Bible Commentary

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 5 23. Christian Ministers only labourers of more or less efficiency, the substantial work being God’s 6. I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase ] The Apostle would lead his converts to rise from the thought of those who had ministered the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Corinthians 3:6”

Who then is Paul, and who [is] Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? Who then is Paul … – See the notes at 1Co 1:13. Why should a party be formed which should be named after Paul? What has he done or taught that should lead … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Corinthians 3:5”

For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I [am] of Apollos; are ye not carnal? 4. are ye not carnal? ] The majority of MSS. and versions read ‘men’ here, instead of ‘carnal.’ It is difficult to account for the latter word having crept into the text, if it be not the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Corinthians 3:4”

For ye are yet carnal: for whereas [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 3. For ye are yet carnal ] The word carnal conveys a stronger reproach than natural (ch. 1Co 2:14). The latter, as we have seen, signifies the man whose hopes and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Corinthians 3:3”

I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able [to bear] it, neither yet now are ye able. I have fed you with milk – Paul here continues the metaphor, which is derived from the custom of feeding infants with the lightest food. Milk here evidently denotes the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Corinthians 3:2”

And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, [even] as unto babes in Christ. Ch. 1Co 3:1-4. The partizanship of the Corinthians a hindrance to spiritual progress 1. And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual ] The Apostle has said much of the superiority … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Corinthians 3:1”

For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. 16. For who hath known the mind of the Lord ] See note on 1Co 1:10. The Hebrew of Isa 40:13, here quoted, has spirit, the Septuagint mind. St Paul here follows the Septuagint, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Corinthians 2:16”

But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 15. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things ] The word which is used in this and the preceding verse, which is translated discerned in the last verse, in the text of this verse by judgeth, and in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Corinthians 2:15”

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them,] because they are spiritually discerned. 14. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God ] The natural man ( animalis, Vulgate), that is, the man whose … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Corinthians 2:14”

Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 13. comparing spiritual things with spiritual ] These words have been interpreted in several ways. (1) Wiclif renders them “ maken a liknesse of (i.e. explaining) spyritual things to goostli men.” … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Corinthians 2:13”