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1 CORINTHIANS 13:3 kauch,swmai {C}
Did Paul write i[na kauch,swmai (“that I may glory”) or i[na
kauqh,somai (“that I should be burned”)? To answer this question
requires the evaluation of several ve...
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Verse 1 Corinthians 13:3. _AND THOUGH I BESTOW ALL MY GOODS TO FEED_
THE POOR] This is a proof that _charity_, in _our sense of the word_,
is not what the apostle means; for surely almsgiving can go...
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AND THOUGH I BESTOW - The Greek word used here ψωμίσω
psōmisō, from ψάω psaō, to break off) meant properly to
break off, and distribute in small portions; to feed by morsels; and
may be applicabl...
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3. THE NEED AND SUPERIORITY OF LOVE.
CHAPTER 13
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1. The Preeminence of Love. (1 Corinthians 13:1 .)
2. Love described in its characteristics. (1 Corinthians 13:4 .)
3. Love never faileth; its Pe...
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1 CORINTHIANS 13. ALL GIFTS AND SACRIFICES ARE WORTHLESS WITHOUT LOVE,
WHICH IS SUPREME AND INCOMPARABLE. The chapter falls into three
divisions: (_a)_ superlative gifts and costliest surrenders are
v...
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THE HYMN OF LOVE (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)
13 I may speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but if I have
not love, I am become no better than echoing brass or a clanging
cymbal. I may have the gi...
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BESTOW. give away in doles. Greek. _psomizo._ Only here and Romans
12:20. Compare "sop", John 13:26.
GOODS. the things belonging (_huparcho,_ Luke 9:48) to me.
GIVE. deliver up. Greek. _paradidomi._...
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_And though I bestow all my goods to feed_the poor] It will be
observed that the words -the poor" are not in the original. Coleridge
(see Dean Stanley's note) says, "the true and most significant sens...
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1 Corinthians 12:31 Ch. 1 Corinthians 13:13. The Excellencies of Love
_and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way_ Literally, AND
FURTHERMORE I SHEW YOU AN EMINENTLY EXCELLENT WAY, i.e. the way of
l...
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1 Corinthians 12:31 to 1 Corinthians 13:13. THE EXCELLENCIES OF LOVE
ΚΑῚ ἜΤΙ ΚΑΘ' ὙΠΕΡΒΟΛῊΝ ὉΔῸΝ ὙΜΙ͂Ν
ΔΕΊΚΝΥΜΙ. AND MOREOVER I SHEW YOU A WAY OF SUPERLATIVE
EXCELLENCE. This, St Paul would have us un...
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_THE IMPORTANCE OF LOVE 1 CORINTHIANS 13:1-3:_ The Corinthian brethren
were having problems dealing with spiritual gifts. Paul said the
solution to the problem would be that they should pursue love, ...
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ΨΩΜΊΣΩ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΨΩΜΊΖΩ (G5595)
тратить все на пищу, или крошить
(Grosheide). Буквально означает: "я питаюсь
маленькими кусочками" как ребенок или
инвалид. Здесь имеется в виду: "если я,
чт...
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DISCOURSE: 1985
THE IMPORTANCE OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY
1 Corinthians 13:1. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of
angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a
tinkling cymbal....
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 1
Giftedness Without Love (1 Corinthians 13:1-3)
13 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love,
I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2And if I hav...
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And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give
my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
BESTOW ALL MY GOODS TO FEED THE POOR, [ psoomisoo (G5595)]...
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13 The body of Jesus, or of the Lord, denotes His physical frame. The
body of Christ, however, is quite a distinct thought. Christ, or the
Anointed, is a title rather than a name. It suggests official...
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_(e) Spiritual Gifts
(ii) The most excellent Gift of Charity_
In this chapter we enter into the purest atmosphere and breathe the
most fragrant odours. Passing from the previous Chapter s with their
t...
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These actions would seem works of love, but may spring merely from
ostentation or vainglory.
GIVE MY BODY] A still greater instance of self-devotion. TO BE BURNED]
Some MSS have, 'give my body that I...
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SERVANTS OF CHRIST
1 CORINTHIANS
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 13
LOVE 13:1-13
1. THE ABSENCE OF LOVE 13:1-3
V1 Suppose that I speak in the languages of people and *angels. If I
have no love, I am onl...
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BESTOW ALL MY GOODS. — The Greek word literally means to feed others
by giving them morsels of food, and so we have the thought of a
charity extensive in its diffusion, as well as complete in its
self...
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to 1 Corinthians 13:3. § 42. THE WAY TO CHRISTIAN EMINENCE. Carefully
and luminously Paul has set forth the manifoldness of the Holy
Spirit's gifts that contribute to common life of the Church. _All_...
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The suppositions of these three vv. cover three principal forms of
activity in the Church the spheres, _viz_., of _supernatural
manifestation_, of _spiritual influence_, of _material aid_ (1
Corinthia...
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THE ONE ESSENTIAL FOR ALL
1 Corinthians 13:1
With what wonder his amanuensis must have looked up, as the Apostle
broke into this exquisite sonnet on love! His radiant spirit had
caught a glimpse of t...
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The apostle dealt with love, its values (verses 1Co 13:1-3), its
virtues (verses 1Co 13:4-7), and its victory (verses 1Co 13:8-13). The
values of love are discovered in the fact that, apart from it, a...
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The Power of Love
Being able to speak the languages of men, or even angels, produced
nothing but a hollow sound without meaning if love was absent,
according to Paul. It should be remembered that ange...
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These prove that faith without good works, and especially charity for
God and our neighbour, cannot avail to eternal life; faith and charity
are both essentially necessary. Hence St. Augustine declare...
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“And though I distributed all my goods, and though I gave my body to
be burned, but had not charity, it profiteth me nothing.”
The apostle here comes to acts which appear to have the greatest
value, b...
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1 Corinthians 13:1-3 .
Without love, the most eminent gifts confer no real worth on their
possessor....
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II. THE WAY PAR EXCELLENCE. CHAP. 13.
This chapter has been called a hymn. In tone indeed it is truly
lyrical, especially in the first verses. Charity is poetically
personified. In this respect the pa...
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(1) Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not
charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. (2) And
though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all myst...
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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...
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3._And if I should expend all my possessions. _(779) This, it is true,
is worthy of the highest praise, if considered in itself; but as
liberality in many cases proceeds from ambition — not from true...
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Nevertheless there was something more excellent than all gifts. They
were the manifestations of the power of God and of the mysteries of
His wisdom; love, that of His nature itself.
They might speak w...
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AND THOUGH I BESTOW ALL MY GOODS TO FEED THE POOR,.... Of which the
Jews give us instances; they say n, that R. Ishcab stood, והחליק
כל נכסיו לעניים, "and distributed all his goods to the
poor"; and a...
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And though I bestow all my goods to feed _the poor_, and though I give
my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Ver. 3. _Though I bestow all my goods_] Unless I draw out m...
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_Though_, &c. The apostle having observed in the last verse of the
preceding chapter, (with which this chapter is closely connected,)
that he would show them _a more excellent way_, that is, a way mor...
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Men often eagerly pursue and glory in what will be to them of no
permanent benefit. Nothing which they do or possess, without love to
God and to men, will save them from perdition....
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AND THOUGH I BESTOW ALL MY GOODS TO FEED THE POOR, AND THOUGH I GIVE
MY BODY TO BE BURNED, AND HAVE NOT CHARITY, IT PROFITETH ME NOTHING.
Paul had written, by way of introduction to this magnificent p...
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A PSALM OF LOVE.
The high worth of love:...
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Verses 1 Timothy 3 of this chapter show the necessity of love; verses
4 to 7 the characteristics of love; and verses 8 to 13 its permanence.
And in the first section, verse I deals with what I speak;...
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AND IF. BESTOW ALL MY GOODS TO FEED THE POOR, AND IF. GIVE MY BODY TO
BE BURNED, BUT HAVE NOT LOVE, IT PROFITETH ME NOTHING.
'bestow all my goods to feed the poor' -'Even if. give away all that.
hav...
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1-3 The excellent way had in view in the close of the former chapter,
is not what is meant by charity in our common use of the word,
almsgiving, but love in its fullest meaning; true love to God and...
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The apostle proceedeth from common gifts, powers, and habits, to
actions, and instanceth in two; the first of which might be a great
service to men; the latter, an appearance of a great service to God...
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And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body
to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing. [Love is
here contrasted with those works of charity and self-sacrifice w...
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Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II
And do you imagine that I am thinking of a supper that is to be done
away with? "For if," it is said, "I bestow all my goods, and have not
love, I am noth...
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LOVE MUST LIE AT THE ROOT OF ALL WE DO ESPECIALLY OUR MINISTRY TO THE
CHURCH (13:1-13).
Paul now deals with what must lie behind the use of spiritual gifts,
if they are to be truly spiritual. And in s...
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'And if I bestow all my goods to feed others, and if I give my body
that I may glory (or 'to be burned'), but have not love, it profits me
nothing.'
''And if I bestow all my goods to feed others.' Eve...
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1 Corinthians 13:3. AND THOUGH I BESTOW [1] ALL MY GOODS TO FEED _THE
POOR, _ AND THOUGH I GIVE (‘DELIVER UP') MY BODY TO BE BURNED [2] a
practice not unknown even to heathenism, as witness _Sutteeism...
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BESTOW TO FEED
(Ψωμισω). First aorist active subjunctive of ψωμιζω, to
feed, to nourish, from ψωμος, morsel or bit, and so to feed, by
putting a morsel into the mouth like infant (or bird). Old wor...
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CHARITY
That is, love; and so in (1 Corinthians 13:2); (1 Corinthians 13:3);
(1 Corinthians 13:4); ...
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1 Corinthians 13:3
The statement of the text appears at first sight even to surpass in
paradox those which precede it. For to one superficially considering
the matter it seems almost impossible that a...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 13:1. _Though I speak with the tongues of men and of
angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a
tinkling cymbal._
If there be no love to God, and no love to man,...
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CONTENTS: Love, the supreme gift of the Spirit, and its governing
power over other gifts.
CHARACTERS: Paul.
CONCLUSION: Love alone can give value to any service rendered in
Christ's name, and it is...
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The apostle having spoken of the adornings of the church, which is the
body of Christ, proceeds now to treat of her internal glory; and that
glory is charity, for without this, all other endowments ar...
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I MAY GIVE AWAY. [The NIV adds: _to the poor -_ which is implied.]
EVEN GIVE UP MY BODY. To be burned for my religion. The language of
this comes from Daniel 3:28. It points to those Christians who wo...
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_Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not
charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal._
CHARITY
Each of the apostles had a predominant feature of character....
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_And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and … give my
body to be burned._
TRUE CHARITY
I. “Though i bestow all my goods to feed the poor.” Literally,
“bestow all my substance in food”: t...
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CHAPTER 13
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. He points out that of all gifts and graces, charity is the first,
and that without charity no gift or virtue is of any use.
II. He enumerates (ver. 4) the sixt...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
1. THESE NEED BE VERY FEW; the language of the chapter is of the
simplest, the thought inexhaustibly full.
2. Note, Paul, not John, writes this chapter on LOVE.
3. The “I” is not s...
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EXPOSITION
1 CORINTHIANS 13:1
_The supremely excellent way of Christian love. _This chapter has been
in all ages the object of the special admiration of the Church. Would
that it had received in all...
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Let's turn to the thirteenth chapter of I Corinthians.
The thirteenth chapter of I Corinthians actually begins with chapter
12. Paul was talking in chapter 12 about the various gifts of the Holy
Spiri...
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1 Timothy 4:8; Acts 21:13; Daniel 3:16; Galatians 5:26; Hebrews 13:9;
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Bestow [ψ ω μ ι σ ω]. Only here and Romans 12:20. See on sop,
John 13:26. The verb means to feed out in morsels, dole out.
To be burned [ι ν α κ α υ θ η σ ω μ α ι]. The latest
critical text reads kauc...
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THE MORE EXCELLENT WAY
1 Corinthians 13:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The love of God. The great love of God verse is John 3:16. Another
great love verse is Romans 5:8. The whole Bible is, however, one st...
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And though I — Deliberately, piece by piece. Give all my goods to
feed the poor, yea, though I deliver up my body to be burned —
Rather than I would renounce my religion. And have not the love —
Herea...
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Observe here, 1. That alms amy be given without true love to God, or
our neighbour for God's sake; they may be given out of mere natural
pity to the poor, out of. desire to be well thought of, and wel...