1 Corinthians 4:11 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:11

Unto this present hour. In these three verses he draws a picture of the condition of the apostles, especially of the trials to which he was himself subjected, on which the best comment is in 2 Corinthians 11:23-27 . This letter was written from Ephesus, where he had so much to do and to endure ( Acts 20:31 ). Hunger and thirst. "In hunger and thirst, in fastings often" ( 2 Corinthians 11:27 ). Are naked . And are buffeted. The verb means literally, are slapped in the face .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:11-13

The best and most useful often the most afflicted. I. HISTORY AND PERSONAL OBSERVATION TEACH US THIS . Read Hebrews 11:35-38 . Paul's case is a striking illustration. Note the See also another list ( 2 Corinthians 11:23-27 ). II. LET US LEARN THAT : 1. Affliction is not always significant of Divine displeasure . Often we have chastisement because of our sins, but sometimes sorrow comes to us when most firmly we tread the path of duty. Under such... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:11

Even unto this present hour - Paul here drops the irony, and begins a serious recapitulation of his actual sufferings and trials. The phrase used here “unto this present hour” denotes that these things had been incessant through all their ministry. They were not merely at the commencement of their work, but they had continued and attended them everywhere. And even then they were experiencing the same thing. These privations and trials were still continued, and were to be regarded as a part of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 4:10-13

1 Corinthians 4:10-13. We are fools In the account of the world, for Christ’s sake Because we expose ourselves to so many dangers and sufferings for his cause: or because we preach the plain truths of the gospel, and affirm such high things of one who was crucified as a malefactor. But ye are wise in Christ Though ye are Christians, ye think yourselves wise; and ye have found means to make the world think so too: or, you think you have found out a way at once of securing the blessings... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:1-21

Attitudes towards God’s servants (4:1-21)What the Corinthians think about the servants of God is not important. God is the one who gives his servants their work and they are responsible to him, not to anyone else (4:1-2). Paul is not concerned about the Corinthians’ assessment of him. Even Paul himself cannot properly assess how true his service has been. He may not know of any failure in his service, but that does not mean he is faultless. The only judgment that matters is the one that will... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 4:11

Even unto = Up to, or until. Greek. achri. this = the. present . Greek. arti = now. are naked = are scantily clothed. Greek. gumneteuo. Only here. are buffeted . Greek. kolaphizo. Here, Matthew 26:67 . Mark 14:65 . 2 Corinthians 12:7 . 1 Peter 2:20 . have no certain dwellingplace . Greek. astateo = to be a wanderer. Only here. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:11

Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place.All of these terms refer to genuine, bitter hardships, involving insufficient food and clothing, beatings and chastisements by enemies of the truth, and that lonely itinerancy which was the invariable mark of apostolic preachers. The false teachers in Corinth suffered none of these injuries or discomforts. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:11

11. ( :-). naked—that is, insufficiently clad (Romans 8:35). buffeted—as a slave (1 Peter 2:20), the reverse of the state of the Corinthians, "reigning as kings" (1 Peter 2:20- :). So Paul's master before him was "buffeted" as a slave, when about to die a slave's death (1 Peter 2:20- :). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 4:6-13

Taking pride in the wrong things 4:6-13"With rhetoric full of sarcasm and irony he [Paul] goes for the jugular. His own apostleship, which he portrays in bold relief, contrasting his own ’shame’ with their perceived ’high station,’ is alone consonant with a theology of the cross." [Note: Fee, The First . . ., p. 156.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 4:10-21

A. Divisions in the church 1:10-4:21The first major problem that Paul addressed was the divisions that were fragmenting this church.". . . this opening issue is the most crucial in the letter, not because their ’quarrels’ were the most significant error in the church, but because the nature of this particular strife had as its root cause their false theology, which had exchanged the theology of the cross for a false triumphalism that went beyond, or excluded, the cross." [Note: Idem, The First... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:11

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:11-13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 4:10-13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:1-21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 4:11

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:11

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 4:6-13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 4:10-21

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