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Verse 1 Corinthians 4:10. _WE_ ARE _FOOLS FOR CHRIST'S SAKE_] Here he
still carries on the allusion to the public spectacles among the
Romans, where they were accustomed to hiss, hoot, mock, and vari...
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WE ARE FOOLS - This is evidently ironical. “We are doubtless foolish
people, but ye are wise in Christ. We, Paul, Apollos, and Barnabas,
have no claims to the character of wise men - we are to be rega...
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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...
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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...
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THE THREE JUDGMENTS (1 Corinthians 4:1-5)...
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Brothers, I have transferred these things by way of illustration to
myself and to Apollos, so that through us you may learn to observe the
principle of not going beyond that which is written, so that...
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FOOLS. Greek. _moros,_ as in 1 Corinthians 1:25; 1 Corinthians 1:27.
HONOURABLE. Greek. _endoxos._ Elsewhere translated "gorgeously", Luke
7:25, and "glorious" in...
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_We are fools for Christ's sake_ Rather, ON ACCOUNT OF CHRIST, i.e. on
account of His doctrine, which was looked upon as folly (ch. 1
Corinthians 1:23; 1 Corinthians 2:14).
_ye are wise in Christ Prud...
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Contrast between the Corinthian Teachers and St Paul
8. _Now ye are full, now ye are rich_ Here we have one of the sudden
turns of feeling so remarkable in the Apostle's style. Abruptly
breaking off a...
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ΜΩΡΟῚ ΔΙᾺ ΧΡΙΣΤΌΝ. FOOLS ON ACCOUNT OF CHRIST, in
reference to the labours and sufferings they underwent in His cause,
but which it were folly to have undergone, if the Corinthian theory of
the Christ...
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CONTRAST BETWEEN THE CORINTHIAN TEACHERS AND ST PAUL...
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_A CAUTION AGAINST SINFUL PRIDE 1 CORINTHIANS 4:7-13:_ The faithless
stewards were acting like they were the source of the good things they
possessed. These faithless stewards were filled with destruc...
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WE ARE WEAK— "In an infirm and suffering state." See 2 Corinthians
12:10. Surely we cannot imagine any more glorious triumph of the
truth, than what was gained in these circumstances; when St. Paul,
w...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 2
Pompousness (1 Corinthians 4:6-13)
6 I have applied all this to myself and Apollos for your benefit,
brethren, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written,...
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We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are
weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
Irony. How much your lot (supposing it to be real) is to be envied...
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8 The sharp contrast between the carnal Corinthians and the faithful
apostle loses none of its force if we compare him with the church of
today. We need not go outside of Protestantism to find churche...
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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....
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PARAPHRASE. 'In speaking of the folly of these divisions I have used
only the names of Apollos and myself; but the same principles apply to
your attitude to all your teachers. (7) Why do some of you p...
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The sarcasm is continued. WE _are_ FOOLS] in preaching the foolishness
of the Cross. YE _are_ WISE] i.e. shrewd, clever....
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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...
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WE ARE FOOLS. — This verse is charged with irony. Our connection
with Christ, as His Apostles and preachers, may make us fools; you
are, on the contrary, “wise Christians; we are weak Christians, ye
s...
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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...
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§ 13. DISCIPLES ABOVE THEIR MASTER. What the Ap. has written, from 1
Corinthians 3:3 onwards, turns on the relations between himself and
Apollos; but it has a wide application to the state of feeling...
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represents the contrasted case of the App. and the Cor [726]
Christians, as they appear in the estimate of the two parties.
“We” are μωροί, ἀσθενεῖς, ἄτιμοι (_cf._ 1
Corinthians 1:18-27; 1 Corinthians...
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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...
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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?...
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Paul's View of the Apostles' Position
In contrast to the Corinthians' lofty thoughts of themselves, Paul
gives his thoughts on the apostles' state. They suffered persecution
and would continue to suff...
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4. PRIDE THE FIRST CAUSE OF THE EVIL. 4:6-21.
Here is the final and general application of the whole first part,
relating to the divisions which had arisen in the Church. The apostle,
after reminding...
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“We are fools for Christ's sake, ye are wise in Christ; we weak, ye
strong; ye honourable, we despised.”
The contrast between the two situations enunciated in 1 Corinthians
4:8-9 is expressed in 1 Cor...
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(6)And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to
myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to
think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be...
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10._We are fools for Christ’s sake _This contrast is throughout
ironical, and exceedingly pointed, it being unseemly and absurd that
the Corinthians should be in every respect happy and honorable,
acc...
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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...
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WE ARE FOOLS FOR CHRIST'S SAKE,.... They were so in the esteem of men,
for their close attach merit to a crucified Christ; and for preaching
the doctrine of salvation by him; and for enduring so much...
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We _are_ fools for Christ's sake, but ye _are_ wise in Christ; we
_are_ weak, but ye _are_ strong; ye _are_ honourable, but we _are_
despised.
Ver. 10. _We are fools, &c._] Not to the world only, but...
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_We are fools_ In the account of the world, _for Christ's sake_
Because we expose ourselves to so many dangers and sufferings for his
cause: or because we preach the plain truths of the gospel, and af...
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WE ARE FOOLS; accounted fools by those who boast of their wisdom.
FOR CHRIST'S SAKE; because we devote ourselves faithfully to the work
of preaching Christ crucified, and seek only his honor.
YE ARE...
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WE ARE FOOLS FOR CHRIST'S SAKE, BUT YE ARE WISE IN CHRIST; WE ARE
WEAK, BUT YE ARE STRONG; YE ARE HONORABLE, BUT WE ARE DESPISED....
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The status of the heralds of salvation:...
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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...
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WE ARE FOOLS FOR CHRIST'S SAKE, BUT YE ARE WISE IN CHRIST; WE ARE
WEAK, BUT YE ARE STRONG; YE HAVE GLORY, BUT WE HAVE DISHONOR.
'We' -apostles
'FOOLS FOR CHRIST'S SAKE' -Paul had sacrificed. gloriou...
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7-13 We have no reason to be proud; all we have, or are, or do, that
is good, is owing to the free and rich grace of God. A sinner snatched
from destruction by sovereign grace alone, must be very abs...
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WE ARE accounted FOOLS FOR CHRIST'S SAKE by the _wise_ men of the
world, and we are willing to be so accounted; but you think yourselves
wise, and yet IN CHRIST. WE ARE WEAK in the opinion of men, we...
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We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are
weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor. [In this
verse Paul resumes his satire, contrasting the vain imagination...
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1 Corinthians 4:10 We G2249 fools G3474 for G1223 Christs G5547 sake
G1223 but G1161 you G5210 wise G5429
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‘For, I think, God has set forth us the apostles last of all, as men
doomed to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, and to
angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wi...
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THOSE WHO ARE TRUE TO THE WORD OF THE CROSS ENDURE SUFFERING FOR
CHRIST. THE CORINTHIANS NEED TO RE-EXAMINE THEIR FOUNDATIONS (4:6-13).
Paul now stresses that all that he has said has been with them...
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1 Corinthians 4:10. WE ARE FOOLS FOR CHRIST'S SAKE, BUT YE ARE WISE IN
CHRIST how enviable your lot, how pitiable ours! (irony, however, this
is) WE WEAK, YE STRONG; YE HAVE GLORY, WE DISHONOUR....
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WE--YOU
(ημεισ--υμεις). Triple contrast in keenest ironical
emphasis. "The three antitheses refer respectively to teaching,
demeanour, and worldly position" (Robertson and Plummer). The apostles
wer...
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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...
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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...
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FOR CHRIST'S SAKE. What the apostles did, can only be explained by
their LOVE for Christ! Paul speaks in irony, as he repeats what his
enemies at Corinth were saying about him. In the same spirit of i...
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_We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ._
THE FOLLY OF PAUL
The better to serve Christ, Paul refrained from making acquirement of
knowledge his chief aim. And many others have reno...
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_Now ye are full … rich … as kings._
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COUNTERFEIT AND THE REAL CHRISTIAN
I. The counterfeit--
1. Is so replenished with Divine knowledge that he needs no teacher.
2. Is s...
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A FOOL'S CAP
I have played the fool. 1 Samuel 26:21.
Fools for Christ's sake. 1 Corinthians 4:10.
Long ago, there used to hang in my bedroom prints of two pictures by
the famous artist Sir David Wi...
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 4:10 WE ARE FOOLS FOR CHRIST’S
SAKE. Measured by the Corinthians’ “royal” standards (v. 1
Corinthians 4:8),
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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...
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_We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ._ This is a
continuation of the irony of ver. 8. We are reckoned fools because of
Christ crucified, whom we preach, and for whose sake we see...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
1 Corinthians 4:6.—From 1 Corinthians 3:5 he has discussed what
applied to all the factions and their leaders, and even more to the
others than to the so-called Pauline and Apollonian...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 1:1; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 1:26; 1
Corinthians 10:12;...
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For Christ's sake - in Christ [δ ι α χ ρ ι σ τ ο ν - ε ν
χ ρ ι σ τ ω]. We apostles are fools in the world's eyes on
account of [δ ι α] Christ, because we know and preach nothing but
Christ : You are w...
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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...
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We are fools, in the account of the world, for Christ's sake, but ye
are wise in Christ — Though ye are Christians, ye think yourselves
wise; and ye have found means to make the world think you so too...