1 Corinthians 1:1-17

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 1:6

THE WITNESS CONCERNING CHRIST‘The testimony of Christ was confirmed in you.’ 1 Corinthians 1:6 Christianity means, first of all, the testimony of Christ; that is to say, the witness concerning Christ. Now this is what the great Apostle urges over and over again. He is always urging it. He presents himself everywhere to men as a witness for the Person of Christ. I. The message which he brings is first and foremost a testimony concerning Him.—And this was something wholly new in the history of... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 1:8

UNTO THE END‘Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.’ 1 Corinthians 1:8 Weak faith, weak love, weak resolves, weak prayer, a weak watch, these are the roots of almost all which we have most to regret in life. Therefore, the great question is, What are the strengtheners of this great scheme of religion?It might be expected that there would be a resemblance between what strengthens the natural and physical life, and what strengthens... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 1:11-13

THE UNIVERSAL CHRIST‘There are contentions among you. Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. Is Christ divided?’ 1 Corinthians 1:11-1 Chronicles : The one hope of our nation lies in the faithful allegiance to the living Christ. This is a lesson which He Himself inculcated again and again—that all His people must live in His Divine love—as the branch lives by the sap of the trunk, and as the members of the body live by the... read more

Peter Pett

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

‘Paul, called to be an Apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth.’ Paul speaks like this in almost all the introductions to his Epistles, with a view to emphasising the divine authority with which he writes. Firstly he states that he is ‘called to be an Apostle of Jesus Christ’. Then he states that it is ‘through the will of God’. ‘Called to be an Apostle of Jesus Christ.’ Notice first the emphasis on his ‘calling’. It... read more

Peter Pett

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

Peter Pett

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

Peter Pett

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

Peter Pett

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

Peter Pett

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

Peter Pett

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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