δέ. Here the particle is equivalent to ‘and next.’
πνευματικῶν. Spiritual agencies. Cf. ch. 1 Corinthians 14:1. This is obviously St Paul’s second point. See note on ch. 1 Corinthians 11:18. The χαρίσματα had also, as this whole chapter shews, been a source of jealousy.
CHAPTER XII. _The apostle proceeds to the question of the Corinthians_ _concerning spiritual gifts_, 1. _He calls to their remembrance their former state, and how they_ _were brought out of it_, 2...
NOW CONCERNING - it is now time that I should speak of spiritual endowments. He had no doubt been consulted in regard to them, and probably various questions had been proposed, which he now proceeded...
2. THE BODY AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BODY CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Concerning spiritual manifestations and diversities of gifts. (1 Corinthians 12:1 .)_ 2. The Body and its members. (1 Corinthians 12:12 .) In...
He begins by distinguishing true gifts of the Spirit from their counterfeit. Unhappily 1 Corinthians 12:2 is far from clear, and the text is perhaps corrupt. Paul may appeal to their experience of ecs...
Brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant about manifestations of the Spirit. You know that when you were heathens you were led away to dumb idols, just as any impulse moved you. I want you therefore...
THE CONFESSION OF THE SPIRIT (1 Corinthians 12:1-3)...
CONCERNING. App-104. SPIRITUAL. Greek. _pneumatikos._ It is the adjective of _pneuma_ (App-101), and is applied to things in the Divine sphere, as well as to those in Satan's realm (Ephesians 6:12). I...
_concerning spiritual_gifts] Rather (1) spiritual PERSONS, or better (2) spiritual MATTERS, AGENCIES. The word gifts is not in the original. _I would not have you ignorant_ See note on ch. 1 Corinthi...
1 Corinthians 12:1-11. Spiritual Gifts; their origin and character "We have often to remind ourselves that this Epistle was addressed to a Church in a state of faction. One cause of rivalry was the me...
_MANY MEMBERS WITH DIFFERENT GIFTS 1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-11:_ Sadly the brethren at Corinth were divided over "men." Paul wanted it understood that God had given different spiritual gifts to different me...
ΠΝΕΥΜΑΤΙΚΌΣ (G4111) духовный. Суффикс указывает на нечто, принадлежащее духу (МН, 378f). Это слово может иметь форму _masc._, духовные люди, или _n._, дух, духовное, духовные дары (Pearson, 47f; Grosh...
_1 CORINTHIANS 12:1_.— The Corinthians seem to have inquired of St. Paul, what order of precedency and preference men were to have with respect to their spiritual gifts; nay, if we may guess by his an...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Sovereign of Diversity (1 Corinthians 12:1-3) 12 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2You know that when you were heathen, you w...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Text_ 1 Corinthians 12:1-11. Now concerning spiritual gifts. brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 2 Ye know that when ye were Gentiles ye were led away unto those dumb idols...
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. This is the second subject for correction in the Corinthian assemblies: the 'first' was discussed, 1 Cor This is the second...
21 The phrase..the Lord's _ supper_ " is misleading. Supper denotes an _ evening _ meal, but the word here employed has no such significance, though its first observance was at night. The word denotes...
_(E) SPIRITUAL GIFTS_ In the early Church various powers, faculties, and graces were bestowed on individual Christians by the Holy Spirit. Some of these were distinctly miraculous, such as prophecy, t...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 12 *SPIRITUAL GIFTS 12:1-31 1. JESUS IS *LORD 12:1-3 V1 Now about the *Holy Spirit’s gifts, *brothers and *sisters, I do not want to leav...
XII. (1) NOW CONCERNING SPIRITUAL GIFTS. — Again the sequence of the topics treated of is probably decided by the subjects contained in the letter from Corinth (see 1 Corinthians 7:1; 1 Corinthians 8:...
CHAPTER 18 CONCERNING SPIRITUAL GIFTS This Epistle is well fitted to disabuse our minds of the idea that the primitive Church was in all respects superior to the Church of our own day. We turn page a...
§ 39. THE VARIOUS CHARISMS OF THE ONE SPIRIT. In treating of the questions of Church order discussed in this Div. of the Ep., the Ap. penetrates from the outward and visible to that which is innermost...
For the heading of the new topic, which runs on to the end of ch. 14., see note on 1 Corinthians 7:1. τῶν πνευματικῶν is _neut_. “concerning spiritual things (gifts, powers),” as in 1 Corinthians 14:1...
DIFFERING SPIRITUAL GIFTS 1 Corinthians 12:1 Each believer, being an heir of God, has the _same amount of grace_ placed to his credit in the heavenly bank, on which he can draw in time of need. This...
Now the apostle turned from the corrective section of his letter to the constructive as he proceeded to deal with the spiritualities which negative the carnalities. These are those of the unifying Spi...
Recognizing God's Spirit It must be remembered that the people of Corinth were primarily Gentiles who had served idols all their lives. They were ignorant of God's will. Spiritual gifts were given by...
Now (1) concerning spiritual [gifts], brethren, I would not have you (a) ignorant. (1) Now he enters into the third part of this treatise touching the right use of spiritual gifts, in which he gives t...
Concerning spiritual things. In the apostle's time, the Christians in the sacraments of baptism and confirmation, many times received those graces and gifts of the Holy Ghost, by which some of them pr...
“Now as to spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 2. Ye know that when ye were Gentiles, ye were carried away unto dumb idols, even as ye were driven. 3. Wherefore I give you to und...
(1) Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. (2) Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. (3) Wherefore I give you to und...
CONTENTS This very blessed Chapter, from beginning to end, is directed to one and the same Subject; namely, to describe the Oneness and Union of Christ and his Church. The Apostle from thence shews t...
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...
_SPIRITUAL GIFTS_ ‘Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.’ 1 Corinthians 12:1 St. Paul is setting forth to the Corinthians in this letter which he addresses to the...
1._Now concerning spiritual things. _He goes on to correct another fault. As the Corinthians abused the gifts of God for ostentation and show, and love was little, if at all, regarded, he shows them f...
The other branch of the truth, in reference to the assembly of God in general and to the assemblies, is the presence and the gifts of the Holy Ghost. These, as well as the Lord's supper, are in connec...
NOW CONCERNING SPIRITUAL GIFTS,.... Though the word "gifts" is not in the original text, it is rightly supplied by our translators, as it is in the Arabic version: for the apostle does not mean spirit...
And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come. 1 Now concerning spiritual _gifts_, brethren, I would not have y...
_Now concerning spiritual gifts_ Miraculous gifts of the Holy Ghost, bestowed on many believers in those times, for their confirmation in the faith, and the conviction of infidels. The abundance of th...
OF THE USE AND PURPOSE OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS. All spiritual gifts from God:...
NOW CONCERNING SPIRITUAL GIFTS, BRETHREN, I WOULD NOT HAVE YOU IGNORANT...
The Lord's supper has been first considered, being the most important of all gatherings, because it is for the united expression of the affections of the saints toward Him. Now ministry toward the sai...
NOW CONCERNING SPIRITUAL GIFTS, BRETHREN,. WOULD NOT HAVE YOU IGNORANT. 'spiritual gifts' -their origin is God not man. Possibly their letter also contained questions on this subject also. (1 Corint...
1-11 Spiritual gifts were extraordinary powers bestowed in the first ages, to convince unbelievers, and to spread the gospel. Gifts and graces greatly differ. Both were freely given of God. But where...
1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 12 1 CORINTHIANS 12:1 Paul teacheth that none can own Christ but by the Holy Ghost, 1 CORINTHIANS 12:4 whose gifts are diverse, 1 CORINTHIANS 12:7 and dealt
[To avoid confusion in our classification of the subjects handled, we have called this section a response, but it is such as to information received, rather than as to questions asked. In the early ch...
Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul " This was her vision, and for her witness there was God; and the apostle most assuredly foretold that there were to be "spiritual gifts" in the church.[58] Tertulli...
1 Corinthians 12:1 Now G1161 concerning G4012 spiritual G4152 brethren G80 do G2309 not G3756 want G2309 (G571
SPIRITUAL GIFTS FOR THE WELL-BEING OF CHRIST AND HIS BODY (12:1-14:33). Paul now begins his reply to their question about spiritual gifts ('concerning spiritual things') and immediately gives an initi...
A WARNING THAT SPIRITUAL GIFTS CAN BE IMITATED BY EVIL FORCES (12:1-3) 'Now concerning spiritual things (‘what is spiritual'), brothers, I would not have you ignorant. You know that when you were Gen...
1 Corinthians 12:1. NOW CONCERNING SPIRITUAL _gifts_, [1] BRETHREN, I WOULD NOT HAVE YOU IGNORANT. [1] That “gifts,” not “persons,” is the proper supplement here, there can be no reasonable doubt, an...
_First principle:_ ‘Recognition of “Jesus as the Lord” is an unfailing test of the reality of spiritual gifts.' This is stated both negatively and positively. Ver. 3. WHEREFORE I GIVE YOU TO UNDERSTA...
NOW CONCERNING SPIRITUAL GIFTS (περ δε των πνευματικων). Clearly one of the items asked about in the letter to Paul (1 Corinthians 7:1) and introduced precisely as the problem of meats offered to id...
SPIRITUAL GIFTS The Greek word, "pneumatika", literally means, "spirituals", that is, matters of or from the Holy Spirit, gives the key to Chapters 12, 13, 14. Chapter 12 concerns the Spirit in relat...
1 Corinthians 12:1 I. No man can even profess Christianity without the help of the Holy Spirit. It is something even to profess to be a Christian, to make a clear statement even of doctrinal truths wh...
1 Corinthians 12:1. _Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led._ Although the mem...
CONTENTS: Spiritual gifts in the Body of Christ, for ministry and worship. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: The Body of Christ in the world is for the service for, and manifesta...
1 Corinthians 12:1. _Now concerning spiritual gifts,_ and gifts promised to old men, to young men, and to handmaids, according to Joel 2:28, I would now speak, in the third part of this epistle, and a...
THE MATTER ABOUT THE GIFTS. Supernormal gifts from the Holy Spirit were needed in the beginning, because: (1) they did not yet have the New Testament to guide them; (2) they were racing against time ...
_Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant._ SPIRITUAL GIFTS The particular gifts to which St. Paul was referring were not exactly as a whole like anything that is to be...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 12:1 Some Corinthian Christians seem to have been creating divisions over spiritual gifts. Paul’s use of the body analogy in 1 Corinthians 12
CHAPTER 12 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER In this and the two following Chapter s S. Paul discusses Christian gifts and graces. In this chapter he points out I. That gifts are variously distributed by the...
_I would not have you ignorant._ And therefore he proceeds to give them teaching about them....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 12:1.—GIFTS is a translators’ supplement; right in fact, as 1 Corinthians 12:4 show; slightly too precise in word. Almost certainly _neuter_, and so very general, “_spir...
EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 12:1.—1 Corinthians 14:1.—ON SPIRITUAL GIFTS, AND THE DANGER WHICH AROSE FROM THE
Now concerning the spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you be ignorant (1 Corinthians 12:1). An interesting statement of Paul, because I think that in the church one of the areas where the gre...
1 Corinthians 10:1; 1 Corinthians 12:4; 1 Corinthians 14:1; 1 Corinthians 14:37;...
Spiritual gifts. The charismata, or special endowments of supernatural energy, such as prophecy and speaking with tongues. "Before this consciousness of a higher power than their own, the ordinary and...
CONCERNING SPIRITUAL GIFTS 1 Corinthians 12:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A contrast between the spiritual and the carnal in Abram and Lot (Genesis 18:1 and Genesis 19:1). 2. A contrast between
Now concerning spiritual gifts — The abundance of these in the churches of Greece strongly refuted the idle learning of the Greek philosophers. But the Corinthians did not use them wisely, which occas...
Our apostle begins this chapter with the resolution of another case, concerning the nature and right use of spiritual gifts. Some that excelled in them, were proud of them, using them to vain ostentat...