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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:2

‘Sanctified in Christ Jesus, called sanctified ones (saints) with all those who call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ in every place, theirs and ours.’ ‘Sanctified in Christ Jesus.’ The tense of the verse is perfect passive signifying something done in the past the benefit of which continues into the present, thus literally ‘have been and therefore are sanctified’. It is noteworthy that the members of this church, with all their failings, are described by Paul as ‘sanctified in Christ... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:3

‘Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.’ ‘Grace’ and ‘peace’ were the two terms used in greetings in Paul’s world, the former by Gentiles the latter by Jews. But Paul, while taking them over, imbues them with new meaning. It is noteworthy that with him ‘grace’ always precedes ‘peace’, for peace results from God’s ‘freely shown favour’. ‘Grace to you.’ Nothing can be more desirable than to have God looking on us and acting towards us in undeserved love and favour,... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:4-7

‘ 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 testimony of Christ was confirmed in you, so that you came behind in no gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.’ Paul now instances how greatly God’s grace has already been revealed towards them, and wishes them to know that he continually thanks God on their behalf because of it. Thus... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:8-9

‘Who will also confirm you to the end, unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.’ Note here the promise that they will experience this because they will be ‘confirmed’ to the end (bebaioo). This verb is used as a legal term to indicate guaranteeing security. It is used in Hebrews 13:9 of those whose hearts are strengthened (confirmed) by grace. And Who is the One who will confirm us to... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:10-12

‘Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment For it has been signified to me about you, my brothers, by those of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. Now I mean this, that each one of you says, “I am of Paul,” and “I of Apollos”, and “I of Cephas”, and “I of Christ”. Paul now brings up the first thing he has... read more

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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 1:13

“Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptised into the name of Paul?” Paul now attacks their divisions at their root. There is only one Jesus Christ, and to Him, and to Him alone, should all look. It is not a question of either/or. The messenger is nothing. Christ is pre-eminent. He was the One Who was crucified for them. He was the One into Whose name they had been baptised. Let them then unite in Him and look only to Him, for from Him alone comes the grace and power to... 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

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:2

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:3

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:4-7

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:8-9

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:10-12

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 1:13

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

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

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