1 Corinthians 1:4

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 1:4-7

Gifts are signs of grace. The introduction will naturally deal with the fact, universally recognized, that talents and genius and particular endowments come from God. This was early declared in the call of Bezaleel and Aholiab, and was a familiar idea even to the heathen nations. It is one that needs fresh and frequent statement in our day. In the early Church there were both ordinary and special gifts, but the manifest Divine origin of the more special ones was designed to convince of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 1:4-9

The thanksgiving. The thanksgiving is a feature in almost every Epistle of St. Paul, except the Epistle to the Galatians, in which he plunges at once into severe reprobation. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 1:4-9

Exemplary gratitude and precious confidence. "I thank my God always on your behalf," etc. Here we have two blessed states of mind— I. EXEMPLARY GRATITUDE . "I thank my God always on your behalf." The gratitude here was: 1. Unselfish. "On your behalf." It is right and well to praise God for what he has done for us, but it is a higher and nobler thing to praise him for what he has done for others. No man rightly appreciates a blessing who does not desire others to participate... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 1:4-9

Thanksgiving on account of their gifts. Paul, as is his wont, begins by congratulating the Corinthian Church on all that is good and praiseworthy in their character, and by expressing a confident hope for the future. This is just in itself,—tell a man his good points as well as his bad; and it is wise, for thus the good among them will be encouraged, and the evil will be the more disposed to listen to rebuke. Consider— I. THEIR GIFTS ( χαρίσματα ) . 1. They had the gift of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:4

I thank my God ... - No small part of this Epistle is occupied with reproofs for the disorders which had arisen in the church at Corinth. Before proceeding, however, to the specific statement of those disorders (1 Corinthians 1:10 ff), the apostle commends them for the attainments which they had really made in divine knowledge, and thus shows that he was disposed to concede to them all that he could. It was no part of the disposition of Paul to withhold commendation where it was due. On the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 1:3-9

1 Corinthians 1:3-9. Grace be unto you, &c. See on Romans 1:7. I thank my God always Whenever I mention you to God in prayer, or on every occasion; on your behalf On your account; for the grace of God which is given you, &c. For all those spiritual blessings which are freely conferred upon you by God, for Christ’s sake. That in every thing With all kinds of spiritual gifts, pertaining to the knowledge and preaching of the gospel; ye are enriched by him That is, many among... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 1:1-9

1:1-9 INTRODUCTIONThe Corinthian Christians may be in a sad spiritual condition, but Paul addresses them as God’s holy people. They are sanctified in Christ Jesus, having a holy standing before God because of what Christ has done for them. Paul now wants to instruct them so that they might live as God’s holy people should (1:1-3).Through the grace of God, the Corinthian Christians have been specially enriched in such gifts as knowledge and speech, enabling them to understand and explain the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 1:4

thank, &c . Greek. eucharisteo. See Acts 27:35 . on your behalf = concerning ( App-104 .) you. for = upon. App-104 . by = in. App-104 . Compare Ephesians 1:3 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:4

I thank my God always concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus.THE THANKSGIVINGI thank my God ... This is one of the most amazing words in the New Testament. How incredible it appears on the surface that a church troubled by so many errors and outright sins, as in the case of the Corinthians, should have been the occasion of fervent thanksgiving by an apostle! The explanation lies in the key words IN CHRIST JESUS. In the Lord, the Corinthians were credited with... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:4

4. He puts the causes for praise and hope among them in the foreground, not to discourage them by the succeeding reproof, and in order to appeal to their better selves. my God— (Romans 1:8; Philippians 1:3). always—(Compare Philippians 1:3- :). the grace . . . given you—(Compare 1 Corinthians 1:7). by . . . Christ—literally, "IN Jesus Christ" given you as members in Christ. read more

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