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Verse 1 Corinthians 4:6. _THESE THINGS_] Which I have written, 1
Corinthians 3:5, c.
_I HAVE IN A FIGURE TRANSFERRED TO MYSELF AND: TO APOLLOS_] I have
written as if myself and Apollos were the auth...
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AND THESE THINGS - The things which I have written respecting
religious teachers 1 Corinthians 2:5, 1 Corinthians 2:12, and the
impropriety of forming sects called after their names.
I HAVE IN A FIGUR...
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. Servants of Christ and Stewards of the Mysteries of God. (1
Corinthians 4:1)._
2. Contrast Between Self-Glorification and Humiliation. (1 Corinthians
4:6).
3. Admonition to Beloved C...
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PAUL WILL ACCEPT NO JUDGMENT BUT CHRIST'S. THE FORTUNATE LOT OF THE
CORINTHIANS CONTRASTED WITH THE MISERABLE CONDITION OF THE APOSTLES.
This section is concerned with the attitude of the Corinthians...
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THE THREE JUDGMENTS (1 Corinthians 4:1-5)...
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I HAVE IN. FIGURE TRANSFERRED. Greek. _metaschematizo._ Elsewhere
translated "transform", 2 Corinthians 11:13; 2 Corinthians 11:14; 2
Corinthians 11:15. and "change", Philippians 1:3; Philippians 1:21...
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1 Corinthians 4:1-7. The true estimation of Christ's ministers and the
true criterion of their work
After having pointed out the light in which the teachers of
Christianity should be regarded, the Ap...
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THE TRUE ESTIMATION OF CHRIST’S MINISTERS AND THE TRUE CRITERION OF
THEIR WORK
After having pointed out the light in which the teachers of
Christianity should be regarded, the Apostle in this chapter...
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_A CHALLENGE CONCERNING PREACHERS 1 CORINTHIANS 4:1-6:_ First
Corinthians four is a contrast between the "faithful" and the
"faithless" stewards of God. Paul said that he, his fellow apostles
and othe...
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ΤΑΫ́ΤΑ _n. pl. от_ ΟΎΤΟΣ (G3778) этот; эти
вещи, относится к образам садовников,
строителей и домоправителей. По
поводу этого стиха _см._ M.D.Hooker, "'Beyond the
Things Which Are Written': An Examin...
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I HAVE IN A FIGURE TRANSFERRED, &C.— Mr. Locke and some others [see
on ch. 1 Corinthians 3:4.] have hence inferred, that not Paul and
Apollos, but some other persons were set up among the Corinthians...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 2
Pompousness (1 Corinthians 4:6-13)
6 I have applied all this to myself and Apollos for your benefit,
brethren, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written,...
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And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself
and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think
of men above that which is written, that no one of you be pu...
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5 Apollos was a Jew of Alexandria, a scholarly man, and able in the
Scriptures. He came to Ephesus, full of zeal, but versed only in the
baptism of John. Priscilla and Aquila heard him speak boldly in...
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4:6 application, (m-10) The word is used for a metaphor, no doubt,
because a metaphor transfers the thoughts as to one object, to another
which is an image of it. Amos says, 'The lion has roared,' spe...
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CHRISTIAN TEACHERS ONLY THE INSTRUMENTS OF GOD
The folly and sin of quarrelling about different teachers who are but
servants of Christ and responsible to Him....
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SERVANTS OF CHRIST
1 CORINTHIANS
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 4
PAUL THE SERVANT 4:1-5
V1 This is how people should think about us. We are Christ’s
servants. We are *stewards (keepers) of the secrets...
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THESE THINGS — _i.e.,_ all that he has written about the factions.
He only mentioned himself and Apollos (and not the other heads of
parties), so that his motive in rebuking this schismatic spirit may...
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CHAPTER 7
THE MINISTRY
So keenly alive is Paul to the danger and folly of party spirit in the
Church, that he has still one more word of rebuke to utter. He has
shown the Corinthians that to give the...
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Ταῦτα δὲ κ. τ. λ. (δὲ _metabatikon_, of transition):
“Now these things I have adapted (in the way I have put them) to
myself and Apollos”. μετα - σχηματίζω (see parls.), to
_change the dress_, or _for...
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STEWARDS RESPONSIBLE TO THEIR LORD
1 Corinthians 4:1
At the most the ministers or teachers of God's Gospel are but stewards
of the hidden things of God, according to Matthew 13:51. They ought
not to...
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Christian teachers are "ministers of Christ." That defines their
responsibility. They are "stewards of the mysteries of God." That
defines their work. What dignity does this double statement suggest?...
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Thoughts on the Corinthians' Boasting
No one man, even Paul or Apollos, should be followed in things not
revealed by God. Paul used his and Apollos' name to avoid hurting the
real leaders of the divi...
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(7) And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to
myself and [to] Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn (e) in us
not to think [of men] above that which is written, that no one o...
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These things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself, and
to Apollo. Literally, these things have I transfigured in me and
Apollo, that is, I have represented the divisions and disputes am...
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VER. 6 is the transition from the foregoing exposition to the
practical conclusion.
VV. 6. “Now these things, brethren, I have presented, by way of
applying them to myself and to Apollos for your sak...
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(6)And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to
myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to
think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be...
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_THE LORD’S COMING_
‘Until the Lord come.’
1 Corinthians 4:5
What—we may well ask—are likely to be the practical effects, what
are the actual gains which a continual recollection of our Lord’s
comi...
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6._I have in a figure transferred. _Hence we may infer, that it was
not those who were attached to Paul that gave rise to parties, as
_they_, assuredly, had not. been so instructed, but those who had...
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As for the apostle and the labourers, they were to consider them as
stewards employed by the Lord. And it was to Him that Paul committed
the judgment of his conduct. He cared little for the judgment m...
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AND THESE THINGS, BRETHREN, I HAVE IN A FIGURE TRANSFERRED,.... Not
what he had said concerning the different factions at Corinth, one
being for Paul, and another for Apollos, and another for Cephas,...
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And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself
and _to_ Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to
think _of men_ above that which is written, that no one of you be...
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1 Cor. 4:6. "And these things, brethren, I have in a figure
transferred to myself and to Apollos, for your sakes, that ye might
learn not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of
yo...
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_And these things_ Mentioned 1 Corinthians 1:10, &c., 1 Corinthians
3:4, &c.; _I have in a figure_ very obviously _transferred to myself
and Apollos_ And Cephas, instead of naming those particular pre...
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THESE THINGS; what I have said about glorying in men.
IN A FIGURE TRANSFERRED TO MYSELF AND TO APOLLOS; to illustrate the
facts and evils of their divisions into parties, he had named only
Apollos an...
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AND THESE THINGS, BRETHREN, I HAVE IN A FIGURE TRANSFERRED TO MYSELF
AND TO APOLLOS FOR YOUR SAKES, THAT YE MIGHT LEARN IN US NOT TO THINK
OF MEN ABOVE THAT WHICH IS WRITTEN, THAT NO ONE OF YOU BE PUF...
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But while we are not to exalt a ministering servant, no more are we to
despise him or his work. The apostles should certainly be recognized
for what they actually were, "ministers of Christ, and stewa...
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NOW THESE THINGS, BRETHREN,. HAVE IN. FIGURE TRANSFERRED TO MYSELF AND
APOLLOS FOR YOUR SAKES; THAT IN US YE MIGHT LEARN NOT TO GO BEYOND THE
THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN; THAT NO ONE OF YOU BE PUFFED UP...
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1-6 Apostles were no more than servants of Christ, but they were not
to be undervalued. They had a great trust, and for that reason, had an
honourable office. Paul had a just concern for his own repu...
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AND THESE THINGS, BRETHREN, I HAVE IN A FIGURE TRANSFERRED TO MYSELF
AND TO APOLLOS FOR YOUR SAKES: by these words the apostle lets us
know, that though he had said, 1 CORINTHIANS 1:12, that some of t...
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Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself
and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not to go beyond
the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed u...
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1 Corinthians 4:6 Now G1161 things G5023 brethren G80 transferred
G3345 (G5656) to G1519 myself G1683 and G2532 Apollos G625 for G1223
sakes G5209 that G2443 learn G3129 (G5632) in G1722 us G2254 not...
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‘Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to
myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to
go beyond the things that are written, that no one of you be puffed...
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1 Corinthians 4:6. NOW THESE THINGS, BRETHREN, I HAVE IN A FIGURE
TRANSFERRED TO MYSELF AND APOLLOS FOR YOUR SAKES putting ourselves
forward merely as illustrations of great principles applicable to a...
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I HAVE IN A FIGURE TRANSFERRED
(μετεσχηματισα). First aorist active (not perfect)
indicative of μετα-σχηματιζω, used by Plato and Aristotle
for changing the form of a thing (from μετα, after, and
σχ...
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CONTENTS: Judgment of Christ's servants not committed to man.
Apostolic example of patience and humility.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Apollos, Timothy.
CONCLUSION: God's steward awaits no Judgmen...
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1 Corinthians 4:1. _Let a man,_ yea every one of you, however biassed
by parties, _so account of us,_ though servants for your sakes, _as
ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God,_ as...
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FOR YOUR SAKE, BROTHERS. To teach the lesson of humility, and to show
how much honor ought to be given to a teacher, Paul used himself and
Apollos as examples (see note on 1 Corinthians 3:5). OBSERVE...
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_And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself
and to Apollos for your sakes._
APOSTOLIC DELICACY AND TACT
St. Paul means that in the preceding passage (from 1 Corinthians 3:5)...
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CHAPTER IV.
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
S. Paul proceeds in his task of uprooting the divisions, the pride,
and the boasting of the Corinthians, and especially of some of their
teachers who held him in...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
1 Corinthians 4:6.—From 1 Corinthians 3:5 he has discussed what
applied to all the factions and their leaders, and even more to the
others than to the so-called Pauline and Apollonian...
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EXPOSITION
1 CORINTHIANS 4:1
_Judgments, human and Divine, respecting ministers._
1 CORINTHIANS 4:1
LET A MAN SO ACCOUNT OF US. Since it is inevitable that Christians
should form some estimate of...
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Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and
stewards of the mysteries of God (1 Corinthians 4:1).
Ministers of Christ, the Greek word there is the under-rowers. They
were the guys d...
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1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 13:4; 1 Corinthians 3:21; 1
Corinthians 3:4; 1 Corinthians 4:18; 1 Corinthians 4:19; 1 Corinthians
5:2; 1 Corinthians 5:6;...
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I have in a figure transferred [μ ε τ α σ χ η μ α τ ι σ α
σ]. From meta, denoting exchange, and schma outward fashion. Here the
fashion in which Paul expresses himself. See on transfigured, Matthew
17...
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CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP
1 Corinthians 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The names surrounding discipleship. Our chapter presents before us
several statements which remind us of the responsibility and
privile...
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These things — Mentioned, 1 Corinthians 1:10, &c. I have by a very
obvious figure transferred to myself and Apollos — And Cephas,
instead of naming those particular preachers at Corinth, to whom ye
ar...
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Here the apostle prosecutes his former argument afresh, that neither
the Corinthians, nor any other Christians, should so overvalue and
magnify some ministers of the gospel, as to undervalue and despi...