Paul called to be an apostle. St. Paul had preached to the
Corinthians, and had remained a long time with them, to instruct and
confirm them in the faith. During his absence, the faithful of Corinth
were divided into several parties, on occasion of some new teachers,
who had come amongst them. (Calm... [ Continue Reading ]
_In every place of theirs and ours. Inasmuch as among Christians in
all places there ought to be such an union of faith, and conformity of
discipline, as if they were all in one place. (Witham)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_That is given you in, or by Christ Jesus. [1] Where we may take
notice with St. John Chrysostom for the understanding of other places,
that in, is many times put for by or through._
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In Christo Jesu, _Greek: en christo Iesou. St. John Chrysostom, Greek:
om. b., ora pos pollakou to e... [ Continue Reading ]
_Rich in him in all knowledge. The apostles never addressed any
epistle, except to persons who had been previously converted to the
faith. Nor is it reasonable to expect, that infidel and pagan nations,
merely by reading the inspired writings, will be able, by the light
that is in them, to elicit fr... [ Continue Reading ]
_As the testimony of Christ, what Christ testified and taught was
confirmed in you, that is, your faith in Christ hath been confirmed by
those graces and gifts which you received from the Holy Ghost at your
baptism, and when by imposition of hands you were confirmed by me, or
some other bishop. (Wit... [ Continue Reading ]
_That there is no schism....contentions, &c. To hinder these, was the
chief design of this letter; one saying, I am of Paul, &c. each party
bragging of their master by whom they had been baptized, and made
Christians. I am of Apollo, the eloquent preacher, and I of Cephas,
the head of the apostles,... [ Continue Reading ]
_Of Chloe. It is worthy our observation, that St. Paul does not here
mention any one person in particular, lest he might expose any one to
the resentment of the rest, but mentions only in general terms the
house of Chloe. (St. John Chrysostom; Theophylactus)_... [ Continue Reading ]
Chloe was a Christian woman of Corinth. Apollo is the person
mentioned, Acts xviii. 24. &c. Cephas is St. Peter, so called in the
Syriac tongue. (Bible de Vence)... [ Continue Reading ]
_Was Paul crucified for you? Though says St. Augustine brothers may
die for brothers, yet the blood of no martyr is shed for the remission
of a brother's sin. See also St. Leo the Great, serm. xii. de pass.
Dom._... [ Continue Reading ]
_I give God thanks that I baptized none of you, but, &c. It is strange
that Quakers should from hence pretend, that St. Paul condemned
baptism, when he only tells them, he is glad they were baptized by
some other, rather than by him, lest they should say, they were
baptized in his name, or think tha... [ Continue Reading ]
_Not to baptize. That is, the first and principal intent, in my
vocation to the apostleship, was to preach the gospel, before the
Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel. (Acts chap. ix. 15.)
To baptize is common to all, but to preach is peculiarly the function
of an apostle. (Estius; Menoch... [ Continue Reading ]
_For the word of the cross. That is, the preaching that the Son of
God, both God and man, died nailed to an infamous cross, is folly, is
looked upon as ridiculous and incredible, by all obstinate unbelievers
that perish: but it is received as the work of God, and an effect of
his divine power, by su... [ Continue Reading ]
_I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. I will confound the false and
mistaken wisdom of the great and wise philosophers, of the learned
doctors or scribes, of the curious searchers of the secrets of nature.
--- Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world, by the means
he hath made use of to... [ Continue Reading ]
_For seeing that in the wisdom of God, &c. That is, by the works of
the divine wisdom, by the visible creatures of this world, and the
effects of his providence, the world had not wisdom, or was not wise
enough, to know and worship God, as they might, and ought to have
done: it pleased God to shew h... [ Continue Reading ]
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
points of human _wisdom and knowledge; for that which appeareth the
foolishness of God, is wiser than... [ Continue Reading ]
Vocation, is here used for the called, as Romans iii. 30. circumcision
for the circumcised, (Romans xi. 7.) election for the elect. (Bible de
Vence) --- Consider you manner of being called; not many, hitherto, of
those who have believed, or of those who have preached the gospel, are
wise according t... [ Continue Reading ]
_Glory in his sight. God wished it to be known, that the establishment
of his Church was not the work of human wisdom or power, but of the
omnipotent power of his divinity. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]