1 Corinthians 4:18

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 not revisit Corinth.

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 4:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Fatherly Admonition, Entreaty, and Warning. The tone of mingled severity, irony, and pathos disappears; yet the affection is combined with sternnes...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

some . App-124. would not come . were not coming. to . unto. App-104.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Christian Teachers only the Instruments of God The folly and sin of quarrelling about different teachers who are but servants of Christ and respon...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Puffed up ] Some of the Corinthian converts conceived themselves so 'wise' as to be able to despise St. Paul's authority. Their opposition developed...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Christian teachers are "ministers of Christ." That defines their responsibility. They are "stewards of the mysteries of God." That defines their work...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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,...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's Affection and Authority. A. D. 57. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Let Them Then Remember That He Fathered Them And That Through Him God's Power Was and Is Revealed (4:14-21)
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 4:1-46 Judgments, human and Divine, respecting ministers. 1 Corinthians 4:1 Let a man so account of us....
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The apostle's fatherly discipline:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:6-8 ; 1 Corinthians 5:2
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Christian Stewardship 1 Corinthians 4:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The names surrounding discipleship. Our chapter presents before us several st...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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.

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 4:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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