고린도전서 4:1-16 KRV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore judge nothing before the time ,.... This is said to prevent rash and precipitate judgment, and agrees with that well know Jewish maxim, הוו מתונין בדין , "be slow in judgment" F19 T. Bab Sanhed, fol. 7. 2. & Pirke Abot, c. 1. sect. 1. ; not hasty to pass sentence; it is best to leave things to the great day of account, than to be free in censuring one another. There is a time "fixed" for the awful judgment, though of that day and hour knows no man: judge nothing ... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:6

And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred ,.... Not what he had said concerning the different factions at Corinth, one being for Paul, and another for Apollos, and another for Cephas, as if these several parties did not really go by those names, but by those of others, the false teachers; only the apostle, to decline everything that looked like reflection, put these, as the Syriac version renders it, "upon" his own "person", and Apollos's, the sooner and better to put an end... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:7

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 converted, and by whom they were baptized, to the neglect and contempt of others; when the apostle would have them consider, and whatever difference was made between them and others, was made, not by man, but God; that whatever good and benefit they had enjoyed under their respective ministers, were... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:8

Now ye are full ,.... That is, in their own opinion: these words, and some following expressions, are an ironical concession. They were not full of God, and divine things; nor of Christ, and of grace out of his fulness; nor of the Holy Ghost, and of faith, as Stephen and Barnabas are said to be; nor of joy and peace in believing; nor of goodness and spiritual knowledge; but they were full of themselves, and were pulled up in their fleshly minds with an opinion of their abilities, learning,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:9

For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last ,.... Meaning either in time, in respect to the prophets and patriarchs under the former dispensation; and to the apostles, who were sent forth by Christ when on earth; when he, and Barnabas, and others, had received their mission since his ascension; or in state and condition, who though they were set in the first place in the church, yet were the least in the esteem of men; and were treated as the most mean, vile, and abject of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:10

We are fools for Christ's sake ,.... They were so in the esteem of men, for their close attach merit to a crucified Christ; and for preaching the doctrine of salvation by him; and for enduring so much reproach, affliction, and persecution, for his sake and the Gospel's: but ye are wise in Christ . This is ironically said; for his meaning is not that they were truly wise in Christ, in the knowledge and faith of him, in preaching his Gospel, or professing his name; but they were so in... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:11

Even unto this present hour ,.... What is about to be related was not what befell the apostles now and then, and a great while ago; but what for a considerable time, and unto the present time, was more or less the common constant series and course of life they were inured to: we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked ; wanted the common necessaries of life, food to eat, and raiment to put on, and gold and silver to purchase any with; which might be, when, as it was sometimes their case,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:12

And labour, working with our own hands ,.... As the apostle did at Corinth, Acts 18:3 and elsewhere; partly to minister to his own necessities, and those of others; and partly that he might not be burdensome to the churches; and also to set an example of diligence and industry to others; though he had a right and power to claim a maintenance of those to whom he ministered. Being reviled, we bless ; as Christ commanded, Matthew 5:44 and the apostle himself directed and exhorted to, ... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:13

Being defamed, we entreat ,.... Being blasphemed, as the word signifies, being evil spoken of, our good name taken away, and characters hurt; we entreat or pray to God for them, that he would convince them of their evil, give them repentance unto life, and remission of their sins, according to Christ's direction, Matthew 5:44 and in imitation of his example, Luke 23:34 or we entreat them; so the Syriac version reads it, בעינן מנהון , "we beseech them": not to blaspheme and speak evil... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:14

I write not these things to shame you ,.... Though they had a great deal of reason to be ashamed of the vain opinion they had of themselves, and that they suffered the faithful ministers of Christ to want the necessaries of life, when they abounded so much with the good things of it; and though the apostle's view in giving this narrative was to bring them under a sense of their faults, and to a conviction of them, and so to shame for them, in order to their future reformation and amendment;... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:14

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