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Verse 20. _THE LORD KNOWETH THE THOUGHTS OF THE WISE_] They are
always full of schemes and plans for earthly good; and God knows that
all this is _vain, empty_, and unsatisfactory; and will stand the...
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AND AGAIN, - Psalms 94:11.
THE LORD KNOWETH - God searches the heart. The particular thing which
it is here said that he knows, is, that the thoughts of man are vain.
They have this quality; and this...
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CHAPTER 3
_ 1. The Carnal state of the Corinthians. (1 Corinthians 3:1)._
2. The Workmen and their Work. (1 Corinthians 3:10).
3. The Church the Temple of God. (1 Corinthians
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IT IS A FALSE WISDOM THAT PITS ONE LEADER AGAINST ANOTHER: ALL ARE
YOURS. Paul warns against the self-deception which causes a man to
overrate his own judgment. Better renounce his worldly wisdom, whi...
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THE SUPREME IMPORTANCE OF GOD (1 Corinthians 3:1-9)...
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Do you not know that you are God's temple, and that the Spirit of God
has his dwelling place in you? If anyone destroys the temple of God,
God will destroy him; for the temple of God is holy and you a...
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THE LORD. No art. App-98.
KNOWETH. App-132.
THOUGHTS. reasonings.
VAIN. Greek. _mataios._ See Acts 14:15. Quoted from Psalms 94:11....
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Christian Ministers only labourers of more or less efficiency, the
substantial work being God's
6. _I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase_ The
Apostle would lead his converts to r...
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_And again_ This passage occurs in Psalms 94:11....
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ΚΑῚ ΠΆΛΙΝ. In Psalms 94:11. It is curious that the first of
these citations does not, and the second does, agree with the LXX.
ΔΙΑΛΟΓΙΣΜΟΎΣ. The REASONINGS, literally....
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CHRISTIAN MINISTERS ONLY LABOURERS OF MORE OR LESS EFFICIENCY, THE
SUBSTANTIAL WORK BEING GOD’S...
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_THE TEMPLE IS THE CHURCH 1 CORINTHIANS 3:16-23:_ As members of the
church we should be spiritual people because the church of Christ is
the Holy Temple of God. His Spirit dwells in this temple. God w...
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ΔΙΑΛΟΓΙΣΜΌΣ (G1261) мысль, рассуждение.
ΜΆΤΑΙΟΣ (G3152) пустой, тщетный,
бесполезный. Выражает бесцельность,
отсутствие задачи или завершения
действия (Trench, Synonyms, 180-84). О Боге,
уничтожающем...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 3
Concludes With Spiritual Compensation (1 Corinthians 3:18-23)
18 Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is
wise in this age, let him become a foo...
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And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are
vain.
From Psalms 94:11, Septuagint There it is of men; here it is "of the
wise." Paul by inspiration states the class whose "tho...
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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...
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3:20 again, (h-2) See Psalms 94:11 ....
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THE FAULT OF PARTY SPIRIT
The immaturity of the Corinthian converts and their unfitness for
anything but elementary instruction in the faith is proved by their
mutual jealousies and their disagreemen...
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AND AGAIN] Psalms 94:11....
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PARAPHRASE. 'Do not deceive yourselves; but if there be any of you
priding himself on his worldly wisdom let him quickly unlearn it, that
he may learn the true wisdom. (19, 20) For as Holy Scripture t...
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SERVANTS OF CHRIST
1 CORINTHIANS
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 3
GOD’S WORKERS 3:1-9
V1 *Brothers and *sisters, I could not speak to you as if the *Holy
Spirit was guiding you. I had to speak to you as...
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CHAPTER 6
GOD'S HUSBANDRY AND BUILDING
PAUL having abundantly justified his method of preaching to the
Corinthians, and having shown why he contented himself with the simple
presentation of the Cross...
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_a_ gives the reason why the philosophy of the times must be renounced
by the aspirant to Christian wisdom: “For the wisdom of the world is
folly with God” (= 1 Corinthians 1:20); and since it is foll...
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§ 11. THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD. Affectation of philosophy, “the
wisdom of the world,” which P. has repudiated on behalf of the
Gospel (1 Corinthians 1:2) was at the bottom of the Cor [606]
troubles. T...
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BUILD ON THE SURE FOUNDATION
1 Corinthians 3:10
We are called upon to contribute our share to the building of saved
souls which is rising through the ages, to be an habitation of God
through the Spir...
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The reason for the schisms was that these people were carnal.
"Jealousy and strife" are evidences of carnality. Proceeding, Paul
declared the true value of the Christian ministry. "For we are God's
fe...
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True Wisdom
True wisdom, according to the apostle Paul, comes in learning to be a
fool in the eyes of this world's wise (Acts 2:24). Pride in one's own
intellectual abilities can keep him from learnin...
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Let no man deceive himself. He next precautions them against
themselves, and admonishes them to be upon their guard against
curiosity, presumption, and self-love, and tells them to undervalue
all othe...
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This passage is taken from Psalms 94:11. It proclaims the emptiness of
human wisdom, not now as to its result, but as to its very essence.
The Hebrew and the LXX. say, “the thoughts of _man._ ” The ap...
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In order to show what, in a religious organization like that which the
gospel creates, is the place of preachers, the apostle takes two
examples: Apollos and himself; and he develops what he means to...
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“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is
written, ‘He that taketh the wise in their craftiness.' 20. And
again, ‘The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise, that they are
vain...
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(16) Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of
God dwelleth in you? (17) If any man defile the temple of God, him
shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple...
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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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They were not natural men; but they were carnal (not spiritual) men,
so that the apostle had to feed them with milk and not with meat which
was only fit for those that were of full age. That with whic...
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AND AGAIN,.... Not in the same place, nor in the same book, but in the
Psalms, in Psalms 94:11. This form of citing Scriptures answers to
ועוד and moreover, used by the Jewish doctors when the matter...
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And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are
vain.
Ver. 20. _Of the wise_] Such as excel in natural gifts, that are the
choicest and most picked men. The Psalmist saith only of...
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_Let no man deceive himself_ Neither teacher, by propagating errors
through pride of his own understanding; nor hearers, by a factious
preferring of one above another for his gifts. _If any man among...
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AGAIN; PSALMS 94:11....
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Every Christian a temple of God:...
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AND AGAIN, THE LORD KNOWETH THE THOUGHTS OF THE WISE THAT THEY ARE
VAIN.
This is not merely a warning lest any of the readers find themselves
sharing the fate of such whose efforts will not stand the...
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But in practical experience the Corinthians were not properly
regarding, nor depending on, the wisdom of the Spirit of God, who had
been given to them. Paul could not write to them as spiritual, but a...
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AND AGAIN, THE LORD KNOWETH THE REASONINGS OF THE WISE THAT THEY ARE
VAIN.
'and again'. Psalms 94:11
'THE LORD KNOWETH THE REASONINGS OF THE WISE THAT THEY ARE VAIN' -'The
Lord sees how fruitless ar...
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18-23 To have a high opinion of our own wisdom, is but to flatter
ourselves; and self-flattery is the next step to self-deceit. The
wisdom that wordly men esteem, is foolishness with God. How justly...
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And again, it was said by the psalmist, PSALMS 94:11, that: THE LORD
KNOWETH THE THOUGHTS OF MAN, THAT THEY ARE VANITY: man's counsels,
imaginations, reasonings, they are all vanity; they propose to
t...
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and again [Psalms 94:11], _The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the
wise, that they are vain_. [Alford interprets the passage thus: "If
God uses the craftiness of the wise as a net to catch them in, suc...
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‘For it is written.' Paul now establishes his position from
Scripture. This is not just an afterthought. He has been leading up to
this. What he has been saying is in fact what the Scripture, God's
re...
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THE CHURCH IS GOD'S SACRED SANCTUARY FOR THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLS IN
THEM AND THEY ARE HID WITH CHRIST IN GOD. LET DIVISIVE TEACHERS
THEREFORE BEWARE (3:16-23).
Paul now applies his building analogy t...
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1 Corinthians 3:20. AND AGAIN (Psalms 94:11), THE LORD KNOWETH THE
REASONINGS OF THE WISE, THAT THEY ARE VAIN....
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AND AGAIN
(κα παλιν). Another confirmatory passage from Psalms
94:11.REASONINGS
(διαλογισμους). More than _cogitationes_ (Vulgate),
sometimes disputations (Philippians 2:14). Paul changes "men" o...
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THE LORD
Jehovah. (Psalms 94:11)....
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1. _And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but
as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ._
Their spiritual part had not grown strong, their old carnal nature
still had the pr...
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17-18. _If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy;
for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. Let no man deceive
himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this worl...
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CONTENTS: Hindrance of a carnal state to spiritual growth. Christian
service and its reward.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Apollos, Cephas.
CONCLUSION: Our salvation rests solely upon t...
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1 Corinthians 3:1. _Babes in Christ,_ like children at the breast,
requiring to be _fed with milk, and not with meat._ Our great tutor
here addresses the Corinthians in a superior style of eloquence,...
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AND ANOTHER SCRIPTURE SAYS. Paul paraphrases Psalms 94:11 Septuagint.
"Man schemes, and God laughs....
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_Let no man deceive himself._
If any man … seemeth to he wise in this world, let him become a
fool, that he may he wise.
HOW TO AVOID SELF-DECEPTION
I. The danger.
1. Is common.
2. Arises out of...
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_Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God
dwelleth in you?_
THE TWO TEMPLES
Two points comprehend the apostle’s teaching in this chapter.
1. The foundation of Christian...
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CHAPTER III.
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
He endeavours to put an end to the divisions among the Corinthians, by
reminding them of their mutual subjection and union in Christ and God.
I. He points out t...
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_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...
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EXPOSITION
1 CORINTHIANS 3:1
_The carnal conceit of the spiritually immature._
1 CORINTHIANS 3:1
I… COULD NOT SPEAK UNTO YOU AS UNTO SPIRITUAL. Though softened by
the word brethren, there was a cr...
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Let's turn now to I Corinthians, chapter 3.
Beginning with the fourteenth verse of chapter 2, Paul here separates
men into three classifications. Starting in chapter 2 with the natural
man, the unrege...
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Colossians 2:8; Job 11:11; Job 11:12; Psalms 2:1; Psalms 94:11;...
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THE CARNAL AND SPIRITUAL CHRISTIAN
1 Corinthians 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
In our last study, we were discussing two kinds of people. One, the
unregenerate who had not the Spirit, and the other, the r...
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That they are but vain — Empty, foolish; they and all their
thoughts. Psalms 94:11....