“ Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. ”
Now some are puffed up - They are puffed up with a vain confidence; they say that I would not dare to come; that I would be afraid to appear among them, to administer discipline, to rebuke them,...
(11) Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. (11) Last of all he descends also to apostolic threatenings, but yet chiding them as a father, lest by their disorder he was forced to...
Fatherly Admonition, Entreaty, and Warning. The tone of mingled severity, irony, and pathos disappears; yet the affection is combined with sternness, and he warns them not to presume on his mildnes...
some . App-124. would not come . were not coming. to . unto. App-104.
18. As though I would not come to you This is the custom of the false apostles — to take advantage of the absence of the good, that they may triumph and vaunt without any hindrance. Paul, ac...
Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. Some are puffed up - Some of your teachers act with great haughtiness, imagining themselves to be safe, because they suppose that I shall no...
Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. Now - Greek, 'But' х de ( G1161 )]. I have sent Timothy; BUT not because I do not intend to come myself, as some are puffed up t...
Christian Teachers only the Instruments of God The folly and sin of quarrelling about different teachers who are but servants of Christ and responsible to Him.
Now some are puffed up. — Some of those in Corinth who were puffed up were in the habit of saying that the Apostle would not come and visit the Corinthian Church. The moment they heard the announce...
Chapter 7 THE MINISTRY So keenly alive is Paul to the danger and folly of party spirit in the Church, that he has still one more word of rebuke to utter. He has shown the Corinthians that to give...
Teaching Converts Christ's Ways 1 Corinthians 4:14-21 The relationship between the Apostle and his converts was very tender. They were his children. They might have instructors and tutors, but...
Christian teachers are "ministers of Christ." That defines their responsibility. They are "stewards of the mysteries of God." That defines their work. What dignity does this double statement suggest?...
(14) I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. (15) For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have beg...
Now some are puffed up ,.... Some with their gifts, learning, and eloquence, and with the high station they were in, in the church; believing they should continue therein undisturbed, thinking them...
Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. Ver. 18. Now some are puffed up ] Swelling in the body is an ill symptom. So it is in the soul. A swelling wall will shortly fall.
Now some are puffed up Are grown insolent; as though I would not come To censure them for their misconduct, and to reform abuses; fancying that, because I have sent Timothy, I am not coming mysel...
But while we are not to exalt a ministering servant, no more are we to despise him or his work. The apostles should certainly be recognized for what they actually were, "ministers of Christ, and stew...
Paul's Affection and Authority. A. D. 57. 17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus,...
I hear that some of your teachers, and some of your members, are so conceited of themselves, that they would persuade you that I durst not see their faces, or come to discourse with them face to face...
Let Them Then Remember That He Fathered Them And That Through Him God's Power Was and Is Revealed (4:14-21)
CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 4:14 .—Irony dropped. Even in 1 Corinthians 4:6 it was “Brothers!” Now, “Beloved children!” Yet surely he did desire to make them ashamed of their bearing towards a...
1 Corinthians 4:1 . Let a man, yea every one of you, however biassed by parties, so account of us, though servants for your sakes, as ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God,...
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. Paul an example to parents and teachers He proceeds-- I. With love. 1. Not as a schoolmaster, but as a father....
EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 4:1-46 Judgments, human and Divine, respecting ministers. 1 Corinthians 4:1 Let a man so account of us. Since it is inevitable that Christians should for...
The apostle's fatherly discipline:
1 Corinthians 4:6-8 ; 1 Corinthians 5:2
Christian Stewardship 1 Corinthians 4:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The names surrounding discipleship. Our chapter presents before us several statements which remind us of the responsibility and...
Now some are puffed up — St. Paul saw, by a divine light, the thoughts which would arise in their hearts. As if I would not come — Because I send Timothy.