“ Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name. ”
Lest any should say - Lest any of those who had been baptized should pervert his design, and say that Paul had baptized them unto himself; or, lest any others should, with any appearance of truth...
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...
Lest. Literally in order that (Greek. hina, as in 1 Corinthians 1:10 ) not (Greek. me) . any . Greek. tis . App-123. had . Omit.
Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name. Lest any should say, etc. - He was careful not to baptize, lest it should be supposed that he wished to make a party for himself; because sup...
Lest any should say, &c.— If any one should object that others might do it for him, it may be answered that St. Paul's attendants, who seem to have been Timothy and Silas, ( Acts 18:5 , 2 Cori...
Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name. Lest any should say - `[I adduce this] lest any say,' etc. That I had baptized. So Delta G f g; but 'Aleph (') A B C v read, 'ye...
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...
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...
Lest any should say that I had baptized in my own name. The Alexandrian copy, and some others, and the Vulgate Latin version, read, "lest anyone should say that ye were baptized in my name"; and th...
Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name. Ver. 15. Lest any should say ] q.d. God hath so disposed of it, that none can with any colour or cause, or show of sense, say such a th...
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...
Because by that providence of God it so fell out, that very few of them could pretend any such thing, as that he had baptized any in his own name.
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
2 Corinthians 11:2 ; John 3:28 ; John 3:29 ; John 7:18
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...
Lest any should say that I had baptized in my own name — In order to attach them to myself.