고린도전서 3:8-4:4 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:8

Are one; literally, one thing. God is the sole Agent; the teachers, so far from being able to pose as rival leaders, form but one instrument in God's hand. Their relative differences shrink into insignificance when the source and objects of their ministry are considered. His own reward… his own labour. In the lower individual sphere the work of teachers shall be fairly estimated and rewarded as in the parable of the pounds and talents (comp. John 4:36 ; Revelation 22:12 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:8

Are one - ἕν εἰσιν hen eisin. They are not the same person; but they are one in the following respects:(1) They are united in reference to the same work. Though they are engaged in different things - for planting and watering are different kinds of work, yet it is one in regard to the end to be gained. The employments do not at all clash, but tend to the same end. It is not as if one planted, and the other was engaged in pulling up.(2) Their work is one, because one is as necessary as the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 3:8-9

1 Corinthians 3:8-9. He that planteth and he that watereth are one United in affection, and engaged in one general design, the design of glorifying God in the salvation of souls, though their labours may be in some respect different: and hence, instead of being pleased, we are rather displeased and grieved with those invidious comparisons in favour of one against another. Our great concern is to please our common Lord, to whom we are shortly to give up our account; and from whom every... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:1-9

Lack of spiritual growth (3:1-9)When Paul was in Corinth a year or two previously, he could not speak to the believers as spiritual people (such as those just described in 2:6-16), because they were then little different from ordinary, natural people of the world. They were babes in Christ and Paul treated them so. He did not find fault with them then, because one expects new converts to be like that; but he does find fault with them now, because they are still like that (3:1-2). They are like... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 3:8

one = one thing. Both belong to the same company of servants, of whom God is the Master. his own . Emph. Greek. idios. according to . App-104 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:8

1 Corinthians 3:8. Are one— This is another cogent argument against division,—that though their labours were different, and their rewards proportionable, yet they had in the general one office, and were employed as workers-together by God, to plant the seeds of grace and holiness in the souls of men, and to bring them to perfection. St. Paul here introduces an excellent discourse of the happy consequences of faithfulness in the ministerial work, and the aweful account of it to be given up to... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:8

8. one—essentially in their aim they are one, engaged in one and the same ministry; therefore they ought not to be made by you the occasion of forming separate parties. and every man—rather "but every man." Though in their service or ministry, they are essentially "one," yet every minister is separately responsible in "his own" work, and "shall receive his own (emphatically repeated) reward, according to his own labor." The reward is something over and above personal salvation (1 Corinthians... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 3:5-9

Fellow workers under God 3:5-9"Besides evidencing a misapprehension of the gospel itself, the Corinthians’ slogans bespeak a totally inadequate perception of the church and its ministry." [Note: Fee, The First . . ., p. 129. See Jay E. Smith, "Slogans in 1 Corinthians," Bibliotheca Sacra 167:655 (January-March 2010):68-88.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 3:5-17

5. The role of God’s servants 3:5-17Paul turned next to a positive explanation of how his readers should view him and his fellow workers."At issue is their radically misguided perception of the nature of the church and its leadership, in this case especially the role of the teachers." [Note: Fee, The First . . ., p. 128.] "In the first place, they have not understood the nature and character of the Christian message, the true wisdom (1 Corinthians 1:18 to 1 Corinthians 3:4). In the second... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 3:6-8

Obviously God deserved more credit for the church in Corinth than either its planter or its nurturer. Next to Him the others were nothing. Human laborers are all equal in that they are human laborers with human limitations. Nevertheless the Lord will reward each one at the judgment seat of Christ because of his or her work. Note that it is our labor that will be the basis of our reward, not the fruit of our labor. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 3:8-9

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:1-9

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 3:8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:8

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:8

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 3:5-9

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 3:5-17

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 3:6-8

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