1 Corinthians 3:8-23 WEB

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:18

Verse 18 18.Let no man deceive himself Here he puts his finger upon the true sore, as the whole mischief originated in this — that they were wise in their own conceit. Hence he exhorts them not to deceive themselves with a false impression, by arrogating any wisdom to themselves — by which he means, that all are under a mistake, who depend upon their own judgment. Now, he addresses himself, in my opinion, to hearers as well as teachers. For the former discovered a partiality for those ambitious... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:19

Verse 19 19.For the wisdom of this world This is an argument taken from things opposite. To maintain the one is to overturn the other. As, therefore, the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, it follows that we cannot be wise in the sight of God, unless we are fools in the view of the world. We have already explained (1 Corinthians 1:20) what he means by the wisdom of this world; for natural perspicacity is a gift of God, and the liberal arts, and all the sciences by which wisdom is... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:21

Verse 21 21.Therefore let no man glory in men As there is nothing that is more vain than man, how little security there is in leaning upon an evanescent shadow! Hence he infers with propriety from the preceding statement, that we must not glory in men, inasmuch as the Lord thus takes away from mankind universally every ground of glorying. At the same time this inference depends on the whole of the foregoing doctrine, as will appear ere long. For as we belong to Christ alone, it is with good... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:22

Verse 22 22.All things are yours. He proceeds to show what place and station teachers should occupy (201) — such as not to detract in any degree from the authority of Christ, the one Master. As therefore Christ is the Church’s sole master, and as he alone without exception is worthy to be listened to, it is necessary to distinguish between him and others, as even Christ himself has testified respecting himself, (Matthew 23:8,) and no other is recommended to us by the Father with this honorable... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:23

Verse 23 23.Christ is God’s This subjection relates to Christ’s humanity, for by taking upon him our flesh, he assumed “the form” and condition “of a servant,” that he might make himself obedient to his Father in all things. (Philippians 2:7.) And assuredly, that we may cleave to God through him, it is necessary that he have God as his head (1 Corinthians 11:3.) We must observe, however, with what intention Paul has added this. For he admonishes us, that the sum of our felicity consists in... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:1-8

Reflections for Churches. "And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual," etc. In these verses are three subjects worthy of the profoundest contemplation. I. THE GRADUATING METHOD OF TEACHING . "And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk," etc. Truth is to be administered with a practical regard to the receptive powers of the student, just as the administration of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:1-9

Christian teachers and their work. The apostle has still in view the dissensions prevailing in the Corinthian Church. Throughout the first four chapters this subject is never absent from his mind, even when it is most in the background. The spirit of party, with the various phases of thought and life that found expression therein, suggests the several topics on which he enlarges. I. THE CHRISTIAN TEACHER ADAPTS HIS TEACHING TO THE CAPACITIES OF HIS HEARERS . ( ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:5-10

St. Paul's view of the ministry. After declaring to the Corinthians that they were carnal in their estimates of God's ministers, the apostle exposes their folly in this particular, by assuring them that he and Apollos were but ministers, or servants, whom God had commissioned to labour in their behalf. Halfway work he never did. To show their error, and prove that it was a worldly sentiment disguised under a fictitious admiration, he sets before them the true idea of the ministry, as an... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:5-15

The one foundation and the diverse superstructure. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:6-8

Spiritual husbandry and growth. A man, looking upon the world, sees according to his power of vision; i.e. not simply according to what he finds in it, but to what he brings to it. To the eye of the Apostle Paul, the world was a wilderness which might be made a garden. There was, he saw, rude, worthless growth to be extirpated, rich soil to be tilled, plants of worth and renown to replace the weeds. His prophetic eye beheld the desert rejoice and blossom as the rose. And to his mind... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:23

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:5-10

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:5-15

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:6-8

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