Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary (4 vols)
1 Corinthians 4:20
1 Corinthians 4:20. For the kingdom of God is not in word (empty plausibilities), but in power and, in the case of preachers, seen in self-emptying consecration to the one end in view.
1 Corinthians 4:20. For the kingdom of God is not in word (empty plausibilities), but in power and, in the case of preachers, seen in self-emptying consecration to the one end in view.
Verse 20. _FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD_] The religion of the Lord Jesus is _not in word_-in human eloquence, excellence of speech, or even in _doctrines; but in power_, εν δυναμει, in the mighty energy of...
FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD - The reign of God in the church (see the note at Matthew 3:2); meaning here, probably, the power or authority which was to be exercised in the government and discipline of 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...
FATHERLY ADMONITION, ENTREATY, AND WARNING. The tone of mingled severity, irony, and pathos disappears; yet the affection is combined with sternness, and he warns them not to presume on his mildness....
THE THREE JUDGMENTS (1 Corinthians 4:1-5)...
It is not to shame you that I write these things, but to warn you as my beloved children. You may have thousands of tutors in Christ, but you have not many fathers; for, in Christ Jesus, through the g...
KINGDOM OF GOD. App-114. No verb in the sentence. Supply "is established". Figure of speech _Ellipsis._ App-6. WORD. Greek. _logos_ as in 1 Corinthians 4:19....
_not in word, but in power_ See note on ch. 1 Corinthians 1:5, where the word here used is translated _utterance_. In the last verse it is translated _speech_. Like our words _sermon_and _discourse_,...
Mission of Timothy, to be followed, if ineffectual, by strong measures on the part of St Paul himself 17. _For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus_ Literally, I SENT, i.e. before this epistle wa...
ΟΥ̓ ΓᾺΡ ἘΝ ΛΌΓΩΙ. See note on ch. 1 Corinthians 1:5. Like our words _sermon_ and _discourse_, the word λόγος contains within itself the notion of matter and oral delivery. Of what the Apostle meant by...
MISSION OF TIMOTHY, TO BE FOLLOWED, IF INEFFECTUAL, BY STRONG MEASURES ON THE PART OF ST PAUL HIMSELF....
_A COMMAND FOR TIMOTHY TO COME 1 CORINTHIANS 4:17-21:_ Paul sent Timothy unto them that they might learn how to imitate him. Their imitation of Paul simply meant that they followed the way of Christ....
Ή ΒΑΣΙΛΕΊΑ ΤΟΎ ΘΕΟΎ (G932; G3588; G2316) царство Бога; то есть правление Бога. Опущенный гл. означает либо "является" либо "не работает" (Barrett; DPL, 524-26)....
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Exasperating (1 Corinthians 4:14-21) 14 I do not write this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. 15For though you have countless guides in Chr...
For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. KINGDOM OF GOD - i:e., living fellowship in the Gospel (; ). IS NOT IN WORD. Translate, as in , "speech." Not empty 'speeches;' but the ma...
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...
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. 'Iwrite not to shame you, but to admonish you; and I have the right to do so, for I am your spiritual father. (16, 17) Follow my example, therefore; and attend to the instructions of Timot...
NOT IN WORD, BUT IN POWER] The extension of God's kingdom is promoted not by eloquence of speech but by spiritual influence proceeding from Christ's followers, and becoming a power in men's lives: cp....
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...
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...
“For not in word (lies) the kingdom of God, but in power:” another of Paul's religious maxims (see note on 1 Corinthians 1:29), repeated in many forms: _cf._ 2 Corinthians 10:11; 2 Corinthians 13:3
§ 14. PAUL'S FATHERLY DISCIPLINE. All has now been said that can be concerning the Divisions at Cor [756] the causes underlying them, and the spirit they manifest and foster in the Church. In their se...
TEACHING CONVERTS CHRIST'S WAYS 1 Corinthians 4:14 The relationship between the Apostle and his converts was very tender. They were his children. They might have instructors and tutors, but they coul...
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?...
Paul Loved the Church in Corinth Like a Father Paul did not try to make the brethren feel bad because they added to his problems. Rather, he wanted to warn them so they would change. He wrote to them...
The maximum of 1 Corinthians 4:20 explains the necessity of such a judgment. It is impossible to refer the notion of the _kingdom of God_, as Meyer would have us, to the Messianic future. Paul is cert...
“But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will; and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. 20. For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.” The δέ is again a...
are the conclusion of all the apostle has written from 1 Corinthians 1:12. He first makes an explanation about the severe manner in which he has just spoken to them. It is not resentment or enmity whi...
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...
(14) I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. (15) For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have bego...
20._For the kingdom of God is not in word _As the Lord governs the Church by his word, as with a scepter, the administration of the gospel is often called _the kingdom of God _Here, then, we are to un...
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...
FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD,.... By "the kingdom of God" is not meant the kingdom of heaven, or the ultimate glory and happiness of the saints; though that is a kingdom prepared by God, which he gives to h...
For the kingdom of God _is_ not in word, but in power. Ver. 20. _The kingdom of God_] _i.e._ The administration of his ordinances and government of the Church....
_Now some are puffed up_ Are grown insolent; _as though I would not come_ To censure them for their misconduct, and to reform abuses; fancying that, because I have sent Timothy, I am not coming myself...
THE KINGDOM OF GOD; the reign of God in the hearts of men and in the church. IS NOT IN WORD; or continued by pompous declaration and vain boastings. BUT IN POWER; it consists in the power of God as...
The apostle's fatherly discipline:...
FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NOT IN WORD, BUT IN POWER....
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...
FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NOT IN WORD, BUT IN POWER. 'not in word' -'for the rule of God in. man's life involves more than the spouting of words however sacred and pious sounding they are...religion...
14-21 In reproving for sin, we should distinguish between sinners and their sins. Reproofs that kindly and affectionately warn, are likely to reform. Though the apostle spoke with authority as a pare...
THE KINGDOM OF GOD in the church, or _the kingdom of God_ in the particular soul. God hath not sent his ministers to subdue souls to himself by fine, florid words and phrases, but by a lively preachin...
For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power....
Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians It is better for a man to be silent and be [a Christian], than to talk and not to be one. "The kingdom of God is not in word, but in power."[107] Cyprian Treatis...
1 Corinthians 4:20 For G1063 kingdom G932 God G2316 not G3756 in G1722 word G3056 but G235 in G1722 power
LET THEM THEN REMEMBER THAT HE FATHERED THEM AND THAT THROUGH HIM GOD'S POWER WAS AND IS REVEALED (4:14-21)...
‘Now some are puffed up as though I were not coming to you. But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power. For the Kingly Rule...
1 Corinthians 4:20 The Spiritual Mind. How are we the better for being members of the Christian Church? I. If we would form a just notion how far we are influenced by the power of the gospel, we mus...
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...
FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. Note the identity of church and Kingdom (compare Matthew 16:18). BUT OF POWER. As an apostle, Paul had the miraculous gifts from the Spirit, which included the power to punish....
_I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you._ PAUL AN EXAMPLE TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS He proceeds-- I. With love. 1. Not as a schoolmaster, but as a father. 2. Not t...
_For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus._ THE VISITATION I. The visitor. 1. Known. 2. Beloved in Christ. 3. Tried. II. His worn;. 1. To remind-- 2. Of old truths. 3. In Christ. III. T...
_For the kingdom of God is not in word, hut in power._ THE KINGDOM OF GOD NOT WORD, BUT POWER The kingdom of God-- I. Is not in word. It is one of the leading features of the age to make the gospel...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 4:20 On the KINGDOM OF GOD, see note on Matt. 3:2. ⇐...
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...
_For the Kingdom of God is not in word but in power._ The spiritual energy and Christian, and especially Apostolic perfection, in which God reigns, and displays in us and in the Church the effectual w...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 4:14.—Irony dropped. Even in 1 Corinthians 4:6 it was “Brothers!” Now, “Beloved children!” Yet surely he did desire to make them ashamed of their bearing towards and est...
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 1:24; 1 Corinthians 2:4; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; 2 Corinthians 10:4;...
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...
For the kingdom of God — Real religion, does not consist in words, but in the power of God ruling the heart....