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The Pulpit Commentary — 1 Corinthians
Frederic William Farrar [1831-1903] · 502,662 words · 564 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — 1 Corinthians — Section 541
similnr nppenl to copyists, couched in the form (Hidui): and (2) it cannot be more most s0lemn lnngunge, is found in Irenrous sm·erc tho.n "handing over to So.tan" (eh. (' Opp..' i. 821, edit.. Stieren), nud nt the end v. 5; 1 Tim. i. 20), which wo.s meroifol in of H ufinus's prologue to his translation of its purpose.…
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being aashed to pieces by the black hil11Jws of popular depravity! 3. That tlie practic,,l sympathy for human suffering which Ul,ristiunitg generates is a Di11i1,e elemeJ,t, Here are Galatia anii Corinth drawn in sympathy for one common object, an,l that object was '' suffering saints at Jerusalem." These people live…
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Vers. 10-12.- Wholesome teaching for the oldei· ministers. "Now if Timotheus. come, see that he may he with you/ etc. Taking these verses as the foundation for a,n address to the senior ministers of the gospel, we say to them- I. SHOW A TE:S-DER REGARD FOR THE INTERESTS OF YOUNG MINISTERS. '" Now ii Timotheus come,…
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deep into the soil of eternal realities. Firmness is no more obstinacy than the stony rock is the deep-rooted oak, Ill. A demand for MANLINF.SS. "Quit you like men." Be courageous, invincible, well equipped, manly. Be a_n ideal man; you can be nothing higher than this, nothing greater. There are great philosophers, gr…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. I-5.-C!harity; its systematic mode of exercise. If these Corinthians shared the thoughts and emotions of St. Paul on love, on the uses of gifts, and on the resurrection, they were well prepared to have practical duties urged on their immediate attention. At that time "the collecti…
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Vere. 6-18.-St. Paul and his purposes; his friends; earnest exhortation. If the apostle were before us in his Epistles as an inspired man of genius only, whose intellect teemed with great thoughts, and whose heart was absorbed in supplying fervency to· those thoughts, his hold upon us would be weakened. 'rho man has no…
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your snfety, business, profession; fight like men, fight on, fight to the end. "De strong," or as it is in Eph. iii. 16, "Strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man." Bnt fight how? There are many sorts of fighting-business fightin" profes- sional fighting, legislative fighting, alas! even Church fightin…
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the Ephesian brethren. Let them renew their fellowship and pledp;e their love ouain "with a holy kiss.'' The work of the amanuensis over, St. Paul adds the salutation, from himself with his own hand, •• The salutation of me Paul." And the words follow "Ir any man love not the Loni Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema,"…
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Vers. 1-4.-0hurch gifts, There arc few interests in human life which can be separated from the consideration of money. Money is the first necessity of govern- ments, and it is the sinews of war, In business, in professional life, in industrial pursuits, pecuniary considerations are prominent, perhaps paramount. It is n…
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Ver. 13.-The word of command to Christian soldiers. Now and again we meet with passages in the New Testament which remind us that Christianity does not lose sight of the sterner virtues. Certainly our religion has brought the softer and more imiable virtues into honour and prominence; but we should make a mistake di…
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Vers. 15, 16.-Service and honour. As the family that had first in Achaia received the gospel, Stephanas and his household were regarded by the apostle with peculiar interest and affection. The manner in which they are introduced in this passage is highly instructive and suggestive. I. THE VOCATION TO SPJRI'l'UAL MINIS…
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we gain an insight into the hP:i.rt, not or the apostle alone, but or his fellow-labourers nnd friends. And we cannot but admire the evident power of Christiar,ity to hallow nor! ennoble, to refine and bless, the relations subsisting among friends. I. FnoM WHOM, AND TO WHOM, ARE THESE GREETINGS? 1. Individuals are nam…
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Vers. 1-4.-0oncerning the collection. I. THE NECESSITY OF GIVING. 1. For maintenance of public worship in our own community. Churches should aim at self- support. .Assuredly there should be no unwillingness to give where we ourselves reap the advantage. .And often the return, being spiritual, infinitely exceeds all …
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And in so far as we do not give what we knc,w he would have us to, we are defrcmders ,of God. He trusts us with so much: let us see that we do not abuse the trust. Stewards are we, not proprietors. Christ's commendation of the widow's two mites is abused by some well-to-do folks; they always aim to give that amount. A…
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Corinthians tended towards false security, reliance upon gifts and teachers• so the aposlle says, "\Vatch ye." 'l'hey were wavering in arlhesion to the gosp;l which Paul preached; so he says, "Stand fast in the faith." 'l'hcy were but "babes" (eh. iii. 1); so the apostle incites them to seek more of the qualities of…
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Ver. 22.-Those who do not love Oh1·ist. I. THERE ABE sucH. Alas! how ma-.:iy! Not those who have never heard of him, but those who have heard much of him-those before whom the great revelation of Christ has been spread out. Not those who have been brought up under sceptical influences, but those who have been trained i…
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Ver. 3.-Tlie relatwns of Gentile to Jewish Churches. Apart from the historical interest of this subject, which was one of the chief causes of anxiety to the apostle, it may be studied as illustrating for every age the principles on which older and younger Chnrcbes, richer and poorer Churches, can be brought into practi…
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which "hopeth all things, endureth all things, and thinketh no evil." Chrysostom•~ note on tliese 'l'erses brings out a somewhat different association. It is as follows:- " Now in saying these things, he seems, indeed, to advise; but be is reprimanding them as iudolen_t. Wherefore he ~aith, ~atch, as though they sle…
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show what we did actually attain once, and prove that we coulcl, throu"'h life have clone better. It is, however, the hope and promise of first things on which 1;e now propose to dwell. I: F!RST Tl!INGS _ARE DONE WITH I_NTENSE FEELING. Il!ustrate from the youth bcgmmng ~usrness hfe; the man entenng on a new underta…
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simple historical fact is that persons lent their rooms or their houses for the Christian, congregations to worship in, :rnd so the term "Church " is first used for the Christian fri?n~s w~o m~t for wo:ship in any place. It subsequently became used for (1) the· bu1ldmg m which the fnends met; and (2) for the entire bod…
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CHAPTER L TBUfE PAGE TIIE)l"E PA.GB The Faithfulness of Go,l 3~ To feel, to be, o.nd to desire 9 l\Io.n's Wisdom and God', 35 Exemplary Gratitude and Precious Christ the Power of God 3S Confidence 10 Salvation all of God 3~ The Importance of Spiritual Unity ... 10 The Testimony of Christ !I The World's Greatest Blessi…
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TREM"E PA.G-E TITEJ-rE PAGE Differences according to. Grace re- Litigation ; or, How shnll Ch1·istians ceived... 161 settle their Differences and Dis- Suffering for Others e. Proof of Internst putes? 202 in their Welfare 162 Past, Present, and Futnre .. . 20~ Imitators of Men ... 163 The Sanctity of the Body .. . 20!…
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'l'IIEMB PA.OE TRE>IE Eating and Drinking to the Glory of Spiritual Unity 406 God 352 Contentment is better than Envy 407 Meat aml Drink for God's People 354 Respect is better than Co11tempt 408 Baptism unto Moses 355 Sympathy 408 The Spiritual Meo.t o.nd Drink 356 Body nnd Members 40~ Enso.mples from the Wilderness-L…
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"l'HlUIE rACB TBE)l'E P,\GP. •• Christ the Firstfruits" 543 Closing Worils 55D Mnn's Lo.at Enemy 545 Church Gifts 561 Tile Close of the Mediator's Mission 546 The Opeu Door and Many Adver- Baptism for the Dead 547 saries 561 "Evil Communications" 5!7 The Word of Command to Christian Enlarged Conceptions of the Term So…
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