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1 CORINTHIANS 2:1 musth,rion {B}
From an exegetical point of view the reading martu,rion tou/ qeou/,
though well supported (ac B D G P Y 33 81 614 1739 _Byz_ itd, g vg
syrh copsa arm eth...
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CHAPTER II.
_The apostle makes an apology for his manner of preaching_, 1.
_And gives the reason why he adopted that manner_, 2-5.
_He shows that this preaching, notwithstanding it was not with_
_...
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AND I, BRETHREN - Keeping up the tender and affectionate style of
address.
WHEN I CAME UNTO YOU - When I came at first to preach the gospel at
Corinth. Acts 18:1 ff.
CAME NOT WITH EXCELLENCY OF SPEEC...
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CHAPTER 2
_ 1. The Apostle's Preaching. (1 Corinthians 2:1)._
2. The Revelation of the Spirit. (1 Corinthians 2:6).
3. The Helplessness and Ignorance of the Natural Man. (1 Corin
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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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So, brothers, when I came to you, I did not come announcing God's
secret to you with any outstanding gifts of rhetoric or wisdom, for it
was my deliberate decision to know nothing among you except Jes...
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THE PROCLAMATION AND THE POWER (1 Corinthians 2:1-5)...
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TO. unto. App-104.
NOT. App-105.
WITH. according to. App-104.
EXCELLENCY. pre-eminence. Greek. _huperoche._ Only here and 1 Timothy
2:2.
SPEECH. word. App-121.
DECLARING. App-121.
UNTO. to.
TEST...
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The wisdom of the Gospel discernible by the spiritual faculties alone
1. _And I, brethren, when I came to you_ The Apostle now begins to
justify his preaching. It was not that of one skilled in the
f...
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ὙΠΕΡΟΧΉΝ. Excellence in the strict sense of the word—that
which one man has above another. Here, however, it is applied to the
high-flown style of eloquence admired at Corinth—Corinthia verba, as
such...
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1 Corinthians 2:1-16. THE WISDOM OF THE GOSPEL DISCERNIBLE BY THE
SPIRITUAL FACULTIES ALONE
The Apostle now begins to justify his preaching. It was not that of
one skilled in the fashionable argumenta...
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_JESUS CHRIST, AND HIM CRUCIFIED 1 CORINTHIANS 2:1-5:_ When Paul
preached the gospel at Corinth he did not use big words or try to
sound wise. He spoke to them about salvation in everyday language tha...
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ΚΆΓΏ (G2504) = ΚΑΙ ΈΓ "и я"; выражает
согласие. Апостол подчеркивает, что
действовал согласно принципам,
обозначенным в предыдущих стихах (RP).
ΈΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064)
прих...
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AND I, BRETHREN, &C.— As a further argument to keep them from
glorying in their leaders, St. Paul tells the Corinthians, that, as
the preachers of the Gospel, of God's choosing, were mean and
illitera...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 1
Unsophisticated but Dynamic (1 Corinthians 2:1-5)
2 When I came to you, brethren, I did not come proclaiming to you the
testimony of God in lofty words or Wis. 2:1-24 For...
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And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of
speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
AND I - So I, I also, as one of the 'foolish, weak, and despised'
inst...
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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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THE NATURE OF ST. PAUL'S PREACHING
1-5. Paraphrase. 'When I visited you in Corinth I made no attempt to
reconcile my message with your Greek philosophy, (2) but kept to the
proclamation of the facts o...
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WHEN I CAME] i.e. on his first visit some five years before (Acts
18:1). NOT WITH EXCELLENCY OF SPEECH OR OF WISDOM] St. Paul did not
try to win the Corinthians to the gospel either by the eloquence o...
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SERVANTS OF CHRIST
1 CORINTHIANS
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 2
WHAT PAUL *PREACHED 2:1-5
V1 Christian *brothers and *sisters, when I came to you I did not
come with clever words or great ideas. I *pr...
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II.
(1) AND I. — The Apostle now proceeds to show how he personally, in
both the matter and manner of his teaching at Corinth, had acted in
accordance with those great principles which he has already...
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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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Κἀγὼ ἐλθὼν … ἦλθον : “And I at my coming …
came”: the repeated vb [288] draws attention to Paul's _arrival_, to
the circumstances and character of his original work at Cor [289] The
emphasis of κἀγώ “...
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1 Corinthians 2:1-2 say how P. _did not come_, vv, 3 5 how he actually
_did come_, to Cor [303]
[303] Corinth, Corinthian or Corinthians....
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§ 6. PAUL'S CORINTHIAN MISSION, Paul has justified his refusing to
preach ἐν σοφίᾳ λόγου on two grounds: (1) the nature of
the Gospel, (2) the constituency of the Church of Cor [287]; _it_ was
no phil...
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GOD'S GLORY IN MEN'S WEAKNESS
1 Corinthians 1:26; 1 Corinthians 2:1
Like the sons of Jesse before Samuel, so do the successive regiments
on which the world relies pass before Christ. The wise, the mi...
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The apostle reminds the Corinthian Christians that when he first came
to them he did not come with excellency of speech, or of wisdom, but
with "the Word of the Cross." Yet there must be no foolish im...
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Preaching the Crucified Christ
Paul did not go to Corinth as an orator or philosopher. Instead, he
preached Jesus as the Anointed, or Christ, who was crucified. The
apostle admitted his appearance and...
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And (1) I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of
speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the (a) testimony of God.
(1) He returns to (1 Corinthians 1:17), that is to say, to his ow...
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“And I also, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency
of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God; 2.
For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Chri...
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2:1-5.
St. Paul applies to his own ministry at Corinth the principle which he
has just laid down, and shows that he has been faithful to it. This is
the conclusion of the whole passage....
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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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1._And I, when I came _Paul having begun to speak of his own method of
teaching, had straightway fallen into a discussion as to the nature of
gospel preaching generally. Now again he returns to speak...
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It was in this spirit that Paul had come among them at first; he would
know nothing but Christ, [2] and Christ in His humiliation and
abasement, object of contempt to senseless men. His speech was not...
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And I, brethren, when I came to you,.... This account the apostle
gives of himself is occasioned, either by what he had said in the
latter part of the preceding chapter, concerning the choice God has...
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And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of
speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
Ver. 1. _Not with excellency_] St Paul's speech was _neque lecta,
neque...
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_And I, brethren_, &c. As if he had said, I have been showing that God
is wont to call and convert persons to himself by unlikely and
contemptible means; and that his design in the gospel is of a very...
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NOT WITH EXCELLENCY OF SPEECH; that rhetorical refinement, or those
subtle philosophical discussions which were admired by the Greeks.
THE TESTIMONY OF GOD; concerning Jesus Christ and the way of sal...
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THE PREACHING OF THE CROSS.
Paul's preaching not in man's wisdom:...
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AND I, BRETHREN, WHEN I CAME TO YOU, CAME NOT WITH EXCELLENCY OF
SPEECH OR OF WISDOM, DECLARING UNTO YOU THE TESTIMONY OF GOD....
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It was through Paul that the Corinthians had been brought to God; and
he here reminds them that when he first came there, he had avoided the
use of high-sounding speech and intellectual arguments: it...
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AND I, BRETHREN, WHEN. CAME UNTO YOU, CAME NOT WITH EXCELLENCY OF
SPEECH OR OF WISDOM, PROCLAIMING TO YOU THE TESTIMONY OF GOD.
'when. came unto you' -the first time (Acts 18:1 ff)
'EXCELLENCY OF SP...
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1-5 Christ, in his person, and offices, and sufferings, is the sum
and substance of the gospel, and ought to be the great subject of a
gospel minister's preaching, but not so as to leave out other pa...
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1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 2 1 CORINTHIANS 2:1 Paul declareth that he used
not human learning and eloquence in preaching the gospel to his
converts, that their faith, being built on the testimony of the
Sp...
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[In chapter 1 Paul showed that it was God's plan to overthrow the vain
wisdom of the world by those weak and lowly ones whom the world
despised. He now proceeds to show that the church at Corinth was...
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1 Corinthians 2:1 I G2504 brethren G80 came G2064 (G5631) to G4314 you
G5209 not G3756 come G2064 ...
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PAUL NOW STRESSES HIS OWN EXAMPLE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE GOSPEL IN
ITS SUCCESSFUL PRESENTATION BY HIM HAD NOT BEEN WITH ELOQUENCE AND
WISDOM, BUT IN POWER (2:1-8).
‘And I, brothers, when I came to y...
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1 Corinthians 2:1. AND I, BRETHREN, WHEN I CAME UNTO YOU, CAME NOT
WITH EXCELLENCY OF SPEECH (as a rhetorician), OR OF WISDOM (as a
philosopher), PROCLAIMING TO YOU THE TESTIMONY OF GOD [1] that
conce...
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NOT WITH EXCELLENCY OF SPEECH OR OF WISDOM
(ου καθ' υπεροχην λογου η σοφιας).
Hυπεροχη is an old word from the verb υπερεχω
(Philippians 4:7) and means preeminence, rising above. In N.T. only
here a...
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CONTENTS: Christian revelation not indebted to human wisdom. Spiritual
verities not discoverable to human wisdom.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul.
CONCLUSION: The Christian on his knees ca...
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1 Corinthians 2:2. _I determined not to know any thing among you, save
Jesus Christ and him crucified._ That is, to know him in the glory of
his person, as revealed in the oracles of truth. “I and the...
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WHEN I CAME TO YOU. In _chapter 1,_ Paul showed that God purposely
chose what the world considers nonsense and weak, to put to shame and
to destroy what the world thinks is important. To the Corinthia...
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 2:1 NOT... WITH LOFTY SPEECH OR
WISDOM. Paul avoided Greek rhetoric. Instead he focused on the message
of the cross. He wanted the Corinthians to trust in Christ, n...
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_And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of
speech or of wisdom._ The Apostle here descends from the general to
the particular. In other words: I said in the preceding chapter th...
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CHAPTER II.
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
He proceeds to exalt the spiritual wisdom of Christ above all natural
and animal wisdom. Therefore he says:
I. That he knew and preached nothing but Christ cruci...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
(_For many points, see Homiletic Analysis_.)
1 Corinthians 2:1. I.—Slightly emphatic; _q.d_. “I was myself also
in complete harmony of spirit and method with the lines of God’s
proce...
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EXPOSITION
1 CORINTHIANS 2:1
_St. Paul's own method._
1 CORINTHIANS 2:1
AND I; "I too;" I in accordance with God's method. WHEN I CAME TO
YOU. The date of his first visit was in A.D. 52, an
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And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of
speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God (1
Corinthians 2:1).
Paul didn't come as one of the Corinthian philosopher...
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1 Corinthians 1:17; 1 Corinthians 1:6; 1 Corinthians 2:13; 1
Corinthians 2:4;...
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With excellency [κ α θ υ π ε ρ ο χ η ν]. Lit., according to
elevation or superiority. The noun occurs only here and 1 Timothy 2:2,
where it is rendered authority. The phrase expresses the mode of his...
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PAUL THE PREACHER
1 Corinthians 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The Apostle, Paul, now is speaking of the kind of an entrance he had
among the Corinthians. He had been very happy to move among them and
prea...
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And I accordingly came to you, not with loftiness of speech or of
wisdom — I did not affect either deep wisdom or eloquence. Declaring
the testimony of God — What God gave me to testify concerning his...
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Our apostle had, in the foregoing chapter, declared how Christ had
sent him to preach the gospel in the plainness and simplicity of it,
NOT WITH THE WISDOM OF WORDS, ver. 17, that is, not in. pompous...