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Text -- 1 Corinthians 4:19 (NET)

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4:19 But I will come to you soon, if the Lord is willing, and I will find out not only the talk of these arrogant people, but also their power.
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Robertson: 1Co 4:19 - -- If the Lord will ( ean ho kurios thelēsēi ). Third-class condition. See Jam 4:15; Act 18:21; 1Co 16:7 for the use of this phrase. It should repre...

If the Lord will ( ean ho kurios thelēsēi ).

Third-class condition. See Jam 4:15; Act 18:21; 1Co 16:7 for the use of this phrase. It should represent one’ s constant attitude, though not always to be spoken aloud.

Robertson: 1Co 4:19 - -- But the power ( alla tēn dunamin ). The puffed up Judaizers did a deal of talking in Paul’ s absence. He will come and will know their real st...

But the power ( alla tēn dunamin ).

The puffed up Judaizers did a deal of talking in Paul’ s absence. He will come and will know their real strength. II Corinthians gives many evidences of Paul’ s sensitiveness to their talk about his inconsistencies and cowardice (in particular chs. 2 Corinthians 1; 2; 10; 11; 12; 2Co 13:1-14). He changed his plans to spare them, not from timidity. It will become plain later that Timothy failed on this mission and that Titus succeeded.

Wesley: 1Co 4:19 - -- He here shows his fatherly authority Not the big, empty speech of these vain boasters, but how much of the power of God attends them.

He here shows his fatherly authority Not the big, empty speech of these vain boasters, but how much of the power of God attends them.

JFB: 1Co 4:19 - -- ALFORD translates, "But come I will"; an emphatical negation of their supposition (1Co 4:18).

ALFORD translates, "But come I will"; an emphatical negation of their supposition (1Co 4:18).

JFB: 1Co 4:19 - -- After Pentecost (1Co 16:8).

After Pentecost (1Co 16:8).

JFB: 1Co 4:19 - -- A wise proviso (Jam 4:15). He does not seem to have been able to go as soon as he intended.

A wise proviso (Jam 4:15). He does not seem to have been able to go as soon as he intended.

JFB: 1Co 4:19 - -- Take cognizance of.

Take cognizance of.

JFB: 1Co 4:19 - -- I care not for their high-sounding "speech," "but" what I desire to know is "their power," whether they be really powerful in the Spirit, or not. The ...

I care not for their high-sounding "speech," "but" what I desire to know is "their power," whether they be really powerful in the Spirit, or not. The predominant feature of Grecian character, a love for power of discourse, rather than that of godliness, showed itself at Corinth.

Clarke: 1Co 4:19 - -- But I will come to you shortly - God being my helper, I fully purpose to visit you; and then I shall put those proud men to the proof, not of their ...

But I will come to you shortly - God being my helper, I fully purpose to visit you; and then I shall put those proud men to the proof, not of their speech - eloquence, or pretensions to great knowledge and influence, but of their power - the authority they profess to have from God, and the evidences of that authority in the works they have performed. See the Introduction, Section 11.

Calvin: 1Co 4:19 - -- 19.But I will come shortly “They are in a mistake,” says he, “in raising their crests during my absence, as though this were to be of long dura...

19.But I will come shortly “They are in a mistake,” says he, “in raising their crests during my absence, as though this were to be of long duration, for they shall in a short time perceive how vain their confidence has been.” He has it not, however, so much in view to terrify them, as though he would on his arrival thunder forth against them, but rather presses and bears down upon their consciences, for, however they might disguise it, they were aware that he was furnished with divine influence.

The clause, if the Lord will, intimates, that we ought not to promise anything to others as to the future, or to determine with ourselves, without adding this limitation in so far as the Lord will permit Hence James with good reason derides the rashness of mankind (Jas 4:15) in planning what they are to do ten years afterwards, while they have not security for living even a single hour. We are not, it is true, bound by a constant necessity to the use of such forms of expression, but it is the better way to accustom ourselves carefully to them, that we may exercise our minds from time to time in this consideration — that all our plans must be in subjection to the will of God.

And I will know not the speech By speech you must understand that prating in which the false apostles delighted themselves, for they excelled in a kind of dexterity and gracefulness of speech, while they were destitute of the zeal and efficacy of the Spirit. By the term power, he means that spiritual efficacy, with which those are endowed who dispense the word of the Lord with earnestness. 264 The meaning, therefore, is: “I shall see whether they have so much occasion for being puffed up; and I shall not judge of them by their mere outward talkativeness, in which they place the sum-total 265 of their glory, and on the ground of which they claim for themselves every honor. If they wish to have any honor from me, they must bring forward that power which distinguishes the true servants of Christ from the merely pretended: otherwise I shall despise them, with all their show. It is to no purpose, therefore, that they confide in their eloquence, for I shall reckon it nothing better than smoke.”

TSK: 1Co 4:19 - -- I : 1Co 14:5; Act 19:21; 2Co 1:15, 2Co 1:17, 2Co 1:23, 2Co 2:1, 2Co 2:2 if : Act 18:21; Rom 15:32; Heb 6:3; Jam 4:15 not : 1Co 4:18; 2Co 13:1-4 but : ...

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: 1Co 4:19 - -- But I will come - It is from no fear of them that I am kept away; and to convince them of this I will come to them speedily. If the Lord w...

But I will come - It is from no fear of them that I am kept away; and to convince them of this I will come to them speedily.

If the Lord will - If the Lord permit; if by his providence he allows me to go. Paul regarded the entering on a journey as dependent on the will of God; and felt that God had all in his hand. No purpose should be formed without a reference to his will; no plan without feeling that he can easily frustrate it and disappoint us; see Jam 4:15.

And will know - I will examine; I will put to the test; I will fully understand,

Not the speech ... - Not their vain and empty boasting; not their confident assertions, and their self-complacent views.

But the power - Their real power. I will put their power to the proof: I will see whether they are able to effect what they affirm; whether they have more real power than I have. I will enter fully into the work of discipline, and will ascertain whether they have such authority in the church, such a power of party and of combination, that they can resist me, and oppose my administration of the discipline which the church needs. "A passage,"says Bloomfield, "which cannot, in nerve and rigor, or dignity and composed confidence, be easily paralleled, even in Demosthenes himself."

Poole: 1Co 4:19 - -- But I will come to you shortly: Paul intended in his journey to Rome to pass through Macedonia and Achaia, but he knew that God could hinder him, and...

But I will come to you shortly: Paul intended in his journey to Rome to pass through Macedonia and Achaia, but he knew that God could hinder him, and therefore he adds, if the Lord will: neither did Paul go to them so soon as he intended, but had time before he went to write another Epistle, as we shall afterwards find. All Christians are bound, when they promise or resolve upon any journeys, to understand, if God will, and to have in their thoughts the power of God to hinder them, and to speak with submission to his pleasure, who counteth their steps and telleth their wanderings, and ordereth their steps; though they be not strictly bound at all times to use this form of speech.

And will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power: and when I come, then I shall understand these teachers of yours, who so vilify me; I shall not regard so much their fine words and philosophical reasonings, as what there is of spiritual life and power in them; either in their doctrine or life, how conducive it is to the ends of the gospel, and how consonant to the truth of the gospel, what good they do amongst you, what manner of lives they live: these are the things that my eyes shall be upon, and which I shall regard.

Gill: 1Co 4:19 - -- But I will come to you shortly,.... This he said as threatening them, but not by way of prophecy; for it is not certain that he ever did come to them ...

But I will come to you shortly,.... This he said as threatening them, but not by way of prophecy; for it is not certain that he ever did come to them after this; but by way of promise, as it was then the real intention, inclination, and resolution of his mind, though with this condition,

if the Lord will; which is rightly put, and what the apostle had a continual regard unto, in all things he was concerned; see Rom 1:10 and though it is not absolutely necessary that this should be expressed by us always in so many words; though should it, as the sentence is short and full, there would be no impropriety in it; yet this should always be the sense of our minds and conduct in all the affairs of life; see Jam 4:13

and will know not the speech of them that are puffed up, but the power; meaning chiefly the false teachers; and that his concern would be, not so much to observe their masterly language, the eloquence of their speech, the quaintness of their expressions, the cadency of their words, how nicely they were put together, and how fitly pronounced; but what life there was in their ministry, what power went forth with their words, and how effectual their preaching was to the, conversion of sinners, and the edifying of the church of God.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

Geneva Bible: 1Co 4:19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the ( k ) speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. ( k ) By words, he ...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: 1Co 4:1-21 - --1 In what account the ministers ought to be had.7 We have nothing which we have not received.9 The apostles spectacles to the world, angels, and men;1...

MHCC: 1Co 4:14-21 - --In reproving for sin, we should distinguish between sinners and their sins. Reproofs that kindly and affectionately warn, are likely to reform. Though...

Matthew Henry: 1Co 4:17-21 - -- Here, I. He tells them of his having sent Timothy to them, to bring them into remembrance of his ways in Christ, as he taught every where in every ...

Barclay: 1Co 4:14-21 - --With this passage Paul brings to an end the section of the letter which deals directly with the dissensions and divisions at Corinth. It is as a fath...

Constable: 1Co 1:10--7:1 - --II. Conditions reported to Paul 1:10--6:20 The warm introduction to the epistle (1:1-9) led Paul to give a stron...

Constable: 1Co 1:10--5:1 - --A. Divisions in the church 1:10-4:21 The first major problem was the divisions that were fragmenting the...

Constable: 1Co 4:1-21 - --7. The Corinthians' relationship with Paul 4:1-21 The apostle now returned to the subject of him...

Constable: 1Co 4:14-21 - --A final appeal and exhortation 4:14-21 Paul concluded this first major section of the epistle (1:10-4:21) by reasserting his apostolic authority, whic...

College: 1Co 4:1-21 - --1 CORINTHIANS 4 E. APOSTLES OF CHRIST (4:1-21) 1. The Apostles as Servants of Christ (4:1-5) 1 So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Chris...

McGarvey: 1Co 4:19 - --But I will come to you shortly [as he did], if the Lord will [Jam 4:15]; and I will know, not the word of them that are puffed up, but the power . [I ...

Lapide: 1Co 4:1-21 - --CHAPTER IV. SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER S. Paul proceeds in his task of uprooting the divisions, the pride, and the boasting of the Corinthians, and esp...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: 1 Corinthians (Book Introduction) First Corinthians From Ephesus a.d. 54 Or 55 By Way of Introduction It would be a hard-boiled critic today who would dare deny the genuineness o...

JFB: 1 Corinthians (Book Introduction) The AUTHENTICITY of this Epistle is attested by CLEMENT OF ROME [First Epistle to the Corinthians, 47], POLYCARP [Epistle to the Philippians, 11], and...

JFB: 1 Corinthians (Outline) THE INSCRIPTION; THANKSGIVING FOR THE SPIRITUAL STATE OF THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH; REPROOF OF PARTY DIVISIONS: HIS OWN METHOD OF PREACHING ONLY CHRIST. ...

TSK: 1 Corinthians 4 (Chapter Introduction) Overview 1Co 4:1, In what account the ministers ought to be had; 1Co 4:7, We have nothing which we have not received; 1Co 4:9, The apostles specta...

Poole: 1 Corinthians 4 (Chapter Introduction) CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 4

MHCC: 1 Corinthians (Book Introduction) The Corinthian church contained some Jews, but more Gentiles, and the apostle had to contend with the superstition of the one, and the sinful conduct ...

MHCC: 1 Corinthians 4 (Chapter Introduction) (1Co 4:1-6) The true character of gospel ministers. (1Co 4:7-13) Cautions against despising the apostle. (1Co 4:14-21) He claims their regard as the...

Matthew Henry: 1 Corinthians (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians Corinth was a principal city of Greece, in that partic...

Matthew Henry: 1 Corinthians 4 (Chapter Introduction) In this chapter the apostle, I. Directs them how to account of him and his fellow-ministers, and therein, tacitly at least, reproves them for thei...

Barclay: 1 Corinthians (Book Introduction) A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE LETTERS OF PAUL The Letters Of Paul There is no more interesting body of documents in the New Testament than the letter...

Barclay: 1 Corinthians 4 (Chapter Introduction) The Three Judgments (1Co_4:1-5) Apostolic Humility And Unchristian Pride (1Co_4:6-13) A Father In The Faith (1Co_4:14-21)

Constable: 1 Corinthians (Book Introduction) Introduction Historical Background Corinth had a long history stretching back into the...

Constable: 1 Corinthians (Outline) Outline I. Introduction 1:1-9 A. Salutation 1:1-3 B. Thanksgiving 1:4-9 ...

Constable: 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians Bibliography Adams, Jay. Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible. Phillipsburg, N.J.: Presb...

Haydock: 1 Corinthians (Book Introduction) THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL, THE APOSTLE, TO THE CORINTHIANS. INTRODUCTION. Corinth was the capital of Achaia, a very rich and populous city...

Gill: 1 Corinthians (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 1 CORINTHIANS This was not the first epistle that was written by the apostle to the Corinthians, for we read in this of his having ...

Gill: 1 Corinthians 4 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 1 CORINTHIANS 4 The chief heads of this chapter are the account that ought to be had of the ministers of the Gospel; cautions again...

College: 1 Corinthians (Book Introduction) FOREWORD Since the past few decades have seen an explosion in the number of books, articles, and commentaries on First Corinthians, a brief word to t...

College: 1 Corinthians (Outline) OUTLINE I. INTRODUCTION - 1:1-9 A. Salutation - 1:1-3 B. Thanksgiving - 1:4-9 II. DISUNITY AND COMMUNITY FRAGMENTATION - 1:10-4:21 A. ...

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