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Commentary on 1Corinthians
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Commentary on Chapters 6-10.
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Commentary on 1Corinthians Part 2
NOTES ON THE
FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS (Chs. 6-10).
by E.W. Bullinger
1
Corinthians 6:1. LITIGATION
1
Corinthians 6:2-4. Remonstrance. "Know
ye not?"
1
Corinthians 6:5-7 -. Litigation.
1
Corinthians 6:7-11. Remonstrance. "Know
ye not?"
1
Corinthians 6:12-20. FORNICATION. AMPLICATION.
1
Corinthians 6:12-13 -. General Principles.
1
Corinthians 6:13-14. Application.
1
Corinthians 6:15-17. Remonstrance. "Know
ye not ?"
1
Corinthians 6:18. Purgation.
1
Corinthians 6:19-20. Remonstrance. "Know
ye not ?"
1
Corinthians 7:1-40; 1
Corinthians 8:1-13. THINGS WRITTEN TO PAUL.
1
Corinthians 7:1-9. The unmarried.
1
Corinthians 7:10-17. The married and unmarried.
1
Corinthians 7:18-24. Circumcision and servitude.
1
Corinthians 7:25-40. Virgins.
1
Corinthians 8:1-13. Things offered to idols.
1
Corinthians 7:1-9. THE UNMARRIED.
1
Corinthians 7:1. The Benefit.
1
Corinthians 7:2 -. The evil.
1
Corinthians 7:2-5. The remedy.
1
Corinthians 7:6-8. The benefit.
1
Corinthians 7:9 -. The evil.
1
Corinthians 7:9. The remedy.
1
Corinthians 7:10-17. THE MARRIED AND UNMARRIED.
1
Corinthians 7:10 -. The Lord.
1
Corinthians 7:10-11. His command.
1
Corinthians 7:12 -. The apostle.
1
Corinthians 7:12-17. His appointment.
1
Corinthians 7:18-24. CIRCUMCISION AND SERVITUDE.
1
Corinthians 7:18-19. Circumcision.
1
Corinthians 7:20. Abide in it.
1
Corinthians 7:21-23. Servitude.
1
Corinthians 7:24. Abide in it.
1
Corinthians 7:25-40. VIRGINS.
1
Corinthians 7:25-26. Paul""s advice on his own
account.
1
Corinthians 7:27-28 -. Marriage not sin.
1
Corinthians 7:28. Trouble.
1
Corinthians 7:29-31. To remain as they were.
1
Corinthians 7:32-34. Care.
1
Corinthians 7:35. Paul""s advice for their profit.
1
Corinthians 7:36-37. Permission to marry.
1
Corinthians 7:38. Preference not to do so.
1
Corinthians 7:39. Permission to marry again.
1
Corinthians 7:40. Preference not to do so.
1
Corinthians 8:1-13. THINGS OFFERED TO IDOLS.
1
Corinthians 8:1-8. Knowledge
brings liberty to oneself.
1
Corinthians 8:9-13. Liberty may cause stumbling to others.
1
Corinthians 8:1-8. KNOWLEDGE BRINGS LIBERTY TO ONESELF.
1
Corinthians 8:1 -. Things offered to idols.
1
Corinthians 8:1-2. Knowledge.
1
Corinthians 8:3. He who loves God, gets knowledge through
Him.
1
Corinthians 8:4 -. The idol is nothing.
1
Corinthians 8:4. There is only one God.
1
Corinthians 8:5. There are idol gods so called.
1
Corinthians 8:6 -. There is only one God.
1
Corinthians 8:6. Those who know God, know Him through Christ.
1
Corinthians 8:7 -. Knowledge.
1
Corinthians 8:7-8. Things offered to idols.
1
Corinthians 8:9-13. LIBERTY MAY CAUSE STUMBLING TO OTHERS.
1
Corinthians 8:9. Care lest liberty cause stumbling.
1
Corinthians 8:10 -. Influence of one who has knowledge.
1
Corinthians 8:10. Effect of example on a weak brother.
1
Corinthians 8:11. Influence of one who has knowledge.
1
Corinthians 8:12. Effect of example on a weak brother.
1
Corinthians 8:13. Care lest liberty cause stumbling.
1
Corinthians 9:1 - 1
Corinthians 15:58. MINISTERIAL. REPROOF AND EXPLANATION.
1
Corinthians 9:1-2. Apostleship asserted and claimed.
1
Corinthians 9:3-27. Claim established by his practical
teaching.
1
Corinthians 10:1 - 1
Corinthians 11:1. The Mosaic Dispensation typical.
1
Corinthians 11:2-16. The public use of spiritual gifts.
1
Corinthians 11:17-34. The Gospel Dispensation antitypical.
1
Corinthians 12:1-14:40. The public exercise of spiritual
gifts.
1
Corinthians 15:1-11. Apostleship asserted and claimed.
1
Corinthians 15:12-58. Claim established by his doctrinal
teaching.
1
Corinthians 9:3-27. CLAIM ESTABLISHED BY HIS PRACTICAL
TEACHING.
1
Corinthians 9:3-8. Claim to live of the Gospel equal to that
of others.
1
Corinthians 9:9-11. Teaching of the Law thereon.
1
Corinthians 9:12. Claim not advanced by Paul.
1
Corinthians 9:13-14. Teaching of the Sanctuary thereon.
1
Corinthians 9:15-27. Claim not exercised by Paul.
1
Corinthians 9:15-27. CLAIM NOT EXERCISED BY PAUL.
1
Corinthians 9:15 -. Forbearance.
1
Corinthians 9:15-17. Reason.
1
Corinthians 9:18 -. Reward.
1
Corinthians 9:18 -. Forbearance.
1
Corinthians 9:18-23. Reason.
1
Corinthians 9:24-27. Reward.
1
Corinthians 9:24-27. REWARD.
1
Corinthians 9:24 -. Running in a race.
1
Corinthians 9:24. Application.
1
Corinthians 9:25 -. The training.
1
Corinthians 9:25. Application.
1
Corinthians 9:26. Running and boxing.
1
Corinthians 9:27. Application.
1
Corinthians 10:1-33; 1
Corinthians 11:1. THE MOSAIC DISPENSATION TYPICAL.
1
Corinthians 10:1-5. The Mosaic Dispensation.
1
Corinthians 10:6-14. Application.
1
Corinthians 10:15-20 -. The Gospel (i.e. Kingdom)
Dispensation.
1 Corinthians 10:-20-11:1. Application.
1
Corinthians 10:6-14. APPLICATION.
1
Corinthians 10:6-10. Types. Failures.
1
Corinthians 10:11-12. Warning.
1
Corinthians 10:13. Temptations.
1
Corinthians 10:14. Warning.
1
Corinthians 10:15-20. THE GOSPEL (i.e. KINGDOM)
DISPENSATION.
1
Corinthians 10:15-16. Fellowship.
1
Corinthians 10:17. Reason.
1
Corinthians 10:18. Fellowship.
1
Corinthians 10:19-20 -. Inference.
1
Corinthians 10:20 - 1
Corinthians 11:1. APPLICATION.
1
Corinthians 10:20-23. Distinctions in fellowship.
1
Corinthians 10:24. Inference.
1
Corinthians 10:25. Distinctions in knowledge.
1
Corinthians 10:26. Reason.
1
Corinthians 10:27-28 -. Distinction in meats.
1
Corinthians 10:28. Reason.
1
Corinthians 10:29-30. Distinctions in conscience.
1
Corinthians 10:31 - 1
Corinthians 11:1. Inference.
*****
Intent of the Chapters
Chapter 6
Verses 1-4 hold that Litigation
between the saints is to be done in the church under the elders. If the parties
will not abide by the decision then it is placed before the world authorities
to the shame of the parties involved (vv. 5-6). The saints are to judge the
world (v. 2), which will be in the millennial system, and after in the Second
Resurrection, then they are to judge Angels (v. 3) which will also be in the Second Resurrection
(143B) when the fallen host will appear before us for retraining (cf. Judgment of the Demons
(No. 080)).
For the elect to have
lawsuits against one another is defeat for the brethren. Why would you not
rather suffer wrong. But the brethren were wronging and defrauding their own
brethren (vv. 7-8). The elect should know that the unrighteous will not inherit
the kingdom of God; nor also the immoral (7th, 8th, 9th,
10th), nor idolaters (2nd), nor adulterers or sexual
perverts (7th), nor thieves (8th), nor the greedy (10th),
nor drunkards (3rd, 10th), nor revilers (6th,
9th), nor robbers (6th and 8th). None of these
sinners who transgress the Law of God (L1) shall inherit the Kingdom of
God.
Such were some of the
elect but they were washed in Repentance and Baptism
(No. 052). They were sanctified
and justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God
(vv. 9-11) (Rom. 8:28-30).
In verses 12-13 Paul
then makes one of those statements that are often wrested by those professing
the faith to their own destruction (cf. 2Pe. 3:15-16). He says all things are
lawful for him but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,
but, I will not be enslaved by anything.” He then says food is meant for the
stomach and the stomach for food – And God will destroy both one and the
other.”
Thus it is often wrested
to mean that all these things are lawful for Paul and hence the church and also
that all food is lawful hence eliminating the Biblical Food Laws
(No. 015) of Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14. Nothing could be further
from the truth.
The body is not meant
for immorality but for the Lord and the Lord for the Body. The elect are the
Temple of God (3:16ff). Therefore it is not to be defiled by anything unclean,
neither food nor with perversions and immorality, nor adultery, nor
prostitution, sodomy nor drunkenness, nor anything that will pollute the body
as the Temple of God. These issues are
raised again in Romans and elsewhere.
Verse 15 then states
that: “Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ. Shall I take the
members of Christ and make them the members of a prostitute? Never! Do you not
know that he who joins himself to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For
it is written: The two shall become one flesh. But he who is united to the Lord
becomes one spirit with him. Shun immorality. Every other sin is outside the
body but the immoral person sins against their own body. In verse 19 Paul again
emphasizes that the body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit which is given from
God. They are not their own but were bought with a price so glorify God in
their bodies. See also Paul and the Law (N0. 271).
Chapter 7
In
verse 1 Paul says it is well for a man not to touch a woman but because of the temptation
to immorality each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.
He states that the husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights and
likewise the wife to her husband. He then develops the laws concerning the
family under the Fifth Commandment and the subsequent laws of the family.
Neither rules over their own bodies but the other spouse. Neither is to refuse
the other except by agreement for a season in order to devote themselves to
prayer and then come together again. That is so that Satan does not tempt any
by lack of self control. He says that by
way of concession not of command but the laws of marriage are fairly specific
under the Torah (cf. Law and the Seventh
Commandment (No. 259) (cf. L1).
Paul wishes that all
were as he was (at the time he wrote this letter). But each has his own special
gift from God, each of a different kind. When this was written the pagans had
not yet begun castrating the elect to render them unfit for the priesthood. His
comments to the unmarried and the widows show that he thinks they should remain
single but it is better to marry than be aflame with passion (vv. 8-9). So also
he has command from the Lord that the wife should not separate from the husband
but if she does she should remain single or else be reconciled to her husband
and that the husband should not divorce his wife (vv. 10-11). However, if a woman opts to not follow her
husband and commits adultery under the Torah he is not obligated to remain wed
to her under the Torah but that is the last resort due to the hardness of their
hearts. If she has not committed adultery, and he marries another, he commits
adultery (Mat. 19:8).
In verses 12-13 Paul
says that the believing spouse should remain with the unbelieving spouse and
that the unbelieving spouse is consecrated through the believing spouse, either
husband or wife. In that way their children are holy (v. 14). If the
unbelieving partner desires to separate then the other is not bound. God has
called us to peace. The wife or husband
does not know whether they will be the means of saving their spouse.
Two people cohabiting
and not married are not sanctified. Due to Christ’s comments to the Samaritan
woman at the well, common law marriage is not marriage (Jn. 4:18).
From verse 17 onwards
Paul tells everyone to lead the life the Lord has assigned to them. He then
makes a very serious statement. He says that each should remain as they were.
The circumcised should not seek to be uncircumcised and the uncircumcised
should not seek circumcision for that state counts for nothing. The only things that count are keeping the Commandments of God (v.
19). That text refutes all the antinomian sentiments and misrepresentation
regarding Paul and the Law of God. Paul may have changed his status and become
married but we will discuss that issue in 9:1-6 below.
Paul states that
everyone should remain in the state in which he was called (v. 20). If called as a slave then remain as a slave for
they are freedmen of the Lord, but if you have the opportunity then avail
yourself of your freedom. Those who are free when called become a slave of
Christ (vv. 21-22). So also all were bought
with a price so we should not willingly become slaves of men. In each state in
which we are called let us there remain with God (vv. 23-24) who becomes all in
all (Eph. 4:6 and 6:19 above).
From verses 25ff: If we
had followed Paul’s advice we would have all been very thin on the ground. The
time frame of Daniel and Ezekiel had been shut up until the time of the end and
Revelation had not as yet been given. He says he has received no command of the
Lord. He thinks that in view of the present distress that they were facing they
should remain unmarried and the married remain as they are also. From verse 29
Paul says that due to the circumstances that those who had wives live as though
they had none. Let all appear as though they were neither mourning nor
rejoicing; those who buy as though they had no goods and those who deal as
though they had no dealings with the world. He says that the form of this world
is passing away (v. 31).
From verses 32ff, Paul
then makes the distinction he was trying to emphasise in that the unmarried
will be devoted to the Lord but the married will be involved in the cares of
the world and how to please his wife and his interests are divided. The
unmarried woman or girl is anxious to be Holy and to please in the affairs of
the Lord whereas the married woman is concerned to please her husband. He then says he seeks not to lay any stress
on them but to promote good order and secure undivided devotion to the Lord (v.
35). In verse 6, he says that if anyone thinks that he is behaving improperly
with his betrothed then they had better be married. That is no sin. However, he
says that if the man has himself under control and wishes to keep her as his
betrothed he will do well. He who refrains from marriage will do better (v.
38).
However his betrothed
might have much to say about having an unconsummated quasi-marriage. The
betrothed has every right under the Law, and Paul’s earlier comments here, to
marry and bear children.
In verse 39 he says that
a wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. If he dies she is free to marry whom she
wishes, only in the Lord. But in Paul’s judgment she is happier if she remains
as she is and he thinks he has the spirit of God (v. 40).
Paul’s comments here are
overridden by his comments regarding widows under 60 being remarried to avoid
being wanton (1Tim. 5:11).
Chapter 8
In chapter 8 He deals
with the issue of food offered to idols. This was the basis of the discussion
at the Acts 15 Conference (No. 069).
Many had become slaves and as such they did not have control of the supply of
food into the house. The comments regarding knowledge or Gnosis imply
disputations about food, perhaps even according to Gnosticism (cf. Vegetarianism and the
Bible (No. 183)).
He states that Knowledge
puffs up but love builds up. It is the love of God that builds one and he is
known by God (vv. 2-3). He also deals with this issue in Romans chapter 14. Others
were contemptuous of those who were bothered by these scruples. The arrogant
and contemptuous he rebukes for their lack of love.
From verse 4 he goes on
to say that an idol has no real existence and there is no God but one (Deut.
6:4; Jn. 17:3). From verse 5 he states that there are many elohim or theoi in
heaven and on earth yet for us there is only One True God the Father, from whom
are all things and for whom we exist and one Lord Jesus Christ through whom are
all things (di’ ou a panta), and we
through him (v. 6).
Here Paul restates the
existence of the elohim as sons of God and comrades of Christ (Job 1:6; 2:1;
38:4-7; Deut. 32:8; Psalm 82:1, 6; and see also Mal. 2:10; Jn. 1:3, Rom. 11:36,
Eph. 4:6, Col. 1:16 re the issues above).
It is those who being
used to eating food offered to idols and with weak consciences are
defiled. Food does not commend us to
God. We are no worse off if we do not eat and no better off if we do. However
we are to take care less our liberty becomes a stumbling block to the weak. The
issue is entirely food offered to idols and does not deal with unclean food as
opposed to clean food authorized by Leviticus 11 and Deut. 14 under the Food Laws (No. 015). The
argument assumes the Commandments of God are being kept and understood (cf.
6:19 above).
If anyone of the faith
is seen eating meat in an idol’s temple and is the cause of one of the elect
weak in faith to be damaged and for whom Christ died (v. 11) they are thus
sinning against the brother and wounding their conscience when it is weak, one
would thus trespass against Christ. Paul
therefore says if food is the cause of a brother’s falling he would rather not
eat meat than cause his brother to fall. This is by no means an endorsement of
vegetarianism which of itself is an accusation against the Laws of God.
Chapter
9
Paul then deals with his
rights as in apostle in the church. He
is Free and not a slave hence he is able to dedicate himself in service to the
Christ. He says that he has seen Christ (from his vision on the road to Damascus). He then says that the brethren there are his
workmanship in the Lord (vv. 1-2).
In
verse 3 he begins by asserting the defence to the right to be supported in the
work as an apostle (cf. 1Thes. 2:6). He
asks in verse 4, “Do we not have the right to our food and drink? Do we not
have the right to be accompanied by a wife as the other apostles as the
brothers of the Lord and Cephas? (v. 5).
Or is it only Barnabas and I that have no right to refrain from working
for a living? He then asks: Who serves as
a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its
fruit? Who tends a flock without getting some of the milk? In verse 8 he then
makes direct appeal to the Law of God. In verse 9 he specifically refers to the
Law of God as given by Christ to Moses: “You shall not muzzle an ox while it
treads the grain” (cf. also Deut. 25:4; 1Tim. 5:18). From verses 10-13 he
states that the law was written for our sake; plowing and threshing in the hope
of a share in the crop. Having sown spiritual good he has the hope of material
benefit. Nevertheless, they have not made use of that right so as not to place
an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ. Those employed by the Temple
eat of the food of the Temple. Those who serve at the altar share in the
sacrificial offerings (v. 13). Those who proclaim the gospel should get their
living by the gospel (v. 14).”
From
verses 15 to 18 he says he has made no use of any of these rights, nor is he
writing to secure any such provision. He would rather die than have anyone
deprive him of his ground for boasting. Preaching the gospel gives one no
ground for boasting, for that necessity is laid on him as it is all the elect.
Woe to him if he does not preach (as indeed it is to all). If he does it of his
own will he has a reward but if not of his own will he is entrusted with a
commission. So what then is his reward? Just this that is their preaching he
(and the elect) make the gospel free of charge not making full use of his right
in the gospel.
In
verse 19 he claims that he is free of all men. He has made himself a slave to
all that he might win the more. To the
Jews he became a Jew in order to win Jews; to those under the law he became as
one under the law (though not being himself under the law (by grace) in order
to win those under the law. In verse 21 he says that to those outside the law, he
became as one outside the law -- not being without law toward God but under the
law of Christ that he might win those outside the law. (It was Christ who gave
the law to Moses at Sinai; cf. Acts chapter 7:30-53; and 1Cor. 10:4 below.)
To
the weak he became weak to win the weak and he became all things to all men
that he might save some. He does all
these things for the sake of the gospel that he might share in its blessings
(vv. 22-23).
From
verse 24 he then uses the competitor analogy of competing to win the
prize. We are to run as to obtain it. In
verse 25 he says every athlete exercises control in all things and does it to
obtain a perishable wreath. The elect
compete to obtain an imperishable wreath. He however does not run aimlessly nor
shadow box. He pommels his body and subdues it less after preaching to others
he is disqualified (v. 27). See
also Steps to Overcoming Sin (No. 011).
Chapter 10
In
chapter 10 Paul then refers back to Israel in the wilderness and their place
under Christ, as the Angel of the Presence at Sinai, when he gave the Law to
Israel through Moses and he placed the authority on the elders as the Sanhedrin
as the Seventy (two) at the Tabernacle (Num. 11:24-27 with Eldad and Medad as
the two in the camp). In establishing this link he establishes the right of
Christ to transfer the authority of the Sanhedrin to the Church (cf. Luke
10:1,17 re the Hebdomekonta (duo)).
In verse 2 he established that we were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and
the sea and all ate the supernatural food (v. 3). And all drank the same
supernatural drink. For they drank from the supernatural rock that followed
them and that rock was Christ (v. 4).
Nevertheless
with most of them God was not pleased; for they were overthrown in the
wilderness (v. 5) (Num. 14:29-30).
It
is thus impossible to claim that it was not Christ as the Angel of the Presence
that gave the Law to Moses and established judgment in Israel and that he had
pre-existence as the elohim given Israel as his inheritance by Eloah the One
True God in Deuteronomy 32:8. Thus he was the elohim of Israel referred to by
David in Psalm 45:6-7 who was anointed above his comrades of the elohim by his
Elohim, the One True God Eloah the Ha Elohim. This fact is confirmed by Hebrews
1:8-9.
Christ was thus pre-existent as is explained in the paper Pre-existence of Jesus
Christ (No. 243).
It
is also logically absurd to claim Christ did away with the Law of God that he
gave to Moses, as do the Antinomian Gnostics.
In
verse 6 he states that these things (those overthrown in the wilderness) are warnings
for us not to desire evil as they did. He warns the church not to be idolaters
as some of them were. He refers to the records that “the people sat down to eat
and drink and rose up to dance” in reference to the worship of the Golden Calf (No. 222)
of the moon god Sin (Ex. 32:4-6).
He
then warns of immorality indulged in by the multitude when twenty-three
thousand died in a single day (v. 8) (Num. 25:1-18).
From
verse 9 he refers to putting the Lord to the test as some of them did who were
destroyed by serpents (Num. 21:5-6). Nor were they to grumble as some did (in
the rebellion of Korah) and were destroyed by the destroyer (Num. 16:14-49).
In
verse 11 Paul says that these were given to them as a warning but were recorded
for our instruction upon whom the end of the ages has come. Therefore he who
thinks he stands take heed lest he fall (v. 12). No temptation has overtaken
them which was not common to man. God is
faithful and He will not let any be tempted beyond their strength; but with the
temptation He will provide the way of escape that the tempted may be able to
endure it (v. 13).
From
verse 14 he says to shun the worship of idols. He speaks as to sensible men who
are invited to judge for themselves what he says. The cup of blessing which the Church blesses,
is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which the church
breaks (on 14 Abib at the Lord’s Supper) is it not a participation in the Body
of Christ? He then says that because
there is one bread then the elect who are many all partake of the one Body for
they all partake of the one Bread. See also One Bread, One Body (No. 012)
and The Lord’s Supper (No. 103).
He
then refers to the sacrifices of the body of Israel (v. 18). Are not those who
eat the sacrifices partners in the altar? In verse 19 he then takes it on to
the next step. What, is Paul implying that food offered to idols is anything?
No, what he says is that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to
God and he does not want them to be partners with demons (v. 20). The elect
cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons (v. 21). He then poses
the question shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
In
verse 23 Paul then goes on to say that all things are lawful but not all things
are helpful. All things are lawful but not all things build up. He is not
speaking outside of the confines of the Laws of God as though the elect can
choose any food or drink or conduct that is immoral which he has castigated
elsewhere even here in the epistle. He says let no one seek their own good but
the good of their neighbour (v. 24). In verse 25 he says to eat whatever is
sold in the meat market without raising any question on the grounds of conscience. This directly relates to the food that might
be sacrificed to idols as examined above. In verse 26 he says for the earth is
the Lord’s and everything in it. Therefore if some pagan has said some words
over it before it goes to the market it is of no concern because it is all the
Lord’s in the first place and we are not to be held responsible for the actions
of pagan heretics who mumble words over it. So also if the unbelievers invite
them to dinner go without raising questions as to their practices unless it is
strangled or of blood as we saw in Acts 15. However, if the host says that it
was sacrificed to idols then out of regard for his conscience, not yours, one
should refrain from eating it. Why should their liberty be determined by
another man’s scruples? (v. 29). If they partake with thanksgiving why are they
to be denounced because of that for which they give thanks? In other words we
are not restrained by the actions of pagan idolaters.
The
chapter ends with the injunction that whatever the church does it is to be done
to the glory of God. Give no offence to
Jews or Greeks or to the Church of God.
As Paul did, they were to try to please all men in everything they do,
not seeking their own advantage, but that of the many, that they may be saved.
He then invites them to be imitators of him, as he is of Christ (11:1 below).
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Chapter 6
1When one of you has a grievance against a brother, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? 2Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? 3Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, matters pertaining to this life! 4If then you have such cases, why do you lay them before those who are least esteemed by the church? 5I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no man among you wise enough to decide between members of the brotherhood, 6but brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers? 7To have lawsuits at all with one another is defeat for you. Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? 8But you yourselves wrong and defraud, and that even your own brethren. 9Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor sexual perverts, 10nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. 12"All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be enslaved by anything. 13"Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food" --and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power. 15Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I therefore take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! 16Do you not know that he who joins himself to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, "The two shall become one flesh." 17But he who is united to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. 18Shun immorality. Every other sin which a man commits is outside the body; but the immoral man sins against his own body. 19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
Chapter 7
1Now concerning the matters about which you wrote. It is well for a man not to touch a woman. 2But because of the temptation to immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. 3The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4For the wife does not rule over her own body, but the husband does; likewise the husband does not rule over his own body, but the wife does. 5Do not refuse one another except perhaps by agreement for a season, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, lest Satan tempt you through lack of self-control. 6I say this by way of concession, not of command. 7I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own special gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. 8To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is well for them to remain single as I do. 9But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion. 10To the married I give charge, not I but the Lord, that the wife should not separate from her husband 11but if she does, let her remain single or else be reconciled to her husband) --and that the husband should not divorce his wife. 12To the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. 13If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him. 14For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is consecrated through her husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, but as it is they are holy. 15But if the unbelieving partner desires to separate, let it be so; in such a case the brother or sister is not bound. For God has called us to peace. 16Wife, how do you know whether you will save your husband? Husband, how do you know whether you will save your wife? 17Only, let every one lead the life which the Lord has assigned to him, and in which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches. 18Was any one at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was any one at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision. 19For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God. 20Every one should remain in the state in which he was called. 21Were you a slave when called? Never mind. But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity. 22For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a slave of Christ. 23You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men. 24So, brethren, in whatever state each was called, there let him remain with God. 25Now concerning the unmarried, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy. 26I think that in view of the present distress it is well for a person to remain as he is. 27Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek marriage. 28But if you marry, you do not sin, and if a girl marries she does not sin. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that. 29I mean, brethren, the appointed time has grown very short; from now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none, 30and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods, 31and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the form of this world is passing away. 32I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to please the Lord; 33but the married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how to please his wife, 34and his interests are divided. And the unmarried woman or girl is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs, how to please her husband. 35I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord. 36If any one thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his betrothed, if his passions are strong, and it has to be, let him do as he wishes: let them marry--it is no sin. 37But whoever is firmly established in his heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well. 38So that he who marries his betrothed does well; and he who refrains from marriage will do better. 39A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. If the husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord. 40But in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I have the Spirit of God.
Chapter 8
1Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that "all of us possess knowledge." "Knowledge" puffs up, but love builds up. 2If any one imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. 3But if one loves God, one is known by him. 4Hence, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "an idol has no real existence," and that "there is no God but one." 5For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth--as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords" -- 6yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist. 7However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through being hitherto accustomed to idols, eat food as really offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. 9Only take care lest this liberty of yours somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. 10For if any one sees you, a man of knowledge, at table in an idol's temple, might he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols? 11And so by your knowledge this weak man is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. 12Thus, sinning against your brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. 13Therefore, if food is a cause of my brother's falling, I will never eat meat, lest I cause my brother to fall.
Chapter 9
1Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord? 2If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. 3This is my defense to those who would examine me. 4Do we not have the right to our food and drink? 5Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a wife, as the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? 6Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living? 7Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Who tends a flock without getting some of the milk? 8Do I say this on human authority? Does not the law say the same? 9For it is written in the law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain." Is it for oxen that God is concerned? 10Does he not speak entirely for our sake? It was written for our sake, because the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of a share in the crop. 11If we have sown spiritual good among you, is it too much if we reap your material benefits? 12If others share this rightful claim upon you, do not we still more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ. 13Do you not know that those who are employed in the temple service get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the sacrificial offerings? 14In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel. 15But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing this to secure any such provision. For I would rather die than have any one deprive me of my ground for boasting. 16For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 17For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with a commission. 18What then is my reward? Just this: that in my preaching I may make the gospel free of charge, not making full use of my right in the gospel. 19For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, that I might win the more. 20To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews; to those under the law I became as one under the law--though not being myself under the law--that I might win those under the law. 21To those outside the law I became as one outside the law--not being without law toward God but under the law of Christ--that I might win those outside the law. 22To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 23I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings. 24Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. 25Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. 26Well, I do not run aimlessly, I do not box as one beating the air; 27 but I pommel my body and subdue it, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
Chapter 10
1I want you to know, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, 2and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3and all ate the same supernatural food 4and all drank the same supernatural drink. For they drank from the supernatural Rock which followed them, and the Rock was Christ. 5Nevertheless with most of them God was not pleased; for they were overthrown in the wilderness. 6Now these things are warnings for us, not to desire evil as they did. 7Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to dance." 8We must not indulge in immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. 9We must not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents; 10nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer. 11Now these things happened to them as a warning, but they were written down for our instruction, upon whom the end of the ages has come. 12Therefore let any one who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. 13No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. 14Therefore, my beloved, shun the worship of idols. 15I speak as to sensible men; judge for yourselves what I say. 16The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? 17Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread. 18Consider the people of Israel; are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar? 19What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons. 21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. 22Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? 23"All things are lawful," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful," but not all things build up. 24Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. 25Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience. 26For "the earth is the Lord's, and everything in it." 27If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience. 28(But if some one says to you, "This has been offered in sacrifice," then out of consideration for the man who informed you, and for conscience' sake-- 29I mean his conscience, not yours--do not eat it.) For why should my liberty be determined by another man's scruples? 30If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks? 31So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 32Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God, 33just as I try to please all men in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.
Bullinger’s Notes
on 1Corinthians Chs. 6-10 (for KJV)
Chapter 6
Verse 1
any. App-123.
against. App-104.
another = the other. App-124.
go to law. Literally be judged. App-122.
before. App-104.
unjust. Greek. adikos. See Acts 24:15 and compare App-128.
saints. See Acts 26:10.
Do ye not know = Know ye not. See 1 Corinthians 3:16 and compare verses: 1 Corinthians 6:3, 1 Corinthians 6:9, 1 Corinthians 3:15, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 1 Corinthians 3:19.
know. App-132.
judge. Greek. krino, as in 1 Corinthians 6:1.
world. Greek. kosmos. App-129.
if. App-118.
by. Greek. en. App-104.
unworthy. Greek. anaxios. Only here.
to judge, &c. Literally of the least judgments
(App-177.)
how much more. Greek. meti ge. Frequently
used with a negative question, as a strong remonstrance. See Matthew 26:22. John 18:35. Acts 10:47.
things, &c. Greek. biotikos. Only
here, 1 Corinthians 6:4, and Luke 21:34 (which see).
If. App-118.
judgments. See 1 Corinthians 6:2.
set . . . to judge. Literally cause . . . to sit.
Greek. kathizo. Compare Ephesians 1:20.
least esteemed = counted as nothing. Greek. exoutheneo. See Acts 4:11.
in. App-104.
church. App-186.
to. App-104.
shame. Greek. entrope. Only here
and 1 Corinthians 15:34. Compare the verb in 1 Corinthians 4:14.
Is it so. Greek. houtos. Emph.
standing fist in the sentence. It may be rendered "Has it come to
this? "
among. App-104.
no, not one. Greek. oude (not
even) heis (one): but the texts read oudeis, no
one.
judge. App-122.
between = in (Greek. ana. App-104.)
the midst of.
brethren = his brother.
unbelievers. Greek. apistos. See
App-150.
utterly = altogether. See 1 Corinthians 5:1.
fault. Greek. hettema. App-128. Only
here and Romans 11:12.
go to law. Literally have judgments (Greek. krima.
App-177.)
one with another. Literally with yourselves.
take wrong = suffer unjustly. Greek. pass,
of adikeo. See Acts 7:24.
suffer, &c. = be defrauded.
Greek. apostereo. Elsewhere, 1 Corinthians 6:8; 1 Corinthians 7:5. Mark 10:19. 1 Timothy 6:5. James 5:4.
Nay = But.
do wrong = act unjustly. Greek. adikeo,
as above.
unrighteous. Same as unjust (1 Corinthians 6:1).
the kingdom of God. See App-114, and Compare 1 Corinthians 4:20.
not. App-105.
deceived. Greek. planao. This caution
occurs three times in Paul"s epistles; here, 1 Corinthians 15:33. Galatians 1:6, Galatians 1:7, and once in James (1 Corinthians 1:16).
neither . . . nor. Greek. oute.
idolaters. See 1 Corinthians 5:10.
effeminate. Greek. malakos. Elsewhere
transl, "soft". Matthew 11:8. Luke 7:25.
abusers, &c. Greek. arsenokoites. Only
here and 1 Timothy 1:10. Compare Romans 1:27.
thieves. Greek. kleptes. See John 10:1.
covetous, &c. See 1 Corinthians 5:10, 1 Corinthians 5:11.
nor. The three last occurances are Greek. ou.
such. Literally these things.
some. App-123.
washed. Greek. apolouo. App-136. Only
here and Acts 22:16. Compare John 13:10.
sanctified. Greek. hagiazo. See John 17:17.
justified. App-191.
Lord. App-98.
Jesus = Jesus Christ. App-98.
Spirit. App-101.
God. App-98.
unto = to.
all things, &c. = not all things are profitable
(Greek. sumphero. Compare John 11:50; John 16:7. Acts 20:20).
for = to.
brought under, &c. Greek. pass, of exousiazo, to
have authority over. Elsewhere 1 Corinthians 7:4. Luke 22:25.
of = by. App-104.
destroy = bring to nought. Greek. katargeo. See Romans 3:3.
hath. Omit.
raised up. Greek. egeiro. App-178.
raise up. Greek. exegeiro. App-178.
Compare Romans 9:17.
by = through. App-104. 1 Corinthians 6:1.
power. Greek. dunamis. App-172.
Compare 1 Corinthians 15:43. 2 Corinthians 13:4. Ephesians 1:19, Ephesians 1:21.
Christ. App-98.
God forbid. Greek. me genoito. The
eleventh occurance of this expression in Paul"s epistles. See Romans 3:4.
What? = Greek.
joined. Greek. kollao. See Luke 15:15.
for two, &c. The quotation is from Genesis 2:24 (Septuagint)
one = into (Greek. eis. App-104.)
one. Compare Matthew 19:5, where the same idiom occurs.
spirit. App-101. Compare 1 Corinthians 6:15; 1 Corinthians 12:13.
Every, i.e. every other.
sin. App-128.
man. App-123.
without. Greek. ektos. Occurs: Matthew 23:26 (outside). 2 Corinthians 12:2, 2 Corinthians 12:3 (out of).
sinneth. App-128.
against. App-104.
the = a.
Temple. Greek. naos. See 1 Corinthians 3:16.
Holy Ghost = Holy Spirit. App-101.
of = from. App-104.
are = were.
bought. Greek. agorazo. Occurs
thirty-one times, always translated "buy", save Revelation 5:9; Revelation 14:3, Revelation 14:4.
glorify. Greek. doxazo. See p. 1511.
and in your spirit, &c. All the texts omit.
Chapter 7
Verse 1
concerning. App-104.
the things whereof = what things.
ye wrote. The Corinthians had written a letter, but
carefully avoided any reference to the disorders among themselves. These had
been reported by the members of Chloe"s family (1 Corinthians 1:11, 1 Corinthians 1:12), and the scandal referred to in 1Co 5was a
common report, which was perhaps made known by Stephanas and others (1 Corinthians 16:17). But see Hebrews 13:4.
unto = to.
man. App-123.
Verse 2
Nevertheless = But.
to avoid = on account of.
App-104. 1 Corinthians 7:2.
every = each.
husband. App-123.
Verse 3
benevolence. Greek. eunoia. Only here
and Ephesians 6:7; but instead of "due
benevolence", all the texts read "the debt", Greek. opheile, which
Occurs elsewhere only in Matthew 18:32. Romans 13:7.
also the wife = the wife also.
Verse 4
hath . . . power. Greek. exousiazo. See 1 Corinthians 6:12.
not. App-105.
Verse 5
Defraud. Greek. apostereo, as in 1 Corinthians 6:7. Here, deprive
one the other = one another.
except. Greek. ei me.
with = from. App-104.
consent. Greek. sumphonos. Only here.
Compare Acts 5:9.
time = season.
that = in order that. Greek. hina.
give yourselves to = have leisure for.
Greek. scholazo. Only here and Matthew 12:44. Compare Acts 19:9 (school).
fasting and. All the texts omit.
prayer. App-134.
together. Greek. epi to auto. See Acts 1:15; Acts 2:1.
for = on account of. App-104. 1 Corinthians 7:2.
incontinency. Greek. alcrasia. Only
here and Matthew 23:25.
Verse 6
by = according to. App-104.
permission. Greek. sungnome. Only here.
commandment. Greek. epitage. See Romans 16:26.
Verse 7
would. App-.
proper. Greek. idios. Same
as "own" in verses: 1 Corinthians 7:7, 1 Corinthians 7:1, 1 Corinthians 2:4, 1 Corinthians 2:37.
gift. App-184.
of = from. App-104.
God. App-98.
after this manner . . . after that. Greek. houtos .
. . houtos.
Verse 8
I say therefore = But I say.
unmarried. Greek. agamos. Only here,
verses: 1 Corinthians 7:11, 1 Corinthians 7:32, 1 Corinthians 11:34.
if. App-118.
abide = remain. Greek. meno. Seep.
1511.
Verse 9
if. App-118.
cannot contain = have not (Greek. ou) self-control.
Greek. engkrateuomai. Only here and 1 Corinthians 9:25. Compare Acts 24:25. Titus 1:8. Occurs in Septuagint Genesis 43:31. 1 Samuel 13:12 (forced).
burn. Greek. puroomai. Elsewhere, 2 Corinthians 11:29. Ephesians 6:16. 2 Peter 3:12. Revelation 1:15; Revelation 3:18.
Verse 10
command. Greek. parangello. See Acts 1:4.
yet, &c. Figure of speech Epanorthosis. App-6.
Lord. App-98. Compare Matthew 5:32.
Let not the wife. Literally That the wife should not.
depart = be separated. Greek. chorizo. In Matthew 19:6, put asunder.
from. App-104.
Verse 11
remain = abide, as in 1 Corinthians 7:8.
reconciled. Greek. katallasso. See Romans 5:10.
put away = send away. Greek. aphiemi. App-174.
Verse 12
the rest. App-124.
any. App-123.
a wife, &c. = an unbelieving (Greek. apistos, as
in 1 Corinthians 6:6) wife.
be pleased. Greek. suneudokeo. See Acts 8:1.
dwell. Greek. oikeo. See Romans 7:17.
Verse 13
an husband, &c. = an unbelieving (as in 1 Corinthians 7:12) husband.
if. Omit.
leave. Greek. aphiemi, as in 1 Corinthians 7:11. The same tense and voice, and should
therefore be rendered "send away". The absolutely equal rights
of husband and wife are insisted on throughout the chapter. See verses: 1 Corinthians 7:3, 1 Corinthians 7:5, &c.
him. All the texts read "her husband".
Verse 14
sanctified. Greek. hagiazo. See John 17:17, John 17:19.
by = in. App-104.
husband. All the texts read "brother",
i.e. believer, or Christian brother.
else = since otherwise.
children. App-108.
unclean. Compare Peter"s use of this word
in Acts 10:14, Acts 10:28.
holy. Greek. hagios. This, as
contrasted with "unclean", must be in the same ceremonial sense,
but there maybe a thought of the dedication of the child to God by the
believing parent, and the influence he or she would exercise upon it.
Verse 15
is not under bondage = has not been enslaved
(App-190.)
in. App-104.
to = in, as above. Peace is the atmosphere of the
Christian calling, and should decide all the problems of life. Compare 1 Corinthians 14:33. Romans 12:18. 2 Corinthians 13:11. Colossians 3:15.
Verse 16
knowest. App-132.
whether = if. App-118.
man = husband, as above. Here are the Figures of
speech Antimetathesis and Apostrophe. App-6.
Verse 17
But. Greek. ei me, as 1 Corinthians 7:5.
God . . . the Lord. These should be transposed.
Compare 1 Corinthians 1:9. Romans 8:30. Galatians 1:1, Galatians 1:15. Ephesians 4:4. 1 Thessalonians 2:12. 2 Thessalonians 2:13, 2 Thessalonians 2:14; 2 Timothy 1:9.
distributed = divided, or imparted. Greek. merizo. Occurs
fourteen times. Always translated divided, except here, 1 Corinthians 7:34. Romans 12:3. 2 Corinthians 10:13. Hebrews 7:2.
every one. Same as "every man".
ordain = appoint. Greek. diatassomai. See Acts 7:44.
churches. App-186.
Verse 18
Is = Was.
any man, any = any (one). Greek. tis.
App-123.
being = having been.
Verse 19
nothing. Greek. oudeis. Compare Galatians 1:5, Galatians 1:6; Galatians 6:15.
keeping = guarding. Greek. teresis. This
is the Figure of speech Ellipsis (App-6). Supply "is
every thing", or "is alone important".
Verse 20
same. Omit.
wherein = in (Greek. en) which.
The order in the Greek is, "Each one in the calling in which he was
called, in this let him remain".
Art = Wast.
servant = slave. App-190.
care, &c. = let it not be a care to thee.
mayest = canst.
be made = become.
use. Greek. chraomai. See Acts 27:3.
is = was.
Lord. App-98.
freeman = absolutely free. Greek. apeleutheros, a
much stronger word than "free" in 1 Corinthians 7:21. Only here.
also. Omit.
Christ"s. App-98.
are = were.
bought. See 1 Corinthians 6:20.
therein = in (Greek. en) this.
with. Greek. para. App-104.
no = not. Greek. ou. App-105.
judgment = opinion. App-177.
obtained mercy. See 1 Timothy 1:13, 1 Timothy 1:16.
of = by. App-104.
faithful. App-150and App-.
suppose = reckon. Greek. nomizo. See Luke 3:23. Acts 14:19.
is. Greek. huparcho. See Luke 9:48.
present. Greek. enistemi. See Romans 8:38.
distress = need. Greek. anangke. Compare Luke 21:23.
bound. Greek. deo, not doudoe, as
in 1 Corinthians 7:15
to be loosed = release. Greek. lusis.
Only here.
loosed. Greek. pass, of luo.
But and = Moreover.
hast not = wouldst not have.
sinned. App-128.
hath not = would not have.
trouble = tribulation. Greek. thlpsis.
See Acts 7:10, and compare Matthew 24:19-21.
spare. Greek. pheidomai. See Acts 20:29.
time = season.
short = shortened, or contracted. Greek. sustello Only
here and Acts 5:6. Compare 1 John 2:18.
it remaineth = as for the rest it is.
See "besides" in 1 Corinthians 1:16.
though they had none = not (Greek. me) having
(any).
possessed. Greek. katecho, to hold
fast. Compare 1 Corinthians 15:2.
world. Greek. kosmos. App-129.
abusing = using to the full. Greek. katachraomai. Only
here und 1 Corinthians 9:18. The force of kata is
intensive. Compare katesthio, devour, eat up (2 Corinthians 11:20). See Colossians 3:2. 1 John 2:15.
fashion. Greek. schema. Only here
and Philippians 1:2, Philippians 1:8. Compare Psalms 39:6.
passeth away. Greek. parago. Compare 1 John 2:17, where the same word is used.
have you = that you should be.
without carefulness = free from anxiety.
Greek. amerimnos. Only here and Matthew 28:14.
careth. Gr merimnao. Occurs twelve
times in the Gospels translated "take thought", save Luke 10:41 (be careful); four times in this
chapter; 1 Corinthians 12:25. Philippians 1:2, Philippians 1:20; Philippians 4:6.
that belong to = of. App-17.
that are. Omit.
There is, &c. The texts vary here. See Revised
Version.
There is difference between. Greek. merizo, as
in 1 Corinthians 7:17 (distributed).
body = the body.
spirit = the spirit. App-101.
profit. Greek. sumphero. Same
as "expedient" (1 Corinthians 6:12).
snare. Greek. brochos. Only here.
Something to hamper or fetter.
that which is comely = decorum or propriety.
Greek. euschemon. See Acts 13:50.
that ye may attend = for devoted attention.
Greek. euprosedros. The texts read euparedros,
with the same meaning. Only here.
without distraction. Greek. aperispastos. Only
here. The verb penspaomai is used in Luke 10:40 (cumber).
think. Same as "suppose", 1 Corinthians 7:26.
behaveth, &c. = acts unseemly. Greek. aschemoneo. Only
here and 1 Corinthians 13:5.
virgin, i.e. virgin daughter.
pass, &c. = be of full age. Greek. huperakmos. Only
here.
need so require = it ought to be so.
stedfast. Greek. hedraios.
Elsewhere, 1 Corinthians 15:58. Colossians 1:23.
having no = not (Greek. me, as 1 Corinthians 7:1) having.
necessity = constraint. Greek. anangke, as
in 1 Corinthians 7:26.
power = authority. Greek. exousia. App-172.
over = concerning. Greek. peri, as
in 1 Corinthians 7:1.
will. App-102.
decreed = decided, or judged. App-122.
giveth . . . in marriage. Greek. ekgamizo. Elsewhere, Matthew 22:30; Matthew 24:38. Luke 17:27.
by the law. The texts omit.
as long as = for (Greek. epi.
App-104.) such time as.
be dead. App-171.
at liberty = free, as in verses: 1 Corinthians 7:21-22.
after = according to. App-104.
Spirit of God = Divine spirit. App-101.
Chapter 8
Verse 1
as touching = concerning. App-104.
things, &c. = the things offered to idols.
Greek. eidolothutos. See Acts 15:29. This was another subject about which they had
written.
know. App-132.
all. i.e. the greater part. Figure of speech Idioma. App-6.
knowledge. App-132.
puffeth up. Greek. phusioo. See 1 Corinthians 4:6. This sentence and the next two verses form
a parenthesis.
charity = love. App-135.
edifieth = buildeth up. Greek. orkodomeo. See Acts 9:31. Contrast between a bubble and a building.
Verse 2
if App-118.
any man . . . any thing. Greek. tis. App-123.
knoweth. App-132. with texts.
nothing yet = not yet any thing. Greek. oudepo
oudeis. A double negative. The texts read single negative.
Verse 3
love App-135.
God. App-98.
the same = this one.
of = by. App-104.
Verse 4
As concerning. Greek. peri, as
in 1 Corinthians 8:1.
eating. Greek. brosis.
those = the.
things . . . idols. Same word as in 1 Corinthians 8:1, though it is translated by a longer phrase.
nothing. Greek. oudeis.
world. App-129.
none = no, Greek. oudeis.
other. The texts omit.
but. Greek. ei me.
Verse 5
gods. App-98. Compare Psalms 82:1, Psalms 82:6.
heaven. No art. See Matthew 6:9, Matthew 6:10.
in = upon. App-104.
earth. Greek. ge. App-129.
lords. Greek. kurios. Compare
App-98and App-4.
Verse 6
in = unto. App-104. Compare Romans 11:36.
Lord. App-98.
Jesus Christ. App-98.
by = by means of. App-104. 1 Corinthians 8:1. Compare John 1:3. Colossians 1:16. Hebrews 1:2.
we by Him. Compare John 14:6. Romans 5:1. Philippians 1:1, Philippians 1:11.
Verse 7
not. App-105.
every man = all.
that = the.
some. App-124.
conscience. i.e. conviction. Greek. suneidesis, but
the texts read (first occurance) sunnetheia, custom (see John 18:39. John 11:16). The meaning is much the same. Having been so long
accustomed to believe the idol to have a real existence, they still regard the
sacrifice as a real one.
unto = until.
this hour = now.
defiled = polluted. Greek. moluno. Only
here and Revelation 3:4; Revelation 14:4.
Verse 8
commendeth = presenteth. Greek. paristemi. See Acts 1:3, and compare 2 Corinthians 11:2. Ephesians 5:27. Colossians 1:22, Colossians 1:28.
if. App-118.
are we the better. Literally do we exceed.
are we the worse. Literally do we lack, or come short.
Greek. hustereo. See Romans 3:23.
Verse 9
take heed = see, or look to it. App-133.
lest by any means. Greek. mepos.
liberty = authority, or right. App-172.
stumblingblock. Greek. proskomma. See Romans 9:32.
them that are = the.
Verse 10
see. App-133.
sit at meat = sitting down.
idol"s temple. Greek. eidoleion. Only
here.
conscience. Greek. suneidesis.
which = since he.
emboldened. Literally built up. Greek. oikodomeo, as
in 1 Corinthians 8:1. There is Irony (App-6)
here. Instead of building up the weak brother, the edifice will come tottering
down (1 Corinthians 8:11).
to eat = for (Greek. eis) eating.
Verse 11
through = upon. App-104. The texts
read "in", Greek. en.
perish. Greek. apollumi. See 1 Corinthians 1:18.
for = on account of. App-104. 1 Corinthians 8:2.
Christ. App-98. This sentence is not a question.
Verse 12
sin. App-128.
against. App-104.
wound = strike.
their, &c. = their conscience since it is weak.
Verse 13
Wherefore. Greek. dioper. Here, 1 Corinthians 10:14, and 1 Corinthians 14:13.
offend = stumble. Greek. skandalizo, to
cast a snare before one. Occurs twenty-six times in the Gospels; here, Romans 14:21. 2 Corinthians 11:29.
eat no flesh = by no means (Greek. ou me. App-105)
eat flesh (Greek. kreas. Only here and Romans 14:21).
while the world standeth = unto the age. App-151.
lest I = in order that (Greek. hina) I
may not (Greek. me. App-105).
Chapter 9
Verse 1
not. First two and fourth occurance. App-105.
apostle. App-189. The texts transpose the first two
questions.
not. Third occurance. App-105.
seen. App-133.
Jesus Christ = Jesus. App-98.
Lord. App-98.
Lord. App-98.
Verse 2
unto = to.
others. App-124.
doubtless = at least. seal. Greek. sphragis.
apostleship. Greek. apostole. See Acts
1:25.
Verse 3
answer = defence. Greek. apologia.
See Acts 22:1.
examine. App-122.
Verse 4
not. Greek. me ou. The me stands
for the question.
power = authority, or right. Greek. exousia. App-172.
to eat, &c. i.e. at the expense of the assembly.
Verse 5
a sister a wife. i.e. a wife who is a believer, and so
entitled to be provided for, as well as her husband.
other = the rest of the. App-124.
brethren. See App-182.
Verse 6
Barnabas. It would appear then that Barnabas adopted
the same method as Paul, of working for his living.
to forbear working = of not (Greek. me) working.
Verse 7
goeth a warfare = serves as a soldier.
Greek. strateuomai. Occ elsewhere, Luke 3:14 (which
see). 2 Corinthians 10:3. 1 Timothy 1:18. 2 Timothy
2:4. James 4:1. 1 Peter 2:11.
charges. Greek. opsonion. Literally
soldier"s rations. Occurs elsewhere and
translated "wages", Luke 3:14. Romans 6:23. 2
Corinthians 11:8.
vineyard. The only reference to a vineyard in N.T.,
besides our Lord"s three parables.
of. App-104.
Verse 8
Say I, &c. The question is introduced by me (1
Corinthians 9:4), and there is an Ellipsis of "only".
as-according to. Greek. kata. App-104.
man. Greek. anthropos (App-123.),
i.e. according to the universal practice of men.
the same also = also these things.
Verse 9
is = has been.
Moses. Occurs twice in this Epistle, here and 1
Corinthians 10:2. Compare Matthew 8:4.
muzzle. Greek. phimoo. See Luke
4:38 (hold . . . peace).
treadeth out the corn = thresheth. Greek. aloao. Only
here, 1 Corinthians 9:10 and 1 Timothy 5:18, where the same
quotation from Deuteronomy 25:4 is found.
Doth, &c. The question begins with me,
as in 1 Corinthians 9:8, nnd expects the answer "No". But
He does care. See Job 38:41. Matthew 6:26; Matthew 10:29. So
there is an Ellipsis of the word "only" after
"oxen". Compare 1 Corinthians 9:8.
God. App-98.
Verse 10
for our sakes = on account of (Greek. dia.
App-104. 1 Corinthians 9:2) us.
is = was.
ploweth. Greek. arotriao. Only here
and Luke 17:7.
should = ought to.
in = upon. App-104.
thresheth. See 1 Corinthians 9:9.
should be, &c. The texts read "(should
do so) upon the hope of partaking (of the fruit). "
be partaker = share. Greek. metecho. Elsewhere, 1
Corinthians 9:12; 1 Corinthians 10:17, 1 Corinthians 10:21, 1
Corinthians 10:30. Hebrews 2:14; Hebrews 5:13; Hebrews 7:13.
Verse 11
spiritual things = the spiritual (things).
Greek. pneumatikos. See 1 Corinthians 12:1.
carnal. Greek. sarkikos. See Romans
7:14.
Verse 12
have not used = did not use. Greek. chraomai. See Acts
27:3.
suffer = bear. Greek. stego, to cover.
Elsewhere, 1 Corinthians 13:7. 1 Thessalonians 3:1, 1
Thessalonians 3:5 (forbear).
lest, &c. = in order that (Greek. hina) we
might not (Greek. me. App-105).
hinder. Literally give any hindrance. Greek. engkope. Only
here. Compare Acts 24:4.
gospel. App-140.
Christ = the Christ. App-98.
Verse 13
Do ye not know = Know ye not. See 1
Corinthians 3:16.
know. App-132.
minister. Same word as "work" 1
Corinthians 9:6.
holy things. Greek. hieros. Only here
and 2 Timothy 3:15.
live = eat. See Deuteronomy 18:1.
temple. Greek. hieron, neut. of hieros. The
temple generally. See Matthew 23:16.
wait. Greek. prosedreuo. Only here,
but the texts read paredreuo, same meaning.
are partakers = divide. Greek. summerizomai. Only
here.
Verse 14
Even so, &c. = So did the Lord also ordain.
ordained. Greek. diatasso. See Acts
7:44.
preach. App-121.
Verse 15
neither have I written = and I wrote not
(Greek. ou).
that = in order that. Greek. hina.
unto = in (App-104.), i.e. in my case.
better, &c. = well for me to die, rather.
any man. Greek. tis. App-123. The
texts read oudeis.
make . . . void. Greek. kenoo. See Philippians
1:2, Philippians 1:7.
glorying = boasting, as in 1 Corinthians
5:6.
Verse 16
though = if. App-118.
preach the gospel. App-121.
nothing to glory of = no (Greek. ou) (cause
of) boasting (as in 1 Corinthians 9:15).
necessity. Gr. ananke. Compare 1
Corinthians 7:37.
is laid = lies. Greek. epikeimai. See Acts
27:20.
yea. The texts read "for".
if. App-118.
Verse 17
do = practise. Greek. prasso. See John
3:20.
willingly = being willing. Greek. hekon. Only
here and Romans 8:20.
against my will = being unwilling. Greek. akon.
Only here.
a dispensation, &c, = I have been entrusted with
(Greek. pisteuo. App-150.) a stewardship. I am therefore in
duty bound to fulfill it.
dispensation = stewardship, or administration,
the work of an oikonomoa (1 Corinthians 4:1).
Elsewhere, Luke 16:2, Luke 16:3, Luke 16:4. Ephesians
1:10; Ephesians 3:2. Colossians 1:25. 1 Timothy 1:4.
is committed. App-150.
Verse 18
of Christ. The texts omit.
without charge = without cost or expense.
Greek. adapanos. Only here. Compare dapane, cost
(Luke 14:28), and dapanao, spend (Luke 15:14).
that, &c. Literally unto (Greek. eis) my
not abusing.
abuse = use to the full. See 1 Corinthians
7:31.
Verse 19
all =
all things, i.e. restrictions of meats, &c.
have. Omit.
made myself servant = enslaved myself. App-190.
gain. Greek. kerdaino. See Acts
27:21.
Verse 20
under. App-104.
the law = law. The texts add, "Not as
being myself under law".
Verse 21
without law. Greek. anomos. App-128.
Here used in the sense of Romans 2:12, Romans 2:14.
under the law. Greek. ennomos. See Acts
19:39.
Verse 22
made = become.
some. App-124.
Verse 23
might be = may become.
partaker. Greek. sunkoinonos. See Romans
11:17.
you = it, i.e. the gospel. Sharer in its
triumphs.
Verse 24
race = race-course. Greek. stadion. Elsewhere
translated "furlong", the course being usually of this length.
prize. Greek. brabeion. Only here
and Philippians 1:3, Philippians 1:14. Compare the
verb, Colossians 3:15. (rule).
So. i.e. as these runners do.
obtain = lay hold of. Greek. katalambano. See Acts
4:13.
Verse 25
striveth for the mastery. Greek. agonizomai. See Luke
13:24. The usual term for contending in the games.
is temperate = exercises self-control.
Greek. enkrateuomai. See 1 Corinthians 7:9. This refers
to the severe training, extending over many months, before the contest.
to obtain = in order that (Greek. hina) they
may receive, Same word as "receive" in 1 Corinthians
9:24.
corruptible. Greek. phthartos. See Romans
1:23.
crown. Greek. stephanos. See first
occurance: Matthew 27:29. The crown was a chaplet of wild olive, parsley,
&c.
incorruptible. Greek. aphthartos. See Romans
1:23. Compare 1 Peter 5:4.
Verse 26
as. "As" should precede
"not".
uncertainly. Greek. adelos. Only
here. Compare 1 Corinthians 14:8. 1 Timothy 6:17. He runs with clear
understanding of the conditions and object. See "one
thing", Philippians 1:3, Philippians 1:13.
fight = fight with the fist, box. Greek. pukteuo. Only
here. The noun pugme, fist, occ Mark 7:3. In these contests it
was more than boxing. Instead of a padded glove the hand was covered with
the cestus, which consisted of leather bands, studded with
pieces of metal.
as one, &c. Read "as one not beating the
air". This was called skiamachia, shadow-fighting.
Verse 27
keep under. Greek. hupopiazo. See Luke
18:5.
bring . . . into subjection = reduce to slavery.
Greek. doulagogeo. Only here. Compare App-190.
lest that by any means. Greek. mepos.
when, &c. = having preached. Greek. kerusso.
App-121. There is an appropriateness in using here this verb, "to act
as a herald". The herald summons the competitors.
be = become, or prove to be.
a castaway = disapproved, or rejected (for the
prize). Greek. adokimos. See Romans 1:28.
Chapter 10
Verse 1
Moreover. The texts read, "For". It
introduces an instance of some who were rejected.
would not = do not desire. Greek. thelo.
App-102.
be ignorant. Greek. agnoeo. See Romans 1:13.
all. Notice the emphatic repetition
of "all" in verses: 1 Corinthians 10:1-4.
through. App-104. 1 Corinthians 10:1.
Verse 2
baptized. App-115. .
Moses. See 1 Corinthians 9:9.
Verse 3
spiritual. Greek. pneumatikos. See 1 Corinthians 12:1.
meat = food.
Verse 4
drink. Greek. poma. Only here
and Hebrews 9:10.
for, &c. To the end of the verse is a parenthesis.
drank = were drinking. Imperf.
that followed them. There is no word
for "them". The meaning is, the miracle of the water from the
Rock followed that of manna from heaven.
Christ. App-98. As the source of their supply, He is
called the Rock. Figure of speech Metaphor. App-6.
Compare Deuteronomy 32:4, Deuteronomy 32:15, Deuteronomy 32:18, Deuteronomy 32:30, Deuteronomy 32:31, Deuteronomy 32:37. Psalms 19:14; &c.
Verse 5
many = the most.
God. App-98.
well pleased. Greek. eudokeo. See 1 Corinthians 1:21.
overthrown. Greek. katastrannumi. Only
here in NT. But the word occurs twice in Septuagint, Numbers 14:16 (where the Authorized Version
reads "slain") and Job 12:23.
Verse 6
were = became.
our. i.e. for us.
examples = types. Greek. tupos. Same
word as "ensample" (1 Corinthians 10:11). See first occurance: John 20:25.
to the intent. Greek. eis. App-104.
lust after. Literally be desirers of. Greek. epithumetes. Only
here.
evil. Greek. kakos. App-128.
lusted. Greek. epithumeo, to desire.
Occurs sixteen times, not always in a bad sense. Compare Matthew 13:17. Luke 17:22; Luke 22:15. The reference is to Exodus 32:6-25. App-107.
Verse 7
Neither. Greek. mede.
idolaters. See 1 Corinthians 5:10.
some. App-124.
is = has been.
people. Greek. laos. See Acts 2:47.
rose up. Greek. anistemi. App-178.
play. Greek. paizo. Only here in N.T. This
quotation is word for word from the Septuagint of Exodus 32:6.
Verse 8
three and twenty thousand. See Numbers 25:1-9 where the number is given as 24,000, but
this included the princes of the people of verse 4. See note there. [Conversion
note: verse 4 of what book and chapter? Numbers 25:4? 1 Corinthians 10:4? Neither verse describes "princes
of the people", so I left the original text as "verse 4".]
Verse 9
tempt = put thoroughly to the test. Greek. ekpeirazo. Only
here and Matthew 4:7. Luke 4:12; Luke 10:25.
Christ. The texts read "the Lord".
tempted. Greek. peirazo, the word
commonly used.
were destroyed. Greek. pass, of apollumi. See 1 Corinthians 1:18.
of = by. App-104. See Numbers 21:5, Numbers 21:6.
Verse 10
murmur. Greek. gonguzo. Occurs here
and six times in the Gospels.
destroyer. Greek. olothreutes. Only
here, but the verb is found in Hebrews 11:28, of the destroying angel, and also in Exodus 12:23 and other places in the Septuagint.
Verse 11
unto = to.
ensamples. Greek. tupos, as in 1 Corinthians 10:6, but the texts
read "typically".
are = were.
admonition = warning. Greek. nouthesia. Elsewhere, Ephesians 6:4. Titus 3:10.
world = ages. App-129.
are come. Greek. katantao. See Acts 16:1.
Verse 12
Wherefore = So then.
take heed = look to it. Greek. blepo.
App-133.
lest. App-105. This has passed into a proverb. Figure
of speech Paroemia. App-6.
Verse 13
There hath, &c. Literally Temptation hath not
(Greek. ou).
but = except. Greek. ei me.
such, &c. = a human (one). Greek. anthropinos. See 1 Corinthians 2:4.
faithful. Greek. pistos. App-150and
App-. Compare 1 Corinthians 1:9. 1 Peter 4:19. 1 John 1:9.
above. App-104.
also make, &c. = make a way to escape also.
a way to escape. Greek. ekbasis = a
way out. Only here and Hebrews 13:7.
bear = endure. Greek. hupophero. Only
here, 2 Timothy 3:11. 1 Peter 2:13.
Verse 14
Wherefore. See 1 Corinthians 8:13.
dearly beloved. App-135.
idolatry. Greek. eidololatreia. Only
here. Galatians 1:5, Galatians 1:20. Colossians 3:5. 1 Peter 4:3. Compare 2 Corinthians 6:16. 1 John 5:21.
Verse 15
judge. App-122. This appeal is an instance of the
Figure of speech Anacoenosis. App-6.
Verse 16
cup, &c. Four cups, one called the cup of
blessing, were used at the Paschal Supper.
which we bless. Compare Matthew 26:27 (gave thanks).
communion. Same as fellowship (1 Corinthians 1:9). Figure of speech Metaphor (App-6),
and in the following verses.
Christ = the Christ. App-98.
Verse 17
For, &c. Literally Because there is one loaf, we
the many are one body. Compare 1 Corinthians 12:12.
bread. Greek. artos. Always
translated "loaf" when the number is specified. See Matthew 14:17. Mark 8:14, &c.
are . . . partakers. = partake. Greek. metecho. See 1 Corinthians 9:10.
Verse 18
Behold = See. Greek. blepo, as
in 1 Corinthians 10:12.
after = according to. App-104.
partakers. Greek. koinonos. Elsewhere, 1 Corinthians 10:20. Matthew 23:30. Luke 5:10. 2 Corinthians 1:7; 2 Corinthians 8:23. Philemon 1:17. Hebrews 10:33. 1 Peter 5:1. 2 Peter 1:4.
Verse 19
that which, &c. Greek. eidolothutos. See Acts 15:29.
Verse 20
Gentiles. Greek. ethnos.
devils = demons. Greek. daimonion. See Acts 17:18. Reference to Deuteronomy 32:17.
Verse 21
cannot = are not (Greek. ou) able to.
Lord. App-98.
Verse 22
provoke . . . to jealousy. Greek. parazelod. See Romans 10:15.
Lord. App-98.
are we, &c. This question is introduced by me,
expecting a negative answer. Notice the vividness given to the apostle"s
argument by the use of the Figure of speech Erotesis in
verses: 1 Corinthians 10:10, 1 Corinthians 10:16, 1 Corinthians 16:18, 1 Corinthians 16:19, 1 Corinthians 16:22.
Verse 23
all things, &c. = not all things are expedient, or
profitable.
all things, &c. = not all things edify.
Greek. oikodomeo. See Acts 9:31.
Verse 24
no man = no one. Greek. medeis.
his own = his own things.
every man = each one, but the texts omit.
another"s wealth = the things of
the other. (Greek. heteros. App-124.) Compare Philippians 1:2, Philippians 1:4.
Verse 25
Whatsoever = All which.
shambles. Greek. makellon. Only here.
asking no question = questioning nothing
(Greek. medeis).
asking. App-122.
for . . . sake = on account of. App-104. 1 Corinthians 10:2.
conscience. Greek. suneidesis.
Compare 1 Corinthians 8:7.
Verse 26
earth. App-129.
LORD"S. App-98.
fulness. Greek. pleroma. See Psalms 21:1.
Verse 27
If. App-118.
any. App-123.
them that believe not = the unbelievers.
Greek. apistos, as in 1 Corinthians 7:12.
bid = call.
be disposed = wish. App-102.
Verse 28
if. App-118.
any man = any one, as in 1 Corinthians 10:27.
offered, &c. Greek. eidolothutos, as
in 1 Corinthians 10:19, but the texts read hierothutos, "offered
in sacrifice", as more appropriate language at a heathen feast.
shewed. Greek. menuo. See Luke 20:37,
Verse 29
of the other = that of the other. This must be a
weak believer, who wished to give warning; a heathen would have
no "conscience" in the matter. Here, after the parenthesis
of verses: 1 Corinthians 10:26-28, the word "conscience" is
repeated from 1 Corinthians 10:25, giving the Figure of speech Epanalepsis. App-6.
another. App-124.
Verse 30
grace. App-184.
evil spoken of. Greek. blasphemeo. Same
as "defamed" (1 Corinthians 4:13).
give thanks. Greek. eucharisteo. See Acts 27:35.
Verse 31
to. App-104.
Verse 32
Give none offence. Literally Become without offence.
Greek. aproskopos. See Acts 24:16.
Gentiles = Greeks. Greek. Hellen.
church. App-186.
Verse 33
please. Greek. aresko.
profit. Same as "expedient", 1 Corinthians 10:23.
many = the many.
that = in order that. Greek. hina.