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Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:21

21. let no man glory in men—resuming the subject from 1 Corinthians 3:4; compare 1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 1:31, where the true object of glorying is stated: "He that glorieth, let him glory in THE LORD." Also 1 Corinthians 4:6, "That no one of you be puffed up for one against another." For all things—not only all men. For you to glory thus in men, is lowering yourselves from your high position as heirs of all things. All men (including your teachers) belong to Christ, and therefore to... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 3:18-23

6. Human wisdom and limited blessing 3:18-23The apostle now combined the threads of his argument, which began at 1 Corinthians 1:18, and drew a preliminary conclusion. If his readers insisted on taking the natural view of their teachers and continued to form coteries of followers, they would limit God’s blessing on themselves needlessly. Rather than their belonging to Paul or Apollos, both Paul and Apollos, and much more, belonged to them because they were Christ’s and Christ is God’s. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 3:21

"So then" marks the apostle’s conclusion. It is wrong to line up in cliques behind one or another of God’s servants. In doing so, the Corinthians were only limiting God’s blessing on them. They were rejecting God’s good gifts by not appreciating all the people God had sent to help them."Perhaps we cannot help but have our personal preferences when it comes to the way different men minister the Word. But we must not permit our personal preferences to become divisive prejudices. In fact, the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:1-23

The Fault of Party SpiritThe immaturity of the Corinthian converts and their unfitness for anything but elementary instruction in the faith is proved by their mutual jealousies and their disagreements about their teachers.1-9. Paraphrase. ’Te yourselves, brethren, are an illustration of what I say. (2) I have treated you as beginners and given you elementary Christian teaching, for hitherto you have been unfit for any other. (3, 4) You are still but immature Christians, as the strife and... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Corinthians 3:21

(21) Therefore.—Not because of what has been mentioned, but introducing what he is about to mention. Let party-spirit cease. Do not degrade yourselves by calling yourselves after the names of any man, for everything is yours—then teachers only exist for you. The enthusiasm of the Apostle, as he speaks of the privileges of Christians, leads him on beyond the bare assertion necessary to the logical conclusion of the argument, and enlarging the idea he dwells, in a few brief and impressive... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Corinthians 3:1-23

1 Corinthians 3:1-2 A man always is to be himself the judge how much of his mind he will show to other men; even to those he would have work along with him. Carlyle, Heroes, VI 1 Corinthians 3:2 It is a fact, forced upon one by the whole experience of life, that almost all men are children, more or less, in their tastes and admirations. De Quincey, Autobiographic Sketches , XIII. References. III. 1-8. J. Bowstead, Practical Sermons, vol. i. p. 281. III. 2. G. W. Brameld, Practical Sermons,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Chapter 6GOD’S HUSBANDRY AND BUILDINGPAUL having abundantly justified his method of preaching to the Corinthians, and having shown why he contented himself with the simple presentation of the Cross, resumes his direct rebuke of their party spirit. He has told them that they were as yet unfit to bear the "wisdom" which he taught in some Churches, and the very proof of their immaturity is to be found in their partisanship. "While one saith, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos, are ye not... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:1-23

CHAPTER 3 1. The Carnal state of the Corinthians. (1 Corinthians 3:1-9 ). 2. The Workmen and their Work. (1 Corinthians 3:10-15 ). 3. The Church the Temple of God. (1 Corinthians 3:16-17 ). 4. Warning against Deception and Glorying in Men. (1 Corinthians 3:18-23 ). Their condition is next uncovered. They did not depend on the Spirit of God and did not enjoy the hidden wisdom and walk in it. They were carnal, mere babes in Christ, in the sense that their growth, their spiritual development... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:21

3:21 {11} Therefore let no man {h} glory in men. For all things are {i} yours;(11) He returns to the proposition of the second verse, first warning the hearers, that from now on they do not esteem as lords those whom God has appointed to be ministers and not lords of their salvation. This is done by those that depend upon men, and not upon God that speaks by them.(h) Please himself.(i) Helps, appointed for your benefit. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:1-23

But in practical experience the Corinthians were not properly regarding, nor depending on, the wisdom of the Spirit of God, who had been given to them. Paul could not write to them as spiritual, but as unto "carnal," or "fleshly," or as unto "babes in Christ." Actually they were not babes, but were as babes, a matter of shame, for this was not normal. When they ought to have been able to digest solid food, Paul had found it necessary still to feed them with milk, the most elementary truths of... read more