고린도전서 4:1-16 KRV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:15

For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ ,.... Or "schoolmasters"; by whom he means the false teachers, whom, for argument sake, he admits to be instructors in Christ, or ministers of his, as in 2 Corinthians 11:23 and who were many, and of whose number the Corinthians boasted; though they were not so numerous as here supposed; for the expression is hyperbolical: perhaps some reference may be had to the multitude of schoolmasters, tutors, and governors, and who also were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:16

Wherefore, I beseech you ,.... Though he might have used the power and authority of a father, yet he chose rather to entreat and beseech them; saying, be ye followers of me ; for who should children follow, but their parents? The Vulgate Latin, adds, "as I am of Christ"; so Chrysostom in his time read it; and Beza says he found it so written in one Greek exemplar; and so it is in one of Stephens's; it seems to have crept in from 1 Corinthians 11:1 . However, though it might not be now... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:1

Let a man so account of us - This is a continuation of the subject in the preceding chapter; and should not have been divided from it. The fourth chapter would have begun better at 1 Corinthians 4:6 , and the third should have ended with the fifth verse ( 1 Corinthians 4:5 ;). As of the ministers of Christ - Ως ὑπηρετας Χριστου . The word ὑπηρετης means an under-rower, or one, who, in the trireme, quadrireme, or quinquereme galleys, rowed in one of the undermost benches; but... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:3

It is a very small thing that I should be judged of you - Those who preferred Apollos or Kephas before St. Paul, would of course give their reasons for this preference; and these might, in many instances, be very unfavourable to his character as a man, a Christian, or an apostle; of this he was regardless, as he sought not his own glory, but the glory of God in the salvation of their souls. Or of man's judgment - Η ὑπο ανθρωπινης ἡμερας , literally, or of man's day: but ανθρωπινη... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:4

For I know nothing by myself - Ουδεν γαρ εμαυτῳ συνοιδα· I am not conscious that I am guilty of any evil, or have neglected to fulfill faithfully the duty of a steward of Jesus Christ. The import of the verb συνειδειν is to be conscious of guilt; and conscire has the same meaning: so, in Horace, Nil Conscire sibi , to know nothing to one's self, is the same as nulla pellescere culpa , not to grow pale at being charged with a crime, through a consciousness of guilt. Yet am I not... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:5

Judge nothing before the time - God, the righteous Judge, will determine every thing shortly: it is his province alone to search the heart, and bring to light the hidden things of darkness. If you be so pure and upright in your conduct, if what you have been doing in these divisions, etc., be right in his sight, then shall you have praise for the same; if otherwise, yourselves are most concerned. Some refer the praise to St. Paul and his companions: Then shall every one of us apostles have... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:6

These things - Which I have written, 1 Corinthians 3:5 , etc. I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos - I have written as if myself and Apollos were the authors of the sects which now prevail among you; although others, without either our consent or knowledge, have proclaimed us heads of parties. Bishop Pearce paraphrases the verse thus: "I have made use of my own and Apollos' name in my arguments against your divisions, because I would spare to name those teachers... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:7

For who maketh thee to differ - It is likely that the apostle is here addressing himself to some one of those puffed up teachers, who was glorying in his gifts, and in the knowledge he had of the Gospel, etc. As if he had said: If thou hast all that knowledge which thou professest to have, didst thou not receive it from myself or some other of my fellow helpers who first preached the Gospel at Corinth? God never spoke to thee to make thee an apostle. Hast thou a particle of light that thou... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:8

Now ye - Corinthians are full of secular wisdom; now ye are rich, both in wealth and spiritual gifts; ( 1 Corinthians 14:26 ;): ye have reigned as kings, flourishing in the enjoyment of these things, in all tranquillity and honor; without any want of us: and I would to God ye did reign, in deed, and not in conceit only, that we also, poor, persecuted, and despised apostles, might reign with you. - Whitby. Though this paraphrase appears natural, yet I am of opinion that the apostle here... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:9

God hath set forth us the apostles last - This whole passage is well explained by Dr. Whitby. "Here the apostle seems to allude to the Roman spectacles, της των θηριομαχων, και μονομαχιας ανδροφονου , that of the Bestiarii and the gladiators, where in the morning men were brought upon the theatres to fight with wild beasts, and to them was allowed armor to defend themselves and smite the beasts that assailed them; but in the meridian or noon-day spectacles the gladiators were brought forth... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:9

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