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Verse 22. _FOR THE JEWS REQUIRE A SIGN_] Instead of σημειον,
_a sign_, ABCDEFG, several others, both the _Syriac, Coptic, Vulgate,_
and _Itala_, with many of the _fathers_, have σημεια, _signs_;
whic...
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FOR THE JEWS REQUIRE A SIGN - A miracle, a prodigy, an evidence of
divine interposition. This was the characteristic of the Jewish
people. God had manifested himself to them by miracles and wonders in...
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2. CONTRASTS. CHAPTER 1:10-4).
CHAPTER 1:10-31.
_ 1. Divisions rebuked. (1 Corinthians 1:10)._
2. The Cross of Christ, the Power of God. (1 Corinthians 1:17).
The section which begins, after the in...
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1 CORINTHIANS 1:18 TO 1 CORINTHIANS 2:5. THE CROSS, FOLLY TO THE
WORLD, IS THE POWER AND WISDOM OF GOD. Paul now explains and justifies
1 Corinthians 1:17_ b_, which to Greek readers must have soun
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AN APOSTOLIC INTRODUCTION (1 Corinthians 1:1-3)...
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For the story of the Cross is foolishness to those who are on the way
to destruction, but it is the power of God to those who are on the way
to salvation. For it stands written, "I will wipe out the w...
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THE. Omit.
REQUIRE. ask. App-134.
SIGN. App-176. The texts read "signs".
SEEK AFTER. seek....
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_the Jews require a sign_ The plural, -signs" -miracles," is the
better supported reading here. The Jews (Matthew 12:38; Matthew 16:1;
Mark 8:11; Luke 11:16;
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God's Message not intended to flatter the pride of man
18. _For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish
foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God_
Literally, TO THEM TH...
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GOD’S MESSAGE NOT INTENDED TO FLATTER THE PRIDE OF MAN...
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ἘΠΕΙΔῊ ΚΑΊ. SINCE ALSO. Another proof of how little human
wisdom availed to penetrate the counsels of the Most High.
ΣΗΜΕΙ͂Α. The Jews (Matthew 12:38; Matthew 16:1; Mark 8:11;...
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_THE PREACHING OF THE SON OF GOD 1 CORINTHIANS 1:18-24:_ The message
of the cross and redemption by blood seems foolish to many that are
lost. Satan lost the battle and sin was defeated by the death o...
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ΈΠΕΙΔΉ (G1894) так как, потому что. Союз
причины, выражающий свободное
подчинение (BD, 238; Schrage).
ΣΗΜΕΪ́ΟΝ (G4592) знамение (DPL, 875-76).
ΑΊΤΟΫ́ΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΑΊΤΈΩ (G154)
просить....
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FOR THE JEWS, &C.— _Whereas the Jews require signs, and the Gentiles
seek after wisdom;_ 1 Corinthians 1:23. _We, nevertheless, preach
Christ crucified,—and unto the Gentiles foolishness:_ 1 Corinthia...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
Unity Operates Through the Instrumentality of the Gospel (1
Corinthians 1:18-25)
18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but
to us who are being saved it...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_The Word of the Cross and the Wisdom of the World_ (18-31)
_Text_
1 Corinthians 1:18-31. For the word of the cross is to them that
perish foolishness; but unto us who are save...
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For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
FOR - literally, Whereas. A B C Delta, Vulgate, add 'also,' taking up
the "whereas" of , and additionally illustrating that 'the worl...
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21 To this day the great, the noble, and the wise are a small minority
among the true saints of God. It is a matter of extreme thankfulness
that this is so. If high birth or wisdom or any other attain...
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SERVANTS OF CHRIST
1 CORINTHIANS
_HILDA BRIGHT_
ABOUT THIS LETTER
CORINTH
Corinth was an important city. It was on a very narrow section of
land (called an ‘isthmus’) in the southern part of Gre...
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FOR. — This is a further unfolding of the fact of the simplicity of
the preaching of the Cross. It pandered neither to Jewish-minded
persons (not in the Greek “_the_ Jews,” _“the_ Gentiles,” but
simpl...
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CHAPTER 4
THE FOOLISHNESS OF PREACHING
In the preceding section of this Epistle Paul introduced the subject
which was prominent in his thoughts as he wrote: the divided state of
the Corinthian Churc...
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§ 4. THE TRUE POWER OF THE GOSPEL. To “preach the gospel” meant,
above all, to proclaim the cross of Christ (1 Corinthians 1:17 b). In
Cor [189] “the wisdom of the world” scouted this message as sheer...
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The ἐπειδὴ of 1 Corinthians 1:21 and that of 1 Corinthians
1:22-25 are parl [218], the second restating and expanding the first
(_cf._ the double ὅταν in 1 Corinthians 15:24, and in...
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Ἰουδαῖοι … Ἕλληνες anarthrous; “Jews” _qua_
Jews, etc.: in this “asking” and “seeking” the characteristics
of each race are “hit off to perfection” (Ed [231] : see his
interesting note); αἰτεῖν expres...
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1 Corinthians 1:22-25 open out the thought of 1 Corinthians 1:21 :
“the world” is parted into “Jews” and “Greeks”; μωρία
becomes σκάνδαλον and μωρία; the κήρυγμα is
defined as that of Χριστὸς ἐσταυρωμ...
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THE CROSS GOD'S SAVING POWER
1 Corinthians 1:12
_ Apollos_ had gone straight from Ephesus to Corinth, Acts 19:1. A
party gathered around him, especially attracted by his eloquence and
intellectual br...
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The epistle is to the Church. Its messages are only for those who have
been brought into fellowship with Jesus Christ. The character of the
Church is indicated in the words, "sanctified in Christ Jesu...
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The Crucified Christ Displays God's Wisdom
Instead of gospel preaching, the Jews wanted a sign Jesus was the
Messiah. McGarvey and Pendleton mention several examples of the Jews'
demands for signs (Ma...
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Jesus Christ, Wisdom from God
So, Paul said, not many of those who would be called wise, or powerful
or noblemen followed Jesus. Most uprisings are successful because the
upper crust leaders join and...
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(25) For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
(25) A declaration of that which he said: that the preaching of the
Gospel is foolish. It is foolish, he says, to those whom God has...
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The Jews, in the mean time, ask for miracles, such as God formerly
wrought in their favour, and the Greeks, or the Gentiles, to be
converted, expect from us, what they would look upon as the highest
p...
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“ _For indeed_ the Jews require signs, and the Greeks seek after
wisdom; 23. but we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a
stumbling-block, and unto the Gentiles foolishness.”
This second ἐπειδή, _f...
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(18) For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish
foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. (19)
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will
brin...
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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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_A MESSAGE FOR JEW AND GREEK_
‘The Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: but we
preach Christ crucified.’
1 Corinthians 1:22
St. Paul is here contrasting the expectations which men...
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22._For the Jews require a sign _This is explanatory of the preceding
statement — showing in what respects the preaching of the gospel _is
accounted foolishness _At the same time he does not simply ex...
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I will now turn back to take up the thread of the contents of this
epistle from the beginning. Paul was an apostle by the will of God.
That was his authority, however it might be with others. Moreover...
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FOR THE JEWS REQUIRE A SIGN,.... The Jews had always been used to
miracles, in confirmation of the mission of the prophets sent unto
them, and therefore insisted on a sign proving Jesus to be the true...
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For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
Ver. 22. _For the Jews require, &c._] The reason of their rejecting
the gospel is, they are prepossessed against it; they look for that...
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_For the Jews require a sign_ Demand of the apostles, as they did of
their Lord, more signs still, after all they have seen already. _And
the Greeks_ Or Gentiles; _seek after wisdom_ The depths of phi...
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REQUIRE A SIGN; a sign from heaven, some great and signal display of
miraculous power. Matthew 12:38.
WISDOM; learned, philosophical, and literary discussions....
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FOR THE JEWS REQUIRE A SIGN, AND THE GREEKS SEEK AFTER WISDOM;...
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The foolishness of God wiser than men:...
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Paul writes here as "a called apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of
God." As such, it is the authoritative word of God he communicates,
that which requires the subjection and obedience of all the Chu...
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SEEING THAT JEWS ASK FOR SIGNS, AND GREEKS SEEK AFTER WISDOM:
'Neither Jews nor Greeks are ready to receive this message..Both are
blinded by their own preconceptions. The "Jews ask for signs", for
so...
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17-25 Paul had been bred up in Jewish learning; but the plain
preaching of a crucified Jesus, was more powerful than all the oratory
and philosophy of the heathen world. This is the sum and substance...
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_The Jews_ were not without some true Divine revelation, and owned the
true God, and only desired some miraculous operation from Christ,
MATTHEW 12:38 1 THESSALONIANS 4:48, to confirm them that Christ...
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Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom:...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I
Why, then, you will ask, did you think it fit that such an arrangement
should be adopted in your memoranda? Because there is great danger in
divulging the secret...
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1 Corinthians 1:22 For G2532 G1894 Jews G2453 request G154 (G5719)
sign G4592 and G2532 Greeks G1672 seek
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THEY ARE THUS RATHER TO LOOK TO GOD'S WISDOM (1:22-25).
‘Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom, but
we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumblingblock, and to Gentiles
foolis...
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1 Corinthians 1:22. SINCE THE JEWS ASK FOR SIGNS AND THE GREEKS SEEK
AFTER WISDOM. [2] The Jews, when our Lord was on earth, clamoured for
‘signs' supernatural attestation of His claims; but the more...
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SUMMARY. ‘I beseech you, study unity. Instead of this, I hear ye are
ranging yourselves into schools and parties, each contending for its
favourite preacher as if your salvation hung upon him. Thus is...
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SEEING THAT
(επειδη). Resumes from verse 1 Corinthians 1:21. The structure
is not clear, but probably verses 1 Corinthians 1:23; 1 Corinthians
1:24 form a sort of conclusion or apodosis to ve...
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1, 2. _Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will
of God, and Sosthenes our brother, unto the church of God which is at
Corinth,_
-Note the humility of Paul in associating with hi...
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I am going to speak about the testimony of the apostle Peter
concerning his Lord, but we will first read together part of the
writings of his «beloved brother Paul,» that we may see how these
eminent...
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1. _Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of
God, and Sosthenes our brother,_
This brother had been put to great shame. He was beaten before the
judgment-seat, if you remembe...
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CONTENTS: Christians' position in grace. The unspiritual condition of
the Corinthian saints. Danger of following human leaders and exulting
in human wisdom.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, Sosthenes, A...
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1 Corinthians 1:1. _Paul, called to be an apostle._ It was proper to
mention this, else he would have had no title to address his letter to
the Corinthians, and the catholic church, or saints in gener...
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JEWS WANT MIRACLES. They wanted some spectacular miracle from heaven
that only God could do, as proof (compare notes on Matthew 16:1-4).
GREEKS LOOK FOR WISDOM. Some complex and elaborate system of id...
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_For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel._
PAUL’S PREACHING
I. It exalted the Cross of Christ as the central element of the
gospel. The apostle does not teach that truths associat...
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FOR THE JEWS REQUIRE A SIGN, AND THE GREEKS SEEK AFTER WISDOM.
Christianity viewed in three aspects
I. As associated with a great fact. “Christ crucified.” This maybe
looked at--
1. Historically. A...
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RANSLATED AND EDITED
BY W. F. COBB, D.D.
EDINBURGH: JOHN GRANT
31 George IV. Bridge
1908
SAINT PAUL'S
FIRST EPISTLE TO THE
CORINTHIANS
EDITORS PREFACE
In translating the Comments of Cornelius...
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_For the Jews require a sign... but we preach Christ crucified._ A
Theban, when asked what he thought of the Romans, said that "the
Romans boasted themselves in their spears, the Greeks on their
eloqu...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
1 Corinthians 1:19.— Isaiah 29:14 (nearly as LXX.), and a free
imitation of Isaiah 30:18. FOR.—Sustains the _general drift_ of...
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EXPOSITION
The oldest superscription was probably, "To the Corinthians, the first
(Πρὸς Κορινθίους πρώτη)." This is found in
א, A, B, C, D.
1 CORINTHIANS 1:1
_The_ _greeting. _An opening salutati...
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Let's turn to I Corinthians, chapter 1.
Paul introduces himself as the writer with Sosthenes in the first
verse.
Paul, called an apostle (1 Corinthians 1:1)
Notice the words to be are in italics. Th...
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Acts 17:18; John 2:18; John 4:28; Luke 11:16; Luke 11:20;...
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The Jews. Omit the article. Among the Jews many had become Christians.
Require (aijtousin). Rev., ask. But it is questionable whether the A.
V. is not preferable. The word sometimes takes the sense of...
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THE CHURCH OF GOD AT CORINTH
1 Corinthians 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We propose taking several studies from the First Epistle to the
Corinthians. There will be much to consider here which should help...
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For whereas the Jews demand of the apostles, as they did of their
Lord, more signs still, after all they have seen already; and the
Greeks, or gentiles, seek wisdom — The depths of philosophy, and the...
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Observe here, 1. How both Jews and Gentiles conspired together in
their contempt and rejection of the gospel; THE JEWS REQUIRE. SIGN;
that is, besides all the miracles and the resurrection of Christ,...