1 Corinthians 9:12 - Exposition

If others. St. Paul felt a touch of natural indignation at the thought that these Corinthians submitted to the extremest and haughtiest exactions from other teachers who had been loud in the statement of their own pretensions, while his own claims were shamefully disparaged, and he was even left, with perfect indifference, to suffer real privation. We shall find the full expression of his wounded sensibilities in 2 Corinthians 11:1-15 . We have not used this power. This strong climax here asserts itself before the time. It anticipates 2 Corinthians 11:15 . Suffer . The same word, which also means "to contain without leaking," is used in 1 Corinthians 13:7 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:1 , 1 Thessalonians 3:5 . All things. Any amount of privation and distress. Hinder the gospel of Christ. By giving any handle for malicious misrepresentations as to our being self interested. The word for "hindrance" means etymologically "cutting into," i.e. an impediment on a path, etc.