_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 3:1. AND I.—_Q.d_. “As any other ‘spiritual’ teacher would have to do.” So Ellicott; but perhaps laying undue stress upon the “_and_,” which, if more than merely a half-colloquial redundance, may rather be parallel with 1 Corinthians 2:1; _q.d_. “Accordingly I,” etc.,... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 3:5.—Better reading “_what?_” not “_who?_” Also “_through_.” Not, “As the Lord gave _to every man of you_ the type of teacher he needed”; but, “As the Lord allotted _to each teacher_” the divided labour. Stanley suggests that Paul takes up, and with his own meaning ado... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 3:10.—WAS GIVEN … I LAID, _q.d_. “when I was at Corinth.” “_A_ foundation,” “which I subjectively laid in my teaching at Corinth, because God had already laid the same objectively in heaven” (Evans). “Laid objectively for the whole Church in the Great Facts [by God],... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 3:16.—A TEMPLE (R.V.) misses, or denies, the typology binding Old Testament and New Testament together here. A case where, as often (_e.g_. 1 Corinthians 11:20), one of the great leading facts of the Old Covenant is divested of its temporary, local robing and embodimen... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 3:21.—See Homiletic Analysis. Note the unexpected turn of phrase; not “Christ is yours.” “Rise to the plane of His life and your relations to Him, then you are a possession, not owners. You are feudal holders of your estate, but the baron himself was the ‘king’s man.’... [ Continue Reading ]