“ Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: ”
Even as - Καθώς Kathōs. The force of this expression seems to be this, “The gospel of Christ was at first established among you by means of the miraculous endowments of the Holy Spirit. Tho...
(9) Even as the testimony of Christ was (e) confirmed in you: (9) He shows that the true use of these gifts consists in this, that the mighty power of Christ might be set forth in them, that hereaft...
1 Corinthians 1-4. The Parties in the Corinthian Church. 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 . The epistle is sent in the joint names of Paul and Sosthenes, who may have been the ruler of the synagogue mentione...
testimony . Greek. marturion. Always rendered "testimony", save Matthew 24:14 . Acts 4:33 ; Acts 7:44 . James 5:3 . In these "witness". Christ . App-98. confirmed . Greek. bebaioo. See Ro...
6. Even as the testimony, etc. Erasmus gives a different rendering, to this effect, “that by these things the testimony of Christ was confirmed in them;” that is, by knowledge and by the word...
DISCOURSE: 1929 THE BLESSINGS IMPARTED BY THE GOSPEL 1 Corinthians 1:4-9 . I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; that in every thing ye a...
Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: As the testimony of Christ, etc. - The testimony of Christ is the Gospel which the apostle had preached, and which had been confirmed by various...
Confirmed in you— Among you. Doddridge. As they could not but know that they had received these gifts by the hand of St. Paul, this expression suggests a rational and tender argument to reduce th...
Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: According as the testimony of (of and concerning) Christ (who is both the object and author of this testimony) ( 1 Corinthians 2:1 ; 1 Ti...
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...
Even as the testimony of Christ. — The testimony which St. Paul bore to Christ, and from Christ, was confirmed among them by this full bestowal of spiritual gifts.
Chapter 2 THE CHURCH IN CORINTH In the year 58 A.D., when Paul wrote this Epistle, Corinth was a city with a mixed population, and conspicuous for the turbulence and immorality commonly found in...
Enriched and United in Christ 1 Corinthians 1:1-11 It was pleasant to the church at Corinth to realize that one of their own number was associated with the Apostle in his great ministry. Compar...
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...
(4) I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; (5) That in everything ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; (6) Even as t...
THE TESTIMONY OF CHRIST CONFIRMED ‘I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; that in every thing ye are enriched by Him, in all utterance, and...
Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you. By "the testimony of Christ" is meant the Gospel of Christ, which bears a testimony to his deity, his incarnation, his obedience, sufferings, a...
Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: Ver. 6. The testimony of Christ ] The gospel, called also the testimony, Isaiah 8:20 . To the law, and to the testimony.
Grace be unto you , &c. See on Romans 1:7 . I thank my God always Whenever I mention you to God in prayer, or on every occasion; on your behalf On your account; for the grace of God which...
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...
The Apostle's Salutation. A. D. 57. 1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through...
By which knowledge and utterance the testimony of Christ, that is, the gospel, which containeth both the testimony which Christ had given of himself, and which the apostles had given concerning...
‘ I thank God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you in Christ Jesus, that in everything you were enriched in him, in all utterance and in all knowledge, even as the testim...
CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 1:1 . Called (to be) an apostle .—Only here and in Romans 1:1 . For exact force choose between, ( a ) one of Christ’s “called” ones, who am also, in point of fact...
1. Paul, called to be an, apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, Paul could never have sustained the great weight of responsibility and tribulation which fel...
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...
Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God. The salutation I. The character of Paul. 1. There were two things the apostle knew confidently. (1) That he was “not...
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...
The thanksgiving of the apostle:
1 Corinthians 2:1 ; 1 Corinthians 2:2 ; 1 John 5:11-13 ; 1 Timothy 2:6 ; 2 Corinthians 12:12 ; 2 Timothy 1:8 ; Acts 11:17 ; Acts 11:21 ; Acts 18:5 ; Acts 20:21 ; Acts 20:24 ; Acts 22:18 ;...
The Carnal Christian 1 Corinthians 1:1-10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We will consider the opening 9 verses of the first chapter of I Corinthians. These verses give us plainly an eightfold standing whi...
The testimony of Christ — The gospel. Was confirmed among you — By these gifts attending it. They knew they had received these by the hand of Paul: and this consideration was highly proper, to revi...