stain human pride, and bring men to glory in him alone; therefore, in perfect harmony with this wise and excellent scheme, when I came to you To preach the gospel; I came not with excellency of speech, &c. I did not... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:1-16

Worldly and spiritual wisdom (2:1-16)Paul reminds the Corinthians that when he was among them he did not try to impress them with any great show of learning. He preached the plain gospel without trying to make it attractive to any one class of people (2:1-2). During his time in Corinth, Paul had been physically weak and lacked his usual boldness. As a result his preaching was not at all impressive. Yet this was no great disappointment to him, because he wanted his converts to stand in the power... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 2:1

to = unto. App-104 . not . App-105 . with = according to. App-104 . excellency = pre-eminence. Greek. huperoche. Only here and 1 Timothy 2:2 . speech = word. App-121 . declaring . App-121 . unto = to. testimony . Greek. marturion, as in 1 Corinthians 1:6 . God . App-98 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:1

1 COR. 2One of the problems in Corinth was related to the pretentious, empty philosophy of the Greeks who so highly regarded the eloquent speeches of the popular leaders of such sophistry; and Paul gave his reasons for not following the popular methods of oratory in his preaching of the word of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:1-5). However, fully mature Christians could look forward to an understanding of the true wisdom of God (as contrasted with the current sophistry); and the mystery of God, far... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:1

1 Corinthians 2:1. And I, brethren, &c.— As a further argument to keep them from glorying in their leaders, St. Paul tells the Corinthians, that, as the preachers of the Gospel, of God's choosing, were mean and illiterate men, so the Gospel was not to be propagated, nor men to be established in the faith, by human learning and eloquence; but by the evidence that it had from the revelation contained in the Old Testament, from the power of God accompanying and confirming it with miracles, and... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:1

1. And I—"So I" [CONYBEARE] as one of the "foolish, weak, and despised" instruments employed by God (1 Corinthians 1:27; 1 Corinthians 1:28); "glorying in the Lord," not in man's wisdom (1 Corinthians 1:28- :). Compare 1 Corinthians 1:23, "We." when I came— (1 Corinthians 1:23- :, c.). Paul might, had he pleased, have used an ornate style, having studied secular learning at Tarsus of Cilicia, which STRABO preferred as a school of learning to Athens or Alexandria here, doubtless, he read the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 2:1

Some early texts have "mystery" (Gr. mysterion) instead of "testimony" (martyrion). The difference is not very significant. The gospel was both the message that God had previously not revealed, which the apostles made known, and the message to which they bore witness. The apostle’s preaching in Corinth was "not in excellence of rhetorical display or of philosophical subtlety." [Note: J. B. Lightfoot, Notes on the Epistles of St Paul, p. 170.] "When a speaker would first come to a city (1... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

The folly of Paul’s preaching 2:1-5Paul offered the example of his preaching among the Corinthians as a further illustration of what the wisdom of God can do in contrast to what the words that humans regard as wisdom can do."The matters of literary context and the continuity of the argument are all important in understanding 1 Corinthians 2. Otherwise, much of the chapter reads like pure gnosticism, and Paul is made the advocate of a private religion reserved for the spiritual elite (1... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 2:1

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:1-16

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 2:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 2:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

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