“ I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; ”
I thank God ... - Why Paul did not himself baptize, see in 1 Corinthians 1:17 . To him it was now a subject of grateful reflection that he had not done it. He had not given any occasion for the...
(18) I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; (18) He protests that he speaks so much the more boldly of these things, because through God's providence, he is void of all susp...
The Party Spirit in the Church. Apparently Paul had only just heard of the parties, they were, therefore, a new development and not of long standing. He deals with them first, not as the gravest ab...
baptized . App-115. none . Greek. oudeis. but . except. Greek. ei me . Crispus . See Acts 18:8 . Gaius . See Acts 19:2 . Romans 16:23 .
14. I thank my God. In these words he reproves very sharply the perversity of the Corinthians, which made it necessary for him to avoid, in a manner, a thing so sacred and honorable as that...
I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; I thank God that I baptized none of you - None of those who now live in Corinth, except Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, Acts 18:8...
I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; I thank God's providence now, who so ordered it that I baptized none of you but Crispus (the former ruler of the synagogue, Act...
Greeting and Thanksgiving. Partisanship in the Church St. Paul, after greeting the Church and giving thanks for its spiritual gifts, rebukes the preference for various teachers which was prevalent...
I thank God. — “I am thankful to God that it was not so.” For if he had baptised a great many, some might have said he had created originally a party in his own name. Crispus (see Acts 18:8 ), a “...
Chapter 3 THE FACTIONS THE first section of this Epistle, extending from the tenth verse of the first chapter to the end of the fourth chapter, is occupied with an endeavour to quench the factiou...
the Cross God's Saving Power 1 Corinthians 1:12-25 Apollos had gone straight from Ephesus to Corinth, Acts 19:1 . A party gathered around him, especially attracted by his eloquence and inte...
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 Jes...
(10) Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the sam...
I thank God that I baptized none of you ,.... The Alexandrian copy and the Syriac version read, "I thank my God"; not that the apostle disliked the ordinance of baptism, or the administration of it;...
I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; Ver. 14. I thank God ] He noteth and noticeth herein a sweet providence, beyond all that he then imagined, when he was at Corinth....
Why do you not all say the same thing, namely, I am of Christ, 1 Corinthians 3:23 . Is Christ divided? Did one Christ send Paul, and another Apollos, to preach the gospel to you? Is not one and...
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 Ch...
Party-Spirit Reproved. A. D. 57. 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and...
Concerning the apostle's baptizing Crispus we read, Acts 18:8 ; he was the chief ruler of the synagogue of the Jews: why Paul thanks God that he baptized not many, he tells us, 1 Corinthians 1...
The Folly Of The Disunity Being Revealed in the Church Because of a Craving for One Man's Wisdom Over Another's (1:10-17). In their world around them they see men taken up with the glory of wisdom...
CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 1:11 .—“ I hear ; for, though you have written me about many things ( 1 Corinthians 7:1 ), yet you said nothing about this!” Them of … Chloe .—The bearers of the Cor...
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 reme...
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 ge...
Now I beseech you … that ye speak the same thing, and that, there he no divisions among you. The apostolical exhortation to unity I. What it includes--unity. 1. In confession. 2. In spiri...
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 1:1-46 The greeting. An ope...
A Reproof of Disharmony. 1 Corinthians 1:10-16
1 Corinthians 1:4 ; 1 Corinthians 14:18 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:18 ; 1 Timothy 1:12 ; 2 Corinthians 2:14 ; 3 John 1:1 ; Acts 18:8 ; Colossians 3:15 ; Colossians 3:17 ; Ephesians 5:20 ; Philemo...
The Church of God at Corinth 1 Corinthians 1:1-30 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We propose taking several studies from the First Epistle to the Corinthians. There will be much to consider here which shou...
I thank God — (A pious phrase for the common one, "I rejoice,") that, in the course of his providence, I baptized none of you, but Crispus, once the ruler of the synagogue, and Caius.