Called to be saints. See on Rom. i. 7.
Call upon the name (érvxarovupévois TO dvoua). Compare Rom. x. 12; Acts ii. 21. The formula is from the Septuagint. See Zech. xiii. 9; Gen. xii. 8; xiii. 4; Ps. cxv.17. It is used of worship, and here implies prayer to Christ. The first christ- ian prayer recorded as heard by Saul of Tarsus, was Stephen’s prayer to Christ, Acts vii. 59. The name of Christ occurs nine times in the first nine verses of this epistle.
Theirs and ours. A. V. and Rev. connect with Jesus Christ our Lord. Better with in every place. Every place in the province where Christians are is owr place also. The ex- pression emphasizes the position of Paul as the founder and apostolic head of Christianity in Corinth and in all Achaia.
3. Grace—peace. (race is the Greek salutation, peace the Jewish. Both in the spiritual sense. Compare Num. vi. 25, 26. This form of salutation is common to all Paul’s epistles to the churches. In Timothy and Titus, mercy is added. James alone has the ordinary conventional salutation, ya(pew rejoice, hail, greeting.
4. I thank (edyapior®). Found in the Gospels, Acts, and Apocalypse, but most frequently in Paul.
My God. Some very high authorities omit. The pronoun implies close personal relationship. Compare Acts xxvii. 23; Philip. i. 8; iii. 8.
By Christ Jesus (év). Better, as Rev., in; in fellowship with. The element or sphere in which the grace is manifested.
5. Ve are enriched (érdouticInte). Rev., more literally, “were enriched.” Compare Col. iii. 16; and see on Rom. ii. 4.
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Utterance—knowledge (Acy@—yvece). The two words are found together, ch. xii. 8; 2 Cor. xi. 6; viii. 7. For knowl- edge, see on Rom. xi. 33. Utterance, aptitude in speech. Paul gives thanks for speech as a means of testifying for Christ. ‘The saints have never been silent ” (Pascal).
6. Witness of Christ (wapripiov tod Xpictod). Testimony concerning Christ. See on John i. 7. Compare Acts i. 8; 2 Tim. i. 8.
7. Come behind (icatepetcIar). See on Luke xv. 14, and compare Rom. iii. 23. Contrast with were enriched.
Gift (yapicuats). See on Rom.i. 11. Its prevailing sense in this epistle is that of special spiritual endowments, such as tongues, prophecy, etc. Here of spiritual blessings generally.
Waiting (dzrexdeyouévous). See on Rom. viii. 19. Denoting assiduous waiting. Dr. Thayer compares the phrase watt 2 out (ék).
Revelation (aroxaduw). See on Apoc. i. 1. 8. Confirm. Compare ver. 6.
Unto the end. Of the present aeon or period. See on end of the world, Matt. xxviii. 20.
Blameless (dvey«Ajrous). Used by Paul only. In apposi- tion with you. Rev., wnreprovable. The kindred verb éyxad- é@ occurs only in Acts and Romans. See on Rom. viii. 33. It means to accuse publicly, but not necessarily before a tribunal. See Acts xxiii. 28, 29; xxvi. 2,7. Hence the word here points to appearance at God’s bar.
9. Faithful (avcrds). Emphatic, and therefore first in the sentence. See on 1 Johni.9; Apoc.i. 5; iii. 14. Compare 2 Tim. ii. 13.
Ve were called (é«A7jJnte). See on Rom. iv. 17.
Fellowship (cowwviav). See on 1 John i. 3; Acts ii. 42; Luke v. 10.
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10. | beseech (zrapaxane). See on consolation, Luke vi. 24. The word occurs. more than one hundred times in the New Testament.
Divisions (cyicwata). See on John x. 19. In classical Greek used only of actual rents in material. So in Matt. ix. 16; Mark ii. 21. In the sense of discord, see John vii. 48; ix. 16; x.19. Here, faction, for which the classical word is otdo- is: division within the christian community. The divisions of the Corinthian church arose on questions of marriage and food (vii. 38, 5, 12); on eating meat offered to idols (vill. 7; x. 20); on the comparative value of spiritual endowments, such as speaking with “tongues” (xiv.); on the privileges and de- meanor of women in the assemblies for worship (xi. 5-15); on the relations of the rich and the poor in the agapae or love- feasts (xi. 17-22); and on the prerogatives of the different christian teachers (i. 12, 13; iii. 3-22).