PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
Gnomon of the New Testament — Volume 3
Bengel, Johann Albrecht, 1687-1752 · 187,890 words · 436 reading sections
1 Corinthians Xiii. 4, 5.
303 it does not grieve at another’s good, nor rejoice at another’s calamity. The conjunction is wanting to is kind [Asyn- deton]. 4, 5. Ou Kzprrzpzuzrat, ou <pu<fiourur oux. d<Syr\[j>ovz7, ou Zr\rz7 rd za urrjg, vauntetli not itself \ is not puffed up, doth not behave itself un- seemly, seeketh not its own ) The …
444 wordsSECTION 3021 Corinthians Xiii. 6, 7.
personal object ; — the real 1 object, as regards the future, is, love is not provoked , it hopeth all things , it endureth all things ; as re- gards the past, the object of the thing is, it thinketh no evil , it cover eth [Engl. Vers., bearetli] all things, believeth all things : as regards the present, it rejoice…
414 wordsSECTION 3031 Corinthians Xiii. 8-10.
305 stand therefore, “ he shall he holden up”\ Rom. xiv. 4 ; araOri- eerai ; he likewise hopes good for the future, and endures evils. — ii/g/, endures ) until hope at some time springs up, 2 Tim. ii. 25. Thus the praises of love describe as it were a kind of circle, in which the last and first mutually correspond…
421 wordsSECTION 3041 Corinthians Xiii. 11, 12.
306 greater maturity. That, which is perfect, comes at death ; 2 Cor. v. 7 : and at the last day. — roVs, then) not before. There- fore prophecy and knowledge never entirely pass away in this life. 11. ’'Ore, when) The progress from grace to glory, which awaits individual believers and the whole Church, is compar…
428 wordsSECTION 3051 Corinthians Xiii. 13.
307 had a great relish for those things, that are future : 2 Cor. xii. 2, 3. — tfpomtfov tfp'oc tfpbeunov, face to face ) D'JB D\JD, with our face, we shall see the face of our Lord. That is more than HQ HS, ot6[m a npbs <rro//>a, mouth to mouth . Vision is the most excellent means of enjoyment. The word Bx'sko/jm…
454 wordsSECTION 306Chapter Xi Y.
love, sometimes faith [by itself] denoting by synecdoche the whole of Christianity, 1 Thess. iii. 6, 5. In a wicked man we find infidelity, hatred, despair. — ruvru, these) Heb. Dn, i.e. are , viz. greater than prophecies, etc. — greater) the greatest, of these , of the three. He not only prefers love to prophecy, …
322 wordsSECTION 3071 Corinthians Xiv. 6-11.
809 — r\ hxXrifflu, the Church ) seeking [ver. 12] edification ; may receive it in consonance with this [viz. with seeking~\. 6. ’'H ev dvrozaXir^e/, 5} ev yvwtfs/, $ ev <xpo(pyire/cpy r\ ev dida%ri, either in revelation , or in knowledge , or in prophecy , or in doctrine ) Here are four kinds of prophecy broadly …
406 wordsSECTION 3081 Corinthians Xiv. 12-16.
12. Uvsv/xdrco^ of spirits) [of spiritual gifts]. Plural as ver. 32, xii. 10. As there is one sea, and many seas, so there is one spirit, and many spirits ; one trumpet gives many sounds. — vpog 7Y\v oixodofAqv, to edification) that the Church may be as much as possible edified. 1 3. Upoatvyjadu) let him pray ; an…
434 wordsSECTION 3091 Corinthians Xiv. 17-22.
311 giving their assent to him who blessed. And so also, those who could not speak much adopted the words of others, and declared, that they with their understanding assented to it. — T / Xsys/c, what thou sayest ) Not only ought he to know, that thou hast said nothing evil, but also what good thou hast spoken. 1…
392 wordsSECTION 3101 Corinthians Xiv. 23, 24.
thus do they hear [alluding to Isa. xxviii. 12, see last note]. — tilth, have their existence) The accent has the effect of making the word emphatic. — r\ b's ^opjjrg/a, but prophecy) namely, is for a signy or simply is ; comp. vi. 13. — roTg mffnvov<nvy to them that believe) This must be taken as an instance of th…
425 wordsSECTION 3111 Corinthians Xiv. 25, 26.
313 rd xpurrrd rrjg xapd/ag uvrou Qavspa y/verar xui ouru rreduv err/ rrpodoorrov rrpod/ivvritie: rti 0so</, drrayyeXXuv or/ 6 &eog ovrwg sv v/mTv edn) The first xa/ oZrw is spurious ; for the present of the verb y/verai indicates that this clause, rd xpvrrrd — y/vera/j is more closely connected with the preceding…
445 wordsSECTION 3121 Corinthians Xiv. 27-32.
• — ep/irivsiav, interpretation) by which one man may interpret an unknown tongue to another. — oixobo^v, edification) the best rule. 27. E/Ve, If ) He now more particularly explains how all things may be done for edification. — rig , any man) Merely one person ought never to have spoken in an unknown tongue ; but …
421 wordsSECTION 3131 Corinthians Xiy. 33-37.
315 demand that he alone should be heard, but should do his en- deavour to hear others also, while they are speaking, and should learn from them, what communications they have received [from God] in preference to himself : subjection is shown by keeping silence and learning,1 ver. 34, 35, [1 Tim. ii. 12]. Every ac…
425 wordsSECTION 314Chaptek Xv.
The former endowed more than the latter with eloquence. — ent- yivuay.eru, let him perceive [ acknowledge ]) Paul does not allow the question now at last to be raised, whether he be writing correctly. — roD K vpiod) of the Lord) J esus. 38. E/ ds ng ayvoe?, But if any man he ignorant) So that he has not the capaci…
329 wordsSECTION 3151 Corinthians Xv. 3-5.
317 xuriyirz, if ye keep ) If here implies a hope, as is evident from what follows, unless , etc. 1 3. ’Ey vpdroig, among the primary things') The things, which are of greatest importance, ought to be taught among the first things. the lxx., h npdroig, i.e. in old time ; 2 Sam. xx. 18 : but, first , in Deut. xiii…
447 wordsSECTION 3161 Corinthians Xv. 6~V.
6. "Ecrs/ra, after that ) advancing to a greater number. — iirdvu 'revraxoff/ois, mure than five hundred) A remarkable appearance. Paul puts himself behind all these.— oi nXe/oug, the greater part) About 300 at least ; oi kXs iovg, the majority were providentially preserved in life so long for the very purpose of b…
420 wordsSECTION 3171 Corinthians Xv. 10-18.
319 guage increases in strength. — Id/wga, I persecuted) Believers even after repentance take guilt to themselves for the evil, which they have once perpetrated. 10. Xdpin , by grace) alone. — o g//x/, what I am) i.e. an apostle, who saw Christ. — oO xevri, not vain ) Paul proves the authority of the gospel and o…
394 wordsSECTION 3181 Corinthians Xv. 19-22.
Paul distinctly to express, what it is for a man to be in his sins. 19. El, if) The statement of those topics which are discussed at ver. 20, etc., precedes this verse and ver. 18 : and in this verse, there is a statement of those topics, which are treated of at ver. 29-34. — h, in) ev, as far as concerns , i.e. i…
441 wordsSECTION 3191 Corinthians Xv. 23.
321 rite, as for example, Rom. v. 17, 21, but in the present, in order that in the antithesis he may the more plainly speak of the resurrection, as even still future. And he says, all. Those who are in the highest degree wicked die in Adam ; but Paul is here speaking of the godly, of whom the first fruits , arrapy…
457 wordsSECTION 3201 Corinthians Xv. 24.
of their head ; by the latter Christ everywhere retains His pre- rogative, and all the rest of persons and things are heaped to- gether in one mass. By the former method, a comma is put in the text after p^/tfrog,1 by the latter also a colon ; and so sir a re- tains a more absolute sense, and yet its copulative pow…
434 wordsSECTION 3211 Corinthians Xv. 24.
323 and the deliverance of the kingdom into His hands takes place, that all authority may be swept away. — vapabp rfa (3a<ri\s!av, shall have delivered up the kingdom) The Father will not then begin to reign without the Son ; nor will the Son cease then to reism without the Father ; for the divine kingdom both of …
473 wordsSECTION 3221 Corinthians Xy. 25, 26.
for the dead — the dead — they , i.e,, the former]. — ndGav dpyfv *«/ ftatiav s^ovgIccv not) dvva/jtiv, all rule and all authority and power ) Rule and, authority are also said of the powers of men, Tit. iii. 1 [ principalities and powers ] : but oftener of those of angels, Col. i. 16 : and that too in the concrete…
440 wordsSECTION 3231 Corinthians Xv. 27.
325 also death is destroyed. It may be said, Does not the same prin- ciple hold good as to all the enemies alike ? for in so far as all the others have been destroyed , death has been also destroyed , 2 Tim. i. 10, therefore inasmuch as death remains , the other enemies still remain , and therefore death is not de…
432 wordsSECTION 3241 Corinthians Xv. 28.
to indicate animals and stars, which it expressly names ; but the apostle teaches us, that it has a much more extended applica- tion. Good things are made subject to Him in a most joyous condition ; had things in a most sorrowful one : for these latter are destroyed , and are made His footstool. — virera%ev, subjec…
450 wordsSECTION 3251 Corinthians Xv. 28.
327 has rendered all things subordinate to Him. — £/<roray^<rsra/, shall be made subordinate ) for this word is both more proper and more becoming than shall be subjected . The word is one very well adapted for denoting things most widely different. For the subordination of the Son to the Father is manifestly one …
449 wordsSECTION 3261 Corinthians Xv. 29.
Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free, but Christ is all and in all, Col. iii. 11. So then there will be neither Greek nor Jew, etc., r\ov princi- pality [rule : ver. 24], power , etc., but God will be all in all. God is esteemed as nothing in the world by ungodly men, P…
468 wordsSECTION 3271 Corinthians Xy. 29.
329 the phrase, (SanrifyaQat vvrsp ruv vsxpuv, to be baptized for (over) the dead. For they are baptized for (over) the dead [super mortuis], who receive baptism and profess Christianity at that time, when they have death set before their eyes, who are likely every moment to be added to the general 7nass of the de…
432 wordsSECTION 3281 Corinthians Xv. 29.
disappointed, their efforts will be vain, if the dead sleep the eternal sleep. (3 ) The term baptism continues to be used in its ordinary meaning ; and indeed in this epistle Paul has made more mention of baptism than in any other, ch. i. 13-17, x. 2, xii. 13. y) The preposition imp with the genitive might be thus…
457 wordsSECTION 3291 Corinthians Xv. 30, 31.
331 the resurrection, or for the past. Paul seems to confute those who denied both the resurrection of the body and the immor- tality of the soul. The vindication of the former is a sufficient and more than sufficient vindication of the latter. This is an example of the fivyxaru[3ucus, condescension of Scripture, …
464 wordsSECTION 330I Corinthians Xv. 32.
to his own death, which he bore for [in order to give them] their glorying [ rejoicing , Engl.] comp. iv. 8 ; 2 Cor. iv. 12, 15 ; Phil, i. 26 ; Eph. iii. 13 ; and therefore he brings it forward to stir up the Corinthians themselves. They did not attend to this, who wrote rj/xerspav for vfMrspav.1 The first person i…
489 wordsSECTION 3311 Corinthians Xv. 33, 34.
333 Mimesis or the imitation of a supposed opponent’s wicked manner of speaking . 33. Mji rrXavaffh) in the Middle voice. — p&sipovav) they corrupt. Its conjugate corruption , is found at ver. 42. He uses the well- known sentence of Menander in a sublimer sense, and opposes it to the Epicurean creed, ver. 32 ; pr…
413 wordsSECTION 3321 Corinthians Xv. 35, 36.
includes in it the antithesis to knowledge , which in other respects was so agreeable to the Corinthians. — 0aoD, of God) and there- fore also of the power and works of God, Matt. xxii. 29. — r/vag, some) This word softens the reproof. — svrpovriv, shame) The Corinthians claimed for themselves great knowledge . Ign…
433 wordsSECTION 3331 Corinthians Xv. 37-41.
335 ver. 43. — ad) thou thyself \ silly fellow. — anil pug, sowest) in the field. A copious allegory follows. — ov ^woffouTrai, is not quickened) to a new sprout. — sdv /ufi avodavri, unless it die) Paul completely retorts the objection [converts the very objection into an argu- ment] : death does not prevent quic…
438 wordsSECTION 3341 Corinthians Xy. 42-45.
body that has not some decided point of difference from another. 42. Ovrw, thus ) This word relates to the protasis already begun at ver. 36. — avrs/perai, is sown) a very delightful word instead of burial. — lv (pdopq, , in corruption) The condition not only of the dead body but of the mortal body is denoted. 43…
418 wordsSECTION 3351 Corinthians Xv. 46-49.
337 46. Ou Kpurov,) not the first. — rb vrvsvjuanxbv, the spiritual) body. This verse refers to ver. 44, ver. 45, making as it were a paren- thesis, to which ver. 47 afterwards corresponds. — ecre/ra, after- ward) This should be carefully noticed by those, who so dispute about the origin of evil, as if all things …
460 wordsSECTION 3361 Corinthians Xv. 50, 51.
<pops<fujuj ev, let us bear , and yet in the way of promise.1 The sub- junctive renders the expression modal and conciliatory, by which Paul (comp. ver. 53, must ) expresses the divine appointment and faith assenting to it. Comp, the subjunctive James iv. 13, 15, 'Topivtfuj/AsQa, x.r.X. Pater copies have made it, (…
435 wordsSECTION 3371 Corinthians Xv. 51.
339 We shall indeed all rise , hut we shall not all he changed , and Ter - tullian and Rujinus and others besides follow this reading. And yet the Latin translator does not seem to have read the Greek different from onr Greek copies, but to have expressed the sense, as he indeed understood it, rather than the word…
480 wordsSECTION 3381 Corinthians Xv. 52-55.
changed) While the soul remains in the body, the body from being animal [natural] will become spiritual. 52. *Ev aro'/xw, in a moment) Lest it should be considered hyperbolical, he adds a more popular phrase, in the twinkling of an eye. An extraordinary work of divine omnipotence ! Who then can doubt, but that man…
413 wordsSECTION 3391 Corinthians Xv. 56.
341 W *ptDp TIN nio T"1^ VlK, t.«., where are thy plagues , 0 death ? where , 0 grave, is thy destruction ? — See by all means, Olearii diss. inaug. on Redemption from hell. In this hymn of victory, where signifies that death and hell were formerly very formid- able : now circumstances are changed, Qdva rog, death…
448 wordsSECTION 3401 Corinthians Xv. 57, 58.
of triumph, where , etc. The particle hut indicates this fact. — 6 yo>oc, the law ) threatening death for sin ; without the law sin is not perceived ; under the law sin has dominion ; Rom. vi. 14. 57. Tp 3s &ep hut thanks he to God) It had not been of our accomplishment [in our power to effect]. — 3s, hut) Althoug…
360 wordsSECTION 341Chapter Xvi.
343 1. Aoylac, collection) A plain [not figurative] term well adapted to the commencement of this subject, ver. 2 : it is called a bless- ing,1 2 Cor. ix. 5. — e/g roug ay hug, for the saints ) He would rather call them the saints than the poor ; and he does so both because this appellation is suited to the import…
380 wordsSECTION 3421 Corinthians Xvi. 3-7.
your circumstances enable you, what is inculcated at Eccl. ix. 10; 1 Sam. x. 7. — /ayi, that not) This is by way of anticipation [oc- cupatkdjjthat they may not think it necessary to have a collection also at that time, and in like manner there is boldness of speech, as much as to say, I will certainly not pass you…
446 wordsSECTION 3431 Corinthians Xvi. 8-12.
345 rpenriy1 if the Lord permit ) a pious qualification. The destina- tions of the saints have some degree of liberty, which the divine goodness in various ways both precedes and follows. 8. ’E/Epkw, At Ephesus) Paul was at Ephesus: comp. ver. 19, respecting Asia. 9. &vpa,y a door) It is the part of a wise man to…
404 wordsSECTION 3441 Corinthians Xvi. 13-18.
the Greeks use the verb $e\u, Acts ii. 12. — ora v tuxa/pigri, when he shall have convenient time ) The convenience indicated is not carnal convenience, but that which follows the will of God. 13. TpriyopiTrsj watch ) The conclusion exhorting chiefly to faith and love [ This is the sum of all those things , which e…
429 wordsSECTION 3451 Corinthians Xvi. 19-24.
347 19. n©XXa, much) for especial affection, Acts xviii. 2, 1. — AxvXag xai UpiaxiXka, Aquila and Priscilla) Elsewhere this woman is mentioned first. In the epistle to the Corinthians, she is put last ; comp. xiv. 34. — xa r olxov, in their house) This couple afterwards set up a church also in their house at Rome …
437 wordsSECTION 346Chapter L
evidently agrees with the beginning and end of this epistle.1 There was afterwards added, eypupri unb QiXtovuv, it was written from Philippi . But it was written at Ephesus, as ver. 8 proves; perhaps, however, it was sent from Philippi, ver. 5, because the deputies of the Corinthians had accompanied Paul thither. A…
303 wordsSECTION 3472 Corinthians I. 3, 4.
2. I hastened from Troas to Macedonia, which is near you : keeping pace with the progress of the Gospel, whose glorious ministry we worthily perform, 12— vii. 1. 3. In Macedonia I received joyful tidings of you, 2—16. 4. In this journey I became acquainted with the liberality of the Macedonians. Wherefore it becom…
373 wordsSECTION 3482 Corinthians 1. 5, 6.
351 signification of the other. The frequent occurrence of these words will be greatly relished, but only by the experienced. [How great need is there of experience ! how Unqualified a guide is he , who is without it! — V. g.] Adversity is treated of from ver. 8 ; consolation from ch. vii. 2, etc. Paul speaks gene…
438 wordsSECTION 3492 Corinthians I. 8, 9.
sistent with one another, of which the various transpositions are noticed in the Apparatus } W e shall now explain some of these words in particular. — g/Vs, whether ) sometimes we are more sen- sible of adversities, sometimes of consolation. — u/xwi/, your ) The communion of saints, cultivated in the heart of Paul…
433 wordsSECTION 3502 Corinthians I. 10-12.
353 ful nature of faith in the greatest difficulties, which seem to have no means of escape. — sysipovn , who raiseth ) 1 Cor. xv. He had written at great length on the resurrection of the dead ; he now repeatedly touches on the same doctrine, and, taking for granted, that its truth is admitted by the Corinthians,…
432 wordsSECTION 3512 Corinthians 1. 13-17.
354 our adversaries. — r%g cws /dijescog Jj/xwv, of our conscience ) whatever others may think of us. — afl'Aonjr/, in simplicity) aiming at the one mark in the most direct way. — uXmpmicf) in sincerity , with- out the admixture of any foreign quality. — ov x ev, not in) The an- tithetic terms are, fleshly wisdom …
450 wordsSECTION 3522 Corinthians I. 18.
355 tions of] the flesh, he must rather have come, than not ; for they who consult according to the flesh, endeavour by all means to make the yea of the promise, whatever may occur, to appear in the fulfilment, for the purpose of maintaining their consistency [ whether good or evil may result from it. — V. g.] But…
453 wordsSECTION 3532 Corinthians I. 19-21.
19. 'O yup rou ©sou v/bg, Ifooug Xp/crbg, for the Son of God , Jesus Christ) who is the principal subject of our discourse. We should observe the joining together of the three appella- tions, thereby showing forth firmness ;* as also their position in the natural order ; for the first is evidently not the same as t…
433 wordsSECTION 3542 Corinthians I. 22-24.
357 purchased, or a letter, so that it may be certain, to whom it belongs ; comp. 1 Cor. ix. 2, A trope1 abstracts from the per- sons and things from which it is taken. — fac&g, us) apostles and teachers. — <rdv vfiTv, with you) He speaks modestly of himself. — rig Xpuirov xui xjpiaag, in p?ifo] Christ , and hath …
436 wordsSECTION 355Chapter Ii.
serious matter for the apostle to have used even his lawful autho- rity ; and therefore he calls it to have [exercise] dominion ; comp. 1 Cor. ix. 17, note, respecting such a mode of speaking. — rr\g v/ffreug, over the faith) The faithful are freemen. — cwspyoi, fellow- workers) not lords. — yupug, of joy) which fl…
356 wordsSECTION 3562 Corinthians Ii. 3-7.
359 by me) df wv, from whom , in the following verse. These particles differ thus : a-ro [coming from, or on the part of] applies to some- thing more at large ; [ out of by means of], to something more within ; comp. iii. 5 ; 1 Thess. ii. 6. 3. K a/' eypa-^ccj and I wrote ) He shows that he had this inten- tion a…
440 wordsSECTION 3572 Corinthians Ii. 8-12.
whence he is rather forgiven ; and the indicative is a very mild form of exhortation : xii. 9 ; Matt. xxvi. 18, note. 8. Kuputiui) to confirm) the xvpog is connected with love, not with sorrow. The majesty of the ecclesiastical government and discipline consists in love. It is this, which reigns. Dp» lxx., xvpovcQ…
420 wordsSECTION 3582 Corinthians Ii. 13-16.
361 the flesh, vii. 5. He was desirous of knowing how the Corin- thians had received his former epistle. — rOj mw/ian, in spirit) He perceived from this, that it was not imperatively necessary to avail himself of that door. — T/rov, Titus ) who was about to come from you. 13. E ig Maxedov/uV) to Macedonia) where …
425 wordsSECTION 3592 Corinthians Ii. 17.
our Gospel message] as a thing dead ; hence they meet with death as the natural and just consequence. — olg ds, whilst to the former) who are being saved. This verse, if wre compare the antecedents and consequents, has a chiasmus.1 — xat npog ruvra, rig havog ; and who is sufficient for these things f) Who? i.e. hu…
448 wordsSECTION 360Chaptek Iii.
363 Jv, in) Our discourse, which we hold in Christ, is given and directed from above. — XaXofyAs v, we speak) We use the tongue ; the power belongs to God. 1. * do we begin?) A just reproof to some of those who had so begun. — icd X/v, again) as was formerly done in the first epistle ; so, again , ch. v. 12. — aw…
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