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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — I Corinthians
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 195,509 words · 186 reading sections
1 Corinthians 4:13
1 Corinthians 4:13 Ver. 13. Being defamed, we entreat,.... Being blasphemed, as the word signifies, being evil spoken of, our good name taken away, and characters hurt; we entreat or pray to God for them, that he would convince them of their evil, give them repentance unto life, and remission of their sins, according …
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1 Corinthians 4:14 Ver. 14. I write not these things to shame you,.... Though they had a great deal of reason to be ashamed of the vain opinion they had of themselves, and that they suffered the faithful ministers of Christ to want the necessaries of life, when they abounded so much with the good things of it; and tho…
181 wordsSECTION 631 Corinthians 4:15
1 Corinthians 4:15 Ver. 15. For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ,.... Or "schoolmasters"; by whom he means the false teachers, whom, for argument sake, he admits to be instructors in Christ, or ministers of his, as in 2Co 11:23 and who were many, and of whose number the Corinthians boasted; though the…
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1 Corinthians 5:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CORINTHIANS 5 In this chapter the apostle blames the Corinthians for conniving at a sin committed by one of their members; declares what he was determined to do, and what should be done by them in this case; and in general advises to shun conversation with wicked men; in 1Co 5:1 me…
1,373 wordsSECTION 651 Corinthians 5:2
1 Corinthians 5:2 Ver. 2. And ye are puffed up,.... Either with the gifts, learning, and eloquence of their preachers, and particularly of this man, who, by some, is thought to be one of their teachers; and though he was guilty of so foul a crime, yet they still applauded him, and cried him up for a wonderful preacher…
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1 Corinthians 5:3 Ver. 3. For I verily, as absent in body,.... As he really was, being now at Philippi, if any dependence is to be had upon the subscription of this epistle; or rather at Ephesus; however, wherever he was, it is certain he was not at Corinth: but present in spirit; in his affection to them, care of th…
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1 Corinthians 5:4 Ver. 4. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,.... These words contain an account of the several things and circumstances, that should attend the awful act of the apostle, in delivering this man to Satan; it would be done "in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ"; by his command, power, and authority, an…
207 wordsSECTION 681 Corinthians 5:5
1 Corinthians 5:5 Ver. 5. To deliver such an one unto Satan,.... This, as before observed, is to be read in connection with 1Co 5:3 and is what the apostle there determined to do with this incestuous person; namely, to deliver him unto Satan; by which is meant, not the act of excommunication, or the removing of him fr…
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1 Corinthians 5:6 Ver. 6. Your glorying is not good,.... Their glorying in their outward flourishing condition, in their riches and wealth, and in their ministers, in their wisdom and parts when under such an humbling dispensation; and especially if their glorying was in the sin itself, and their connivance at it, it …
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1 Corinthians 5:7 Ver. 7. Purge out therefore the old leaven,....] Meaning either the incestuous person, whose crime might well be compared to sour "leaven", and be called old because of his long continuance in it; whom the apostle would have removed from them; this is properly the act of excommunication, which that c…
1,571 wordsSECTION 711 Corinthians 5:8
1 Corinthians 5:8 Ver. 8. Therefore let us keep the feast,.... Not the feast of the passover, which was now ceased, though this is said in allusion to it; when the master of the house used to say {l}, "everyone that is hungry, let him come and eat; he that hath need, let him come xopyw, "and paschatize", or keep the …
261 wordsSECTION 721 Corinthians 5:9
1 Corinthians 5:9 Ver. 9. I wrote unto you in an epistle,..... Not in this same epistle, and in 1Co 5:2 as some think; for what is here observed is not written in either of those verses, but in some other epistle he had sent them before, as is clear from 1Co 5:11 which either came not to hand, or else was neglected by…
482 wordsSECTION 731 Corinthians 5:10
1 Corinthians 5:10 Ver. 10. Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world,.... By "the fornicators of this world" are meant, such as were guilty of this sin, who were the men of the world, mere worldly carnal men, who were never called out of it, or ever professed to be; in distinction from those that were in …
519 wordsSECTION 741 Corinthians 5:11
1 Corinthians 5:11 Ver. 11. But now have I written unto you,.... Which shows, that what he had written before was at another time, and in another epistle; but not that what he was now writing was different from the former, only he explains the persons of whom, and the thing about which he has before written: not to k…
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1 Corinthians 5:12 Ver. 12. For what have I to do to judge,.... To admonish, reprove, censure, and condemn: them also that are without? without the church, who never were in it, or members of it; to whom ecclesiastical jurisdiction does not reach; and with whom the apostle had no more concern, than the magistrates of…
401 wordsSECTION 761 Corinthians 5:13
1 Corinthians 5:13 Ver. 13. But them that are without God judgeth,.... Or "will judge", in the great day of judgment; wherefore though such persons did not fall under the censures and punishment of the apostle, nor of a church of Christ, yet they shall not go unpunished; God will call them to an account for their forn…
262 wordsSECTION 771 Corinthians 6:1
1 Corinthians 6:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CORINTHIANS 6 The principal view of this chapter is to dissuade Christians from going to law with one another before Heathens, and also from fornication: the apostle begins with the first of these, and argues against it, from its being a daring, dangerous, and scandalous practice; …
1,620 wordsSECTION 781 Corinthians 6:2
1 Corinthians 6:2 Ver. 2. Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world,.... The apostle appeals to them concerning this matter, as a thing well known unto them, or might easily be known by them; for this was either a traditional notion among the Jews, many of whom were in this church, that good men should judg…
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1 Corinthians 6:3 Ver. 3. Know ye not that we shall judge angels,.... Meaning not the ministers of the Gospel, and pastors of churches, called "angels", Re 1:20 whose doctrines are examined, tried, and judged by the saints, according to the word of God; nor the good angels, who, were it possible that they could, or sh…
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1 Corinthians 6:4 Ver. 4. If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life,.... Not judgements relating to life and death, for these were not in the power of a Jewish sanhedrim now, and much less of a Christian community, but were wholly in the power of the Roman magistrates; but judgments relating to the c…
550 wordsSECTION 811 Corinthians 6:5
1 Corinthians 6:5 Ver. 5. I speak to your shame,.... Not that they did set such persons to judge, but that they did not; and instead of so doing went to law with their brethren before the unjust: is it so that there is not a wise man among you? this also the apostle speaks to their shame, who had so much gloried in t…
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1 Corinthians 6:6 Ver. 6. But brother goeth to law with brother,.... The relation meant is spiritual; it was usual for members of churches to be called brethren, they professing to be born again of the same Father, and belonging to the same family under Christ, the son, firstborn, and master of it: and a very wicked a…
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1 Corinthians 6:7 Ver. 7. Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you,.... Or a "defect": a want of brotherly love, or there would be no occasion to go to law at all; a want of wisdom and conduct, or proper persons would be pitched upon, and chosen out from among themselves to be arbitrators and judge between the…
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1 Corinthians 6:8 Ver. 8. Nay, you do wrong and defraud,.... So far were they from taking and acting up to the advice given, that instead of taking wrong, they did wrong; and instead of suffering themselves to be defrauded, they defrauded others: and that your brethren; that were of the same faith, of the same religi…
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1 Corinthians 6:9 Ver. 9. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?.... A way of speaking much like that in the Talmud, Myqydul ala ywve wnya abh Mlwehv edwy ywh "know thou, that the world to come is not made but for the righteous?" {h} Without a righteousness there will be no entrance int…
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1 Corinthians 6:10 Ver. 10. Nor thieves,.... Who take away another man's property, secret or openly, by fraud or force. Nor covetous: insatiable, in the lust of uncleanness; or greedy of worldly gain, bent upon increasing their substance at any rate, by circumvention, fraud, and deceit; and do not use the things of t…
225 wordsSECTION 871 Corinthians 6:11
1 Corinthians 6:11 Ver. 11. And such were some of you,.... Not all, but some of them; and of these everyone was not guilty of all these crimes; but some had been guilty of one, and others of another; so that they had been all committed by one or another of them. The Corinthians were a people very much given to unclean…
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1 Corinthians 6:12 Ver. 12. All things are lawful unto me,.... That is, which are of an indifferent nature; otherwise everything is not lawful to be done: but all things are not expedient; when the doing of them destroys the peace, comfort, and edification of others; when it stumbles and grieves weak minds, and cause…
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1 Corinthians 7:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CORINTHIANS 7 In this, chapter, various cases concerning marriage being proposed to the apostle, are answered by him; and he discourses of the nature, use, and end of marriage, and of the duties of married persons to one another; and gives advice to such as were unmarried, and poin…
2,341 wordsSECTION 901 Corinthians 7:2
1 Corinthians 7:2 Ver. 2. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication,.... Or "fornications"; meaning either the frequent commission of that sin; or all sorts of uncleanness and pollution, which may be avoided by wedlock, and the proper use of the marriage bed, where the gift of continency is not bestowed: wherefore to prevent…
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1 Corinthians 7:3 Ver. 3. Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence,.... The Syriac version renders it, byxttmd abwx, "due love"; and so the Arabic; and may include all the offices of love, tenderness, humanity, care, provision, and protection, which are to be performed by the husband to his wife; though it…
557 wordsSECTION 921 Corinthians 7:4
1 Corinthians 7:4 Ver. 4. The wife hath not power of her own body,.... To refrain the use of it from her husband; or to prostitute it to another man: but the husband; he has the sole power over it, and may require when he pleases the use of it: and likewise also the husband has not power over his own body: to withho…
139 wordsSECTION 931 Corinthians 7:5
1 Corinthians 7:5 Ver. 5. Defraud ye not one the other,.... By withholding due benevolence, denying the use of the marriage bed, refusing to pay the conjugal debt, and which is called a "diminishing of her marriage duty", Ex 21:10 where the Septuagint use the same word "defraud", as the apostle does here; it is what b…
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1 Corinthians 7:6 Ver. 6. But I speak this by permission,.... Referring either to what he had said before, though not to all; not to 1Co 7:2 that for the avoiding of fornication, every man should make use of his own wife, and every woman of her own husband; since this is not by permission, but by command, Ge 2:24 that…
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1 Corinthians 7:7 Ver. 7. For I would that all men were even as I myself,.... The apostle speaks not of his state and condition, as married or unmarried, for it is not certain which he was; some think he had a wife, others not: it looks, however, as if he had not at this time, as appears from 1Co 7:8 but be it which i…
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1 Corinthians 7:8 Ver. 8. I say therefore to the unmarried and widows,.... Not by way of command, but advice: by the "unmarried" he means, either such men who never were in a married state, or else such who had been married, but their wives were dead; which latter sense seems more agreeable, since they are joined with…
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1 Corinthians 7:9 Ver. 9. But if they cannot contain, &c. Or "if they do not contain", as the words may be rendered, and as almost all versions do render them; if they have not the gift of continency; if they are not willing, and do not think fit to contain, for none are to be compelled; if either therefore they want …
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1 Corinthians 7:10 Ver. 10. And unto the married I command,.... To the unmarried and widows he spoke by permission, or only gave advice and counsel to remain unmarried, provided they could contain; but if not, it was advisable to marry; but to persons already in a married state, what he has to say to them is by comman…
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1 Corinthians 7:11 Ver. 11. But and if she depart,.... This is said, not as allowing of such a departure, which only in case of fornication is lawful; but supposing it a fact, that a woman cannot be prevailed upon to stay with her husband, but actually forsakes him upon some difference arising between them, let her r…
233 wordsSECTION 1001 Corinthians 7:12
1 Corinthians 7:12 Ver. 12. But to the rest speak I, not the Lord,.... He had spoken before to married persons in general, and had delivered not his own sentiments barely, but the commandment of the Lord, that such should never separate from, or put away each other; in which he has respect to such as were upon equal f…
12,301 wordsSECTION 1011 Corinthians 8:1
1 Corinthians 8:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CORINTHIANS 8 In this chapter the apostle proceeds to consider the case of eating things offered to idols, which, though an indifferent thing, was abused by many in the Corinthian church, to the scandal and hurt of weak Christians; wherefore the apostle dissuades from the use of it…
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1 Corinthians 8:2 Ver. 2. And if any man think that he knows anything,.... Whoever has an opinion of himself, or is conceited with his own knowledge, and fancies that he knows more than he does; which is always the case of those that are elated with their knowledge, and treat others with contempt, and have no regard t…
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1 Corinthians 8:3 Ver. 3. But if any man love God,.... As they do, and show it, who love their brethren, and are careful not to grieve them; and make use of their superior knowledge, not for their destruction, but edification: the same is known of him; is taught by him, made to know more by him; such an one increases…
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1 Corinthians 8:4 Ver. 4. As concerning therefore the eating of those things,.... The apostle having enlarged on the head of knowledge, which those who made an ill use of their Christian liberty urged in favour of their conduct; he returns to the subject in question, in relation to meats, that are offered in sacrific…
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1 Corinthians 8:5 Ver. 5. For though there be that are called gods,.... That are so by name, though not by nature; who are called so in Scripture, as angels and magistrates, or by men, who give them such names, and account them so: whether in heaven; as the sun, moon, and stars: or in earth; as men who formerly live…
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1 Corinthians 8:6 Ver. 6. But to us there is but one God, the Father,.... In this Christians and Jews agree with the best and wisest philosophers of the Gentiles, that there is but one God; which is clear from the perfections of God, as necessary existence, eternity, infinity, omnipotence, all-sufficiency, goodness, a…
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1 Corinthians 8:7 Ver. 7. Howbeit, there is not in every man that knowledge,.... The apostle is not speaking of Heathens, in whom there was no knowledge of the one true God, the author of all things, and of the one Lord Jesus, the only saviour and Redeemer; but of Christians, in whom there was the knowledge of these t…
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1 Corinthians 8:8 Ver. 8. But meat commendeth us not to God,.... These words are said by the apostle, either as expressing the argument of such as had knowledge in favour of themselves, that what they did was a thing indifferent, by which they were made neither better nor worse; nor did they look upon it as meritoriou…
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1 Corinthians 8:9 Ver. 9. But take heed lest by any means,.... This is either a reply to the instance of such as argued in favour of eating things offered to idols; or a limitation and explanation of the apostle's own concession, that it made a man, with respect to the favour of God, neither better nor worse: yet care…
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1 Corinthians 8:10 Ver. 10. For if any man see thee which hast knowledge,.... That is, not any person whatever; not one that has equal knowledge, and can with a good conscience take the same liberty; but one that is weak in the faith, that has not such a clear sight of the doctrine of Christian liberty: if such an one…
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1 Corinthians 8:11 Ver. 11. And through thy knowledge,.... These words contain an aggravation of the sin such persons are guilty of, who are the means, by their example, of ensnaring weak minds, and causing them to stumble and fall, even in some sense so as to perish: shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ di…
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1 Corinthians 8:12 Ver. 12. But when ye sin so against the brethren,.... Through sitting at meat in an idol's temple, and thereby violating the new commandment of love; by which saints are obliged to love one another as brethren, and take care to do nothing that may hurt and prejudice one another's peace and comfort, …
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1 Corinthians 8:13 Ver. 13. Wherefore if meat make my brother to offend,.... This is the conclusion of the whole, which the apostle makes with respect to himself, and proposes for the imitation of others; that since an imprudent use of Christian liberty, in this article of eating things offered to idols, might be atte…
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1 Corinthians 9:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CORINTHIANS 9 The principal things in this chapter are the proof of the apostle's office and authority; arguments for his own maintenance, and the maintenance of Gospel ministers; reasons why he did not make use of his right and privilege in this respect: and the whole is concluded…
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1 Corinthians 9:2 Ver. 2. If I be not an apostle unto others,.... This is said by way of supposition, not concession; for he was an apostle to many others; he was an apostle of the Gentiles in general; as the apostleship of the circumcision belonged to Peter, that of the uncircumcision fell to his share: but however, …
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1 Corinthians 9:3 Ver. 3. Mine answer to them that do examine me is this. These words are referred by some to the following, as if the apostle's answer lay in putting the questions he does in the next verses; but they rather seem to belong to the preceding, and the meaning to be this, that when any persons called in q…
144 wordsSECTION 1171 Corinthians 9:4
1 Corinthians 9:4 Ver. 4. Have we not power to eat and to drink?] Having proved his apostleship, he proceeds to establish his right to a maintenance as a Gospel minister; which he expresses by various phrases, and confirms by divers arguments: by a "power to eat and drink", he does not mean the common power and right …
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1 Corinthians 9:5 Ver. 5. Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife,.... The phrase "a sister, a wife", is an Hebraism, and answers to hlkytxa, "my sister, spouse", So 4:9. The Jews called their wives, sisters, not on account of religion, which also is not the meaning here; but because of the common relation th…
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1 Corinthians 9:6 Ver. 6. Or I only and Barnabas,.... Who were for a great while companions and fellow travellers; are we alone? are we exempted from those rights and privileges, common to others? have not we power to forbear working? that is, with their hands, at their trades and occupations, to get their living by:…
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1 Corinthians 9:7 Ver. 7. Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges?.... Some people have done so, as did the Habessines {e}, and the ancient Romans {f}; though before the apostle wrote this, the senate had made an act, that the soldiers should have a stipend from the public; and this being now so common, and un…
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Public domain; John Gill (1697–1771). Source item is marked Public Domain on Internet Archive.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.