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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:1-4

Here, I. Paul blames the Corinthians for their weakness and nonproficiency. Those who are sanctified are so only in part: there is still room for growth and increase both in grace and knowledge, 2 Pet. 3:18. Those who through divine grace are renewed to a spiritual life may yet in many things be defective. The apostle tells them he could not speak to them as unto spiritual men, but as unto carnal men, as to babes in Christ, 1 Cor. 3:1. They were so far from forming their maxims and measures... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:1-9

3:1-9 And I, brothers, could not talk to you as I would to spiritual men, but I had to talk to you as to those who had not yet got beyond merely human things, as to infants in Christ. I gave you milk to drink, not solid food. But now not even yet can you digest solid food, because you are still under the sway of human passions. Where there is envy and strife among you, are you not under the sway of human passions and is not your behaviour on a purely human level? For when anyone says, "I... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:4

For while one saith, I am of Paul ,.... This shows what their envying and strife, and divisions were about, and from whence they sprung; and which serve, to strengthen the proof, and support the charge of carnality brought against them; for when one sort made a party for Paul, and set up him as their minister above all others; and said another, I am of Apollos , preferring him for his eloquence above Paul, or any other preacher, as appears from 1 Corinthians 1:12 there was a third sort... read more

Adam Clarke

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

For while one saith, I am of Paul, etc. - It was notorious that both Paul and Apollos held the same creed; between them there was not the slightest difference: when, therefore, the dissentients began to prefer the one to the other, it was the fullest proof of their carnality; because in the doctrines of these apostles there was no difference: so that what the people were captivated by must be something in their outward manner, Apollos being probably more eloquent than Paul. Their preferring... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:4

Verse 4 4.For while one saith He now specifies the particular kind of contentions, (152) and he does this by personating the Corinthians, that his description may have more force — that each one gloried in his particular master, as though Christ were not the one Master of all (Matthew 23:8.) Now, where such ambition still prevails, the gospel has little or no success. You are not, however, to understand that they declared this openly in express words, but the Apostle reproves those depraved... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:1-4

The carnal conceit of the spiritually immature. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:1-4

Spiritual condition of these Corinthian partisans characterized. These men were in a low state of Christian development, their growth in grace having been arrested by the jealousy and strife dominant in their midst. Under such circumstances, personal progress and Church progress were impossible. Individual self assertion and arrogance could net but lead to the depreciation of others, nor could envious rivalries tolerate merit and worth in those whom it sought to crush. On the other hand,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:1-8

Reflections for Churches. "And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual," etc. In these verses are three subjects worthy of the profoundest contemplation. I. THE GRADUATING METHOD OF TEACHING . "And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk," etc. Truth is to be administered with a practical regard to the receptive powers of the student, just as the administration of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:1-9

Christian teachers and their work. The apostle has still in view the dissensions prevailing in the Corinthian Church. Throughout the first four chapters this subject is never absent from his mind, even when it is most in the background. The spirit of party, with the various phases of thought and life that found expression therein, suggests the several topics on which he enlarges. I. THE CHRISTIAN TEACHER ADAPTS HIS TEACHING TO THE CAPACITIES OF HIS HEARERS . ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:4

For when one saith, I am of Paul . This is a proof that there were jealousies and partisanships among them. We again notice the generous courage of St. Paul in rebuking first those adherents who turned his own name into a party watchword. Are ye not carnal? The true reading is, "Are ye not men?" ( א , A, B, C, and so the Revised Version); i.e. Are ye not swayed by mere human passions? The Spirit which you received at baptism ought to have lifted you above these mean rivalries. You... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:1-4

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:1-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:4

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:4

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:4

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