1 Corinthians 1:14-31 KJV

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

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 of differing kinds, glorying in one preacher or another, divided, arguing, even abusive, but all united in one thing, the despising of the cross. For they saw that wisdom as their means of contact with the divine and the way to obtain the release of their souls. And it seems that the Corinthian... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:10-31

Christ Crucified For Us And The New Birth Through the Spirit Are the Two Central Foundations of Christianity (1:10-4:21). Paul begins this section by revealing his concern that the Corinthians are in danger of splitting up into different parties around the teaching of certain leading teachers (1 Corinthians 1:10-17), and concentrating on secondary aspects of that teaching, rather than being united around the one central truth of Christ crucified, the one fact which is central to the Christian... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:14-17

‘I thank God that (or with some good MSS ‘I give thanks that’) I baptised none of you, except Crispus and Gaius, lest any man should say that you were baptised into my name. And I baptised also the household of Stephanas. Apart from these I do not know whether I baptised any other. For Christ did not send me to baptise, but to preach the Gospel, not in wisdom of word, lest the cross of Christ should be rendered void.’ For Crispus see Acts 18:8. For Stephanas 1 Corinthians 16:15; 1 Corinthians... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:18

The Centrality and Supreme Importance of The Word of the Cross, of the Word of Christ and Him Crucified, in Which God’s True Wisdom Is Revealed to Men In Power (1:18-2:8) ‘For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.’ ‘The word of the cross.’ This contrasts with the ‘wisdom of word’. The latter signifies an emphasis on wisdom, revealed in many ways, in many forms, and made effective through the speaking of words,... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:19

‘For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the prudence of the prudent I will reject”.’ Paul now turns to Scripture to prove his point. The verse is cited from Isaiah 29:14 (LXX). There the professed people of God had turned away from God and His word and rejected the words of His true prophets, depending on their ‘wise’ leaders. Thus He warns them that what they look to as wisdom and prudence, the wisdom and prudence of their betters, the wisdom and prudence that has... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:20-21

‘Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has God not made foolish the wisdom of the world? For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know God, it was God’s pleasure, through the foolishness of what was preached, to save those who believe.’ These words echo Isaiah 19:12 and Isaiah 33:18, but Paul does not say ‘it is written’ and he is not citing those passages as evidence of God’s ways’ (unlike in 1 Corinthians 1:19). He is... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:22-24

They Are Thus Rather To Look To God’s Wisdom (1:22-25). ‘Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumblingblock, and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.’ The problem lay in the nature of man. ‘Jews ask for signs.’ The Jews were a practical people. They wanted to see the divine activity. They wanted ‘signs’ (John 2:18; John 6:30). They were... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:25

‘Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.’ This verse connects with what is to come (1 Corinthians 1:27), while also connecting with what has gone before. What men call foolish proved to be the revealed power of God (1 Corinthians 1:18), because God’s ‘foolishness’ far surpasses the greatest wisdom known to man. And although Christ was on the cross in weakness, it was in a weakness that overcame all the power of the Enemy. Thus apparent... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:26-29

Let Them Consider Whom God Has Chosen And What He has Done For Them (1:26-31). ‘For look at your calling, brothers, how that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called. But God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame those who are wise, and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are powerful. And the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, and the things that... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:30-31

‘But of him are you in Christ Jesus, who has become to us wisdom from God, even righteousness, sanctification and redemption. That according as it is written, “He who glories, let him glory in the Lord”.’ Having stressed their lowliness Paul now points out their glorious state ‘in Christ’. In Him they have all the riches of God. In Him they belong to God and are born of God. They are ‘of Him’, that is, of God. (Note that in the phrase ‘Of Him are you’ - ‘are you’ is stressed). And because they... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:10-31

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:14-17

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:18

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:19

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:20-21

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:22-24

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:25

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:26-29

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:30-31

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