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1 CORINTHIANS 1:23 e;qnesin
The Textus Receptus, following several later manuscripts (C3 Dc 6 177
206 326 489 919 920 1739 1835 _al_), replaces e;qnesin with {Ellhsi.
The change was prompted by the...
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Verse 23. _BUT WE_] Apostles, differing widely from these Gentile
philosophers:-
_PREACH CHRIST CRUCIFIED_] Call on men, both Jews and Gentiles, to
believe in Christ, as having purchased their salvat...
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BUT WE - We who are Christian preachers make Christ crucified the
grand subject of our instructions and our aims in contradistinction
from the Jew and the Greek. They seek, the one miracles, the other...
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2. CONTRASTS. CHAPTER 1:10-4).
CHAPTER 1:10-31.
_ 1. Divisions rebuked. (1 Corinthians 1:10)._
2. The Cross of Christ, the Power of God. (1 Corinthians 1:17).
The section which begins, after the in...
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1 CORINTHIANS 1:18 TO 1 CORINTHIANS 2:5. THE CROSS, FOLLY TO THE
WORLD, IS THE POWER AND WISDOM OF GOD. Paul now explains and justifies
1 Corinthians 1:17_ b_, which to Greek readers must have sounded...
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AN APOSTOLIC INTRODUCTION (1 Corinthians 1:1-3)...
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PREACH. App-121.
CRUCIFIED. That is,. crucified Messiah.
THE. Omit.
STUMBLINGBLOCK. Greek. _skandalon._ Occurs fifteen times. Nine times
translated "offence"; once "offend"; thrice "stumblingblock...
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God's Message not intended to flatter the pride of man
18. _For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish
foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God_
Literally, TO THEM TH...
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GOD’S MESSAGE NOT INTENDED TO FLATTER THE PRIDE OF MAN...
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_THE PREACHING OF THE SON OF GOD 1 CORINTHIANS 1:18-24:_ The message
of the cross and redemption by blood seems foolish to many that are
lost. Satan lost the battle and sin was defeated by the death o...
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ΉΜΕΊΣ (G1473) мы (же); эмфатическое,
выражает противопоставление,
ΚΗΡΎΣΣΟΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΚΗΡΎΣΣΩ (G2784)
провозглашать, проповедовать (TDNT; EDNT;
NIDNT, 3:48-68). _Praes._ указывает на при...
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DISCOURSE: 1930
THE TRUE LIGHT IN WHICH THE GOSPEL IS TO BE REGARDED
1 Corinthians 1:23. _We preach Christ crucified; unto the Jews a
stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness; but unto them w...
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FOR THE JEWS, &C.— _Whereas the Jews require signs, and the Gentiles
seek after wisdom;_ 1 Corinthians 1:23. _We, nevertheless, preach
Christ crucified,—and unto the Gentiles foolishness:_ 1 Corinthia...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
Unity Operates Through the Instrumentality of the Gospel (1
Corinthians 1:18-25)
18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but
to us who are being saved it...
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But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and
unto the Greeks foolishness;
WE - Paul and Apollos.
CHRIST CRUCIFIED. The Greek expresses not the mere fact of His
crucifixion...
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21 To this day the great, the noble, and the wise are a small minority
among the true saints of God. It is a matter of extreme thankfulness
that this is so. If high birth or wisdom or any other attain...
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1:23 offence, (f-9) Lit. 'fall-trap,' as Matthew 13:57 ....
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GREETING AND THANKSGIVING. PARTISANSHIP IN THE CHURCH
St. Paul, after greeting the Church and giving thanks for its
spiritual gifts, rebukes the preference for various teachers which was
prevalent am...
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SERVANTS OF CHRIST
1 CORINTHIANS
_HILDA BRIGHT_
ABOUT THIS LETTER
CORINTH
Corinth was an important city. It was on a very narrow section of
land (called an ‘isthmus’) in the southern part of Gre...
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BUT WE PREACH. — The gospel of Christ crucified made its way by
those very qualities which they regarded as “weakness and folly,”
vindicating itself as “the power of God,” more mighty than any
“sign”...
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CHAPTER 4
THE FOOLISHNESS OF PREACHING
In the preceding section of this Epistle Paul introduced the subject
which was prominent in his thoughts as he wrote: the divided state of
the Corinthian Churc...
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§ 4. THE TRUE POWER OF THE GOSPEL. To “preach the gospel” meant,
above all, to proclaim the cross of Christ (1 Corinthians 1:17 b). In
Cor [189] “the wisdom of the world” scouted this message as sheer...
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THE CROSS GOD'S SAVING POWER
1 Corinthians 1:12
_ Apollos_ had gone straight from Ephesus to Corinth, Acts 19:1. A
party gathered around him, especially attracted by his eloquence and
intellectual b...
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The epistle is to the Church. Its messages are only for those who have
been brought into fellowship with Jesus Christ. The character of the
Church is indicated in the words, "sanctified in Christ Jesu...
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Jesus Christ, Wisdom from God
So, Paul said, not many of those who would be called wise, or powerful
or noblemen followed Jesus. Most uprisings are successful because the
upper crust leaders join and...
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The Jews, in the mean time, ask for miracles, such as God formerly
wrought in their favour, and the Greeks, or the Gentiles, to be
converted, expect from us, what they would look upon as the highest
p...
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“ _For indeed_ the Jews require signs, and the Greeks seek after
wisdom; 23. but we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a
stumbling-block, and unto the Gentiles foolishness.”
This second ἐπειδή, _f...
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(18) For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish
foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. (19)
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will
brin...
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As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle
give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle
speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
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_A MESSAGE FOR JEW AND GREEK_
‘The Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: but we
preach Christ crucified.’
1 Corinthians 1:22
St. Paul is here contrasting the expectations which men...
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I will now turn back to take up the thread of the contents of this
epistle from the beginning. Paul was an apostle by the will of God.
That was his authority, however it might be with others. Moreover...
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BUT WE PREACH CHRIST CRUCIFIED,.... Regardless of the sentiments and
opinions of Jews and Gentiles, of what the one required and the other
sought after; and in opposition to all their senseless and gr...
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But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and
unto the Greeks foolishness;
Ver. 23. _But we preach Christ_] We not only preach of him, but we
preach him, we give what we preach....
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_For the Jews require a sign_ Demand of the apostles, as they did of
their Lord, more signs still, after all they have seen already. _And
the Greeks_ Or Gentiles; _seek after wisdom_ The depths of phi...
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CHRIST CRUCIFIED; the doctrine of salvation through a crucified
Saviour, as the only foundation of human hope. Acts 4:12.
A STUMBLING - BLOCK; because especially the idea of a suffering and
crucified...
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The foolishness of God wiser than men:...
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Paul writes here as "a called apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of
God." As such, it is the authoritative word of God he communicates,
that which requires the subjection and obedience of all the Chu...
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BUT WE PREACH CHRIST CRUCIFIED, UNTO JEWS. STUMBLINGBLOCK, AND UNTO
GENTILES FOOLISHNESS;
'unto Jews. stumblingblock' -'To the Jews it was incredible that one
who had ended life upon. cross could po...
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17-25 Paul had been bred up in Jewish learning; but the plain
preaching of a crucified Jesus, was more powerful than all the oratory
and philosophy of the heathen world. This is the sum and substance...
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_But we preach Christ crucified; _ we that are the ministers of
Christ, come and preach to them, that there was one hanged upon a
cross at Jerusalem, who is the Saviour of the world, and was not cut
o...
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but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto
Gentiles foolishness;...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III
And again, writing to the Corinthians, he declares, "But we preach
Christ Jesus crucified; "[329]
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews
of the passion itself should be...
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1 Corinthians 1:23 but G1161 we G2249 preach G2784 (G5719) Christ
G5547 crucified G4717 (G5772) Jews G2453 block G3303 G4625 and G1161
Greeks G1672 foolishness G3472
we - 1 Corinthians 1:18, 1 Corint...
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THEY ARE THUS RATHER TO LOOK TO GOD'S WISDOM (1:22-25).
‘Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom, but
we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumblingblock, and to Gentiles
foolis...
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SUMMARY. ‘I beseech you, study unity. Instead of this, I hear ye are
ranging yourselves into schools and parties, each contending for its
favourite preacher as if your salvation hung upon him. Thus is...
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BUT WE PREACH CHRIST CRUCIFIED
(ημεις δε κηρυσσομεν Χριστον
εσταυρωμενον). Grammatically stated as a partial result
(δε) of the folly of both Jews and Greeks, actually in sharp
contrast. We proclai...
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1. _Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of
God, and Sosthenes our brother,_
This brother had been put to great shame. He was beaten before the
judgment-seat, if you remembe...
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CONTENTS: Christians' position in grace. The unspiritual condition of
the Corinthian saints. Danger of following human leaders and exulting
in human wisdom.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, Sosthenes, A...
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1 Corinthians 1:1. _Paul, called to be an apostle._ It was proper to
mention this, else he would have had no title to address his letter to
the Corinthians, and the catholic church, or saints in gener...
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WE PROCLAIM CHRIST ON THE CROSS. Compare 1 Corinthians 15:1-4. This
was "God's ACT in Christ to set men free!" Note: not "Christ the
crucified," nor "Christ crucified," but _Christ on the cross!_ [The...
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_For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel._
PAUL’S PREACHING
I. It exalted the Cross of Christ as the central element of the
gospel. The apostle does not teach that truths associa...
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1:23 On Christ as a STUMBLING
BLOCK, see note on Isa. 8:11–15.
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RANSLATED AND EDITED
BY W. F. COBB, D.D.
EDINBURGH: JOHN GRANT
31 George IV. Bridge
1908
SAINT PAUL'S
FIRST EPISTLE TO THE
CORINTHIANS
EDITORS PREFACE
In translating the Comments of Cornelius...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
1 Corinthians 1:19.— Isaiah 29:14 (nearly as LXX.), and a free
imitation of Isaiah 30:18. FOR.—Sustains the _general drift_ of 1
Corinthians 1:17, not any particular clause. “The ces...
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EXPOSITION
The oldest superscription was probably, "To the Corinthians, the first
(Πρὸς Κορινθίους πρώτη)." This is found in
א, A, B, C, D.
1 CORINTHIANS 1:1
_The_ _greeting. _An opening salutat...
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Let's turn to I Corinthians, chapter 1.
Paul introduces himself as the writer with Sosthenes in the first
verse.
Paul, called an apostle (1 Corinthians 1:1)
Notice the words to be are in italics. Th...
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1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 1:28; 1 Corinthians 2:14; 1
Corinthians 2:2; 1 Peter 2:8; 2 Corinthians 4:5; Acts 10:39; Acts
7:32; Ephesians 3:8;...
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THE CHURCH OF GOD AT CORINTH
1 Corinthians 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We propose taking several studies from the First Epistle to the
Corinthians. There will be much to consider here which should help...
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We go on to preach, in a plain and historical, not rhetorical or
philosophical, manner, Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumblingblock
— Just opposite to the "signs" they demand. And to the Greeks
foo...