1 Corinthians 4:6-8; 1 Corinthians 5:2
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 amon...
(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...
Fatherly Admonition, Entreaty, and Warning. The tone of mingled severity, irony, and pathos disappears; yet the affection is combined with sternnes...
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...
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 themselve...
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...
Christian Teachers only the Instruments of God The folly and sin of quarrelling about different teachers who are but servants of Christ and respon...
Paraphrase. 'Iwrite not to shame you, but to admonish you; and I have the right to do so, for I am your spiritual father. (16, 17) Follow my exampl...
Puffed up ] Some of the Corinthian converts conceived themselves so 'wise' as to be able to despise St. Paul's authority. Their opposition developed...
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 Cor...
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 t...
Teaching Converts Christ's Ways 1 Corinthians 4:14-21 The relationship between the Apostle and his converts was very tender. They were his chil...
Christian teachers are "ministers of Christ." That defines their responsibility. They are "stewards of the mysteries of God." That defines their work...
(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 y...
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 s...
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...
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,...
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...
Paul's Affection and Authority. A. D. 57. ...
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...
Let Them Then Remember That He Fathered Them And That Through Him God's Power Was and Is Revealed (4:14-21)
‘Now some are puffed up as though I were not coming to you. But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know not the word of those who...
CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 4:14 .—Irony dropped. Even in 1 Corinthians 4:6 it was “Brothers!” Now, “Beloved children!” Yet surely he did desi...
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...
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...
For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus. The visitation I. The visitor. 1. Known. 2. Beloved in Christ. 3. Tried. II. His wor...
EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 4:1-46 Judgments, human and Divine, respecting ministers. 1 Corinthians 4:1 Let a man so account of us....
The apostle's fatherly discipline:
Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
Christian Stewardship 1 Corinthians 4:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The names surrounding discipleship. Our chapter presents before us several st...
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 T...
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.