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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 16:7
1 Corinthians 16:7 Ver. 7. For I will not see you now by the way,.... Just to look upon them, and be gone, be like a wayfaring man that tarries but for a night: but I trust to tarry a while with you; the whole winter season: if the Lord permit; submitting all to the will of God, at whose sovereign disposal he always…
93 wordsSECTION 1821 Corinthians 16:8
1 Corinthians 16:8 Ver. 8. But I will tarry at Ephesus till Pentecost. The feast of weeks, or of harvest, which was fifty days from the passover; See Gill on "Ac 2:1" which though abrogated at the death of Christ, was observed by the Jews, and is mentioned by the apostle, not as a festival that the Christians were obl…
128 wordsSECTION 1831 Corinthians 16:9
1 Corinthians 16:9 Ver. 9. For a great door,.... Meaning an opportunity of ministering the word at Ephesus, a very populous city, and where he might have hope great good would be done. Some think that by this fair opportunity, or hopeful prospect, he means the populousness of the city; others, the conversion of some g…
502 wordsSECTION 1841 Corinthians 16:10
1 Corinthians 16:10 Ver. 10. Now if Timotheus come,.... The apostle had sent him already, as appears from 1Co 4:17 and he was now gone from him; but whether he might not be prevented by unforeseen incidents in his journey, he could not say; and therefore speaks cautiously of his coming; from whence it is evident, that…
261 wordsSECTION 1851 Corinthians 16:11
1 Corinthians 16:11 Ver. 11. Let no man therefore despise him,.... On account of his youth; see 1Ti 4:12, or neglect to take care of him, which would be to despise him, since he was employed in such an honourable work, equally as the apostle himself: hence it is manifest, that as the lives of Gospel ministers ought to…
268 wordsSECTION 1861 Corinthians 16:12
1 Corinthians 16:12 Ver. 12. As touching our brother Apollos,.... Who was a senior man to Timothy, an eloquent preacher, one who had been at Corinth, and was well known to the saints there, and greatly approved by many of them; wherefore the apostle excuses it, that he should send the one, and not the other, and shows…
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.