Is that he be faithful. Paul was faithful in giving out God's secret truths, and he did this on the basis of their ability to understand (1 Corinthians 3:1; Hebrews 5:11-14). God's servant must be faithful (James 3:1). The false teacher accused Paul of being unfaithful, because after teaching the first principles, he did not immediately give them all the deep truths of God.
MOREOVER ... - The fidelity required of stewards seems to be adverted to here, in order to show that the apostles acted from a higher principle than a desire to please man, or to be regarded as at the...
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 Ch...
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...
Let a man then so think of us as the servants of Christ and stewards of the secrets which God reveals to his own people. In ordinary everyday life, that a man should be found faithful, is a quality re...
THE THREE JUDGMENTS (1 Corinthians 4:1-5)...
MOREOVER. For the rest. Same as "besides" (1 Corinthians 1:16). REQUIRED. sought. IN. among. App-104. THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina_. A MAN. one. App-123. FAITHFUL. App-150....
_Moreover it is required in stewards_ The majority of MSS. and versions read _here_at the beginning of this verse. The sense would then be, "in this world, moreover, it is customary to make diligent i...
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...
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...
ὯΔΕ אABCDFG Vetus Lat. Vulg. Peshito. Rec. ὃ δέ with E. 2. ὯΔΕ. According to Meyer, _this being so_, though Dean Alford would interpret it _here on earth_. R.V. translates HERE, MOREOVER. Lachmann co...
_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...
ΏΔΕ (G5602) в этом случае, в этом примере; используется, чтобы сделать вывод, "следовательно" ΛΟΙΠΌΝ (G3063) остаток, остальное, _adv. асс._ Используется здесь либо для усиления вывода, либо чтобы вв...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Partiality (1 Corinthians 4:1-5) 4 This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2Moreover it is required of stewards that...
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. MOREOVER. 'Aleph (') A B C Delta G, Vulgate, read [ hoode (G5602) loipon (G3063)] 'Moreover HERE' (i:e., on earth): or the 'here...
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...
REQUIRED IN STEWARDS] cp. Matthew 24:45; Luke 16:1; Luke 16:2....
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....
PARAPHRASE. 'You have been engaged in strife about the merits and position of your teachers. Consider for a moment what they are. They have no authority of their own; they only bear Christ's messages....
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...
MOREOVER IT IS REQUIRED... — Better, _Moreover here_ (on earth) _inquiry is made in the case of stewards in order that it may be found that one is faithful._ The word “found” having the force of “disc...
IV. (1-5) The first five verses of this chapter contain a further argument against party-spirit as it existed in the Corinthian Church — viz., that God alone can judge of any man’s work whether it be...
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...
ὧδε λοιπὸν (_proinde igitur_) ζητεῖται, ἐν τοῖς οἰκονόμοις κ. τ. λ.: “In such case, it is further sought in stewards (to be sure) that one be found faithful”. ὧδε gathers up the position given to “us”...
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...
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?...
Stewards of God's Mysteries Paul next said that inspired spokesmen should simply be thought of as servants and stewards. Vine says the word servant should be thought of as "an under rower." Further, h...
(2) Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. (2) Last of all, he warns the ministers that they also do not behave themselves as lords, but as faithful servants, because they...
“Now what remains to require of stewards is, that a man be found faithful.” The meaning of the received reading (ὃ δὲ λοιπὸν ζητεῖται... ἵνα) is this: “As to what may be required moreover (λοιπόν, _fo...
(1) Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. (2) Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. (3) But with me it is a very...
_THE WHOLE DUTY OF A STEWARD_ ‘It is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.’ 1 Corinthians 4:2 So St. Paul, in the year of our Lord 59. Does the twentieth century agree? Not altogether...
2._But it is required in ministers _(211) It is as though he had said, it is not enough to be a _steward _if there be not an upright stewardship. Now the rule of an upright stewardship, is to conduct...
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...
MOREOVER, IT IS REQUIRED IN STEWARDS,.... Upon mentioning that part of the character of Gospel preachers, as stewards, the apostle is put in mind of, and so points out that which is principally necess...
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. Ver. 2. _That a man be found faithful_] Giving every man his due proportion of fit food, Matthew 24:45, not as he in the emblem, tha...
_Moreover_ As for what remains to be done in the discharge of this office; _it is required of stewards_ Since they also, as well as lower servants in the family, are subject to account; _that a man be...
Fidelity to God and to the souls of men, in rightly dispensing the truths of the gospel, and in enforcing them by a uniformly holy and consistent example, is required of all ministers of Christ....
THE WORK OF THE MINISTERS OF CHRIST. Faithfulness required:...
MOREOVER, IT IS REQUIRED IN STEWARDS THAT A MAN BE FOUND FAITHFUL....
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...
HERE, MOREOVER, IT IS REQUIRED IN STEWARDS, THAT. MAN BE FOUND FAITHFUL. 'Here' -'In this case' (NASV); 'In this matter' (Robertson p. 102); 'In this case therefore' (Willis p. 128) 'IT IS REQUIRED...
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...
It is required of all servants, but especially of chief servants, such as stewards are, who are intrusted with their masters goods, to be dispensed out to others. The faithfulness of a steward in disp...
Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. [It was not expected of the steward that he would procure or provide; he was merely to distribute that which was provided by t...
1 Corinthians 4:2 G3739 G1161 Moreover G3063 required G2212 (G5743) in G1722 stewards G3623 that G2443 one
THE FAITHFULNESS REQUIRED OF CHRIST'S ASSISTANTS AND STEWARDS (4:1-5). Having summed up all in Christ and in God Paul now comes back to the fact that all men are therefore accountable to God. He speak...
‘Let a man so account of us as of assistants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Here moreover it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful.' All Christian teachers are to be se...
EVEN AS WE RECEIVED MERCY not so much, mercy to “put us into the ministry,” as mercy for the courageous discharge of it (1 Timothy 1:12-14), WE FAINT NOT: [1] [1] Our Authorised Version rightly depar...
1 Corinthians 4:1. LET A MAN SO ACCOUNT OF US AS OF MINISTERS OF CHRIST, AND STEWARDS OF THE MYSTERIES OF GOD. 1 Corinthians 4:2. Here, moreover, [1] _i.e._ in this matter of stewardship, IT IS REQUIR...
HERE (ωδε). Either here on earth or in this matter. It is always local.MOREOVER (λοιπον). Like λοιπον in 1 Corinthians 1:16 which see, accusative of general reference, as for what is left, beside...
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...
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...
_Let a man so account of us as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God._ THE MINISTRY So keenly alive is Paul to the danger and folly of party-spirit, that he has still one...
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...
_Moreover, it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful._ You have been called from the study of wisdom and human eloquence to the simple and lowly teaching of Christ, so as not to dispute...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 4:1. SO.—Choose between (_a_) a forward reference to “_as_” (_e.g_. with Stanley), and (_b_) a backward reference (with, _e.g_., Evans, in _Speaker_, and Beet) to 1 Cori...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Corinthians 7:25; 2 Corinthians 2:17; 2 Corinthians 4:2;...
It is required [ζ η τ ε ι τ α ι]. Lit., it is sought for; thus agreeing with found in the following clause....
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...