Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 14:36

The Ap. adds the authority of Christian usage to that of natural instinct (cf. the connexion of 1 Corinthians 10:14; 1 Corinthians 10:16), in a tone of indignant protest: “Or (is it) from you (that) the word of God went out? or to you only did it reach?” i.e., “Neque primi, neque soli estis Christiani” (Est.). The Cor [2204] acted without thinking of any but themselves, as though they were the one Church in the world, or might set the fashion to all the rest (see note on 1 Corinthians 1:2 b; also 33 above, and 1 Corinthians 11:16). For the self-sufficiency of this church, cf. 1 Corinthians 4:6 ff., 1 Corinthians 5:2. On καταντάω εἰς, see 1 Corinthians 10:11. ἢ links this ver. with the foregoing, “Or (if what I have said is not sufficient), etc.”

[2204] Corinth, Corinthian or Corinthians.

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