哥林多前書 4:8 CUNPTS

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 4:8

His readers were behaving as though they had already received their commendation at the judgment seat of Christ. This is an indication of their over-realized eschatology. They should have been conducting themselves as under-rowing servants and paying attention to managing God’s work faithfully (1 Corinthians 4:1). Ironically Paul said he wished the time for rewards had arrived so he could enjoy reigning with his readers. Unfortunately suffering must precede glory."The irony is devastating: How... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:1-21

Christian Teachers only the Instruments of GodThe folly and sin of quarrelling about different teachers who are but servants of Christ and responsible to Him.1-5. Paraphrase. ’You have been engaged in strife about the merits and position of your teachers. Consider for a moment what they are. They have no authority of their own; they only bear Christ’s messages. (2-4) Servants are responsible to their master; and so I am responsible not to you or to any man, but to Christ. (5) Have patience... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Corinthians 4:8

(8) Now ye are full.—These three following sentences are ironical. The emphasis is on the word “now.” Ye are already (as distinct from us Apostles) full, rich, kings. You act as if you had already attained the crowning point in the Christian course. “Piety is an insatiable thing,” says Chrysostom on this passage, “and it argues a childish mind to imagine from just the beginnings that you have attained the whole; and for men who are not even yet in the prelude of a matter to be highminded, as if... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Corinthians 4:1-21

Secrets Made Known 1 Corinthians 4:1 The point for us is, 'What does the word "mystery" mean in the New Testament?' Mystery in the New Testament means one thing only, and that is something which has been kept secret for centuries, but has at last been revealed. And I am going to speak to you about five secrets five mysteries if you like five things which have been kept secret since the foundation of the world, but which have at last been told us. Now what are those five secrets? I. What was... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:1-21

Chapter 7THE MINISTRYSo 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 their faith to one teacher, and shut their ears to every other form of truth than that which he delivers, is to impoverish and defraud themselves. All teachers are theirs, and are sent, not to win disciples to themselves, who may spread their fame and reflect credit on their talents, but to serve the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:1-21

CHAPTER 4 1. Servants of Christ and Stewards of the Mysteries of God. (1 Corinthians 4:1-5 ). 2. Contrast Between Self-Glorification and Humiliation. (1 Corinthians 4:6-13 ). 3. Admonition to Beloved Children. (1 Corinthians 4:14-21 ). Paul speaks of himself and the fellow workmen as servants of Christ and the stewards of the mysteries of God. They were serving under Christ. Apollos, though not an Apostle, is included by Paul. Apollos with his great eloquence probably appealed strongly to... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:8

4:8 {9} Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.(9) He descends to a most grave mockery, to cause those glory-seeking men to blush, even though they did not want to. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:1-21

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 stewards of the mysteries of God." They both served Christ, and ministered Christ to others; and were entrusted with a stewardship in reference to rightly administering the truth of the mysteries of God which had been revealed to them for the sake of all the saints of God. How blessed an honor, yet... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:1-21

THE CAUSE AND CURE OF DISPUTES This epistle was written by Paul probably during the latter part of his long visit to Ephesus, and it will add interest to its study to re-read Acts 18-20, which speak of his visit to both cities, Ephesus and Corinth. The occasion for its writing, as given in 1 Corinthians 1:11 ; 1 Corinthians 7:1 , was a visit to Paul of a member “of the house of Chloe,” who brought a written communication to him as well as verbal reports of conditions in the church. These... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Corinthians 4:1-21

Paul's Conception of the Ministry 1 Corinthians 4:0 The Apostle is not referring to some particular man when he uses the apparently specific term "a man"; he means, let every one, any one, all persons, take this view of the Christian ministry. It is not a view to be taken by one or two, or a specific few; it is the view that is complete and final: nothing can be added to it, no modification of it can lawfully take place. The ministry of Christ is a stewardship, "as of the ministers of Christ";... read more