_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 1:1. CALLED (to be) AN APOSTLE.—Only here and in Romans 1:1. For exact force choose between, (_a_) one of Christ’s “called” ones, who am also, in point of fact, an apostle; and (_b_) called specially to this, that I might be one of Christ’s apostles [_q.d_. perhaps, “T... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 1:11.—“I HEAR; for, though you have written me about many things (1 Corinthians 7:1), yet you said nothing about this!” THEM OF … CHLOE.—The bearers of the Corinthian letter? Or residents in Ephesus, who had heard from Corinth? Cannot be decided. 1 Corinthians 1:12.—... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 cessation of Rabbinical wisdom was to be one of the signs of Messiah’s coming; and that this was foreto... [ Continue Reading ]