1 Corinthians 3:10 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:5-10

Here the apostle instructs them how to cure this humour, and rectify what was amiss among them upon this head, I. By reminding them that the ministers about whom they contended were but ministers: Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed? Even as the Lord gave to every man, 1 Cor. 3:5. They are but ministers, mere instruments used by the God of all grace. Some of the factious people in Corinth seem to have made more of them, as if they were lords of their faith,... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:10-15

3:10-15 According to the grace of God that was given to me, I laid the foundation like a skilled master-builder, but another builds upon it. Let each see to it how he builds upon it; for no one can lay any other foundation beside that which is already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds upon that foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, straw, stubble, it will become quite clear what each man's work is. The Day will show it because it is going to be revealed by fire, and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:10

According to the grace of God which is given unto me ,.... Lest the apostle should be thought to be too much elated with the characters he had given of himself, and other ministers, or to assume too much to himself, in what he was about to say of himself, he ascribes all the gifts he had, and the usefulness he was of, as a labourer and builder in the church of God, to rich grace; by which he was called unto, and qualified for such work: as a wise master builder. This same phrase, σοφος... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:10

As a wise master builder - Ὡς σοφος αρχιτεκτων . The design or plan of the building is from God; all things must be done according to the pattern which he has exhibited; but the execution of this plan was entrusted chiefly to St. Paul; he was the wise or experienced architect which God used in order to lay the foundation; to ascertain the essential and immutable doctrines of the Gospel - those alone which came from God, and which alone he would bless to the salvation of mankind. Let... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:10

Verse 10 10.As a wise master-builder It is a most apt similitude, and accordingly it is frequently met with in the Scriptures, as we shall see ere long. Here, however, the Apostle declares his fidelity with great confidence and fearlessness, as it required to be asserted in opposition not merely to the calumnies of the wicked, but also to the pride of the Corinthians, who had already begun to despise his doctrine. The more, therefore, they lowered him, so much the higher does he raise himself... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:5-10

St. Paul's view of the ministry. After declaring to the Corinthians that they were carnal in their estimates of God's ministers, the apostle exposes their folly in this particular, by assuring them that he and Apollos were but ministers, or servants, whom God had commissioned to labour in their behalf. Halfway work he never did. To show their error, and prove that it was a worldly sentiment disguised under a fictitious admiration, he sets before them the true idea of the ministry, as an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:5-15

The one foundation and the diverse superstructure. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:9-12

Foundations and buildings. A curious and interesting blending of metaphors is found in 1 Corinthians 3:9 . "Ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building." The sudden changing of metaphors is a characteristic of St. Paul's style; for instances, see 1 Corinthians 9:7 ; 2 Corinthians 10:4-8 ; Ephesians 3:17 ; Colossians 2:6-7 . The apostle now dwells fully on the architectural metaphor, and gives some thoughts of singular depth and importance on the true foundation for a noble life... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:10

According to the grace of God which is given unto me; rather, which was given. Here, again, we have St. Paul's baptismal aorist —his habit of regarding his whole spiritual life as potentially summed up in the one crisis of conversion and baptism. This phrase is a favourite one with him ( 1 Corinthians 15:10 ; Romans 15:15 ; Galatians 2:9 ; Ephesians 3:2 ). As a wise master builder. "Wise" only in the sense of subordinating every pretence of human wisdom to the will of God; and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:10-11

The great Foundation. I. WHAT IT IS . It is Christ ( 1 Corinthians 3:11 ). He is the Foundation of: 1. Christianity. Its basis is conveyed in its name. It rests upon Christ. If he be removed, it falls to the ground in ruins; if he be diminished (as in the denial of his divinity, for example), Christianity becomes weak and tottering. As Christianity is of Christ, so is it strong, abiding, glorious. 2. The Christian Church. Its doctrines and practice. How many other... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:5-10

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:10-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:10

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:5-10

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:5-15

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:9-12

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:10

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:10-11

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