1 Corinthians 1:1--9:27
called <2822> [called.]
an apostle <652> [an.]
by <1223> [through.]
Sosthenes <4988> [Sosthenes.]
church <1577> [the church.]
who are sanctified <37> [to them.]
who are sanctified <37> [sanctified.]
called <2822> [called.]
with <4862> [with.]
call <1941> [call.]
[Tois epikaloumenois to onoma <\\See definition 3686\\>.] That these words ought not to be rendered passively, is evident from the LXX., who translate the phrase [yikra be-shem,] "he shall call on the name" which is active, by [epikalesetai en onomati Theou,] or [en onomati Kyriou.]
of our Lord ....... ours <2257 2962> [our Lord.]
I ... thank <2168> [thank.]
grace <5485> [the grace.]
in every way in ... in all ...... every kind <1722 3956> [in every.]
every way ..... all ...... every kind <3956> [in all.]
in every way in ... in all .... and ... every kind <1722 2532 3956> [and in.]
testimony <3142> [the.]
has been confirmed <950> [was.]
you <5209> [ye.]
wait <553> [waiting.]
revelation <602> [coming. Gr. revelation.]
He will ... strengthen <950> [confirm.]
blameless <410> [blameless.]
day <2250> [the day.]
God <2316> [God.]
by <1223> [by.]
fellowship <2842> [the fellowship.]
I urge <3870> [I beseech.]
by ... name <1223 3686> [by the.]
<5600> [that ye.]
divisions <4978> [divisions. Gr. schisms.]
have made ... clear <1213> [it hath.]
that <3754 1526> [that there.]
this <5124> [this.]
I am ..... I ...... I ...... I <1473 1510> [I am.]
Apollos <625> [Apollos.]
Cephas <2786> [Cephas.]
Christ <5547> [Christ.]
Paul ................. of Paul <3972> [Paul.]
Or <2228> [or.]
I thank God <2168> [thank.]
Crispus <2921> [Crispus.]
Gaius <1050> [Gaius.]
you were baptized <907> [I.]
household <3624> [household.]
not .... to baptize ........ not <3756 907> [not to.]
not ............ not <3756> [not.]
speech <3056> [words. or, speech.]
message <3056> [the preaching.]
<3303> [to.]
foolishness <3472> [foolishness.]
to us <2254> [unto.]
wise <4680> [is the wise.]
made ....... foolish <3471> [hath.]
in <1722> [in.]
wisdom ........ wisdom <4678> [the wisdom.]
Dr. Lightfoot well observes, "that [sophia <\\See definition 4678\\> tou <\\See definition 5120\\> theos <\\See definition 2316\\>,] the wisdom of God, is not to be understood of that wisdom which had God for its author, but of that wisdom which had God for its object. There was, among the heathen, [sophia <\\See definition 4678\\> tes physeos,] wisdom about natural things, that is philosophy; and [sophia <\\See definition 4678\\> tou <\\See definition 5120\\> theos <\\See definition 2316\\>,] wisdom about God, that is, divinity. But the world, in its divinity, could not, by wisdom, know God." The wisest of the heathen had no just and correct views of the Divine nature; of which the works of Cicero and Lucretius are incontestable proofs.
world <2889> [the world.]
foolishness <3472> [the foolishness.]
Jews <2453> [the Jews.]
Greeks <1672> [the Greeks.]
we <2249> [we.]
to Jews <2453> [unto the Jews.]
foolishness <3472> [foolishness.]
called <2822> [called.]
power <1411> [the power.]
wisdom <4678> [the wisdom.]
foolishness <3474> [the foolishness.]
<3754> [that.]
Not many ....... not many ... powerful not many <3756 4183 1415> [not many mighty.]
despised <1848 3588> [things which.]
set aside <2443 2673> [to bring.]
with <1722> [in.]
from God <1537 575 2316> [of God.]
wisdom <4678> [wisdom.]
righteousness <1343> [righteousness.]
sanctification <38> [sanctification.]
redemption <629> [redemption.]
When ... came ....... I did ... come <2064> [when.]
with <2596> [with.]
<3142> [the testimony.]
nothing <3756> [not.]
My conversation ... my ....... words <3450 3056> [my speech.]
not <3756> [not.]
persuasive <3981> [enticing. or, persuasible.]
but <235> [but.]
<5600> [stand. Gr. be. but.]
mature <5046> [them.]
not <3756> [not.]
rulers <758> [of the.]
are perishing <2673> [come.]
hidden <613> [even.]
for <1519> [unto.]
None <3762> [none.]
If <1487> [for.]
Lord <2962> [the Lord.]
eye <3788> [eye.]
This passage is not taken from the LXX., nor is an exact translation of the Hebrew; but it gives the general sense.
that <3739> [the things.]
love <25> [them.]
God ..................... God <2316> [God.]
by <1223> [by.]
Spirit .... Spirit <4151> [the Spirit.]
deep <899> [the deep.]
who <5101> [what.]
too <2532> [even.]
not <3756> [not.]
but <235> [but.]
so that ........ are freely given <2443 5483> [that.]
not <3756> [not.]
but <235> [but.]
explaining <4793> [comparing.]
Or, as Bishop Pearce renders, "explaining [sugkrino <\\See definition 4793\\>] spiritual things to spiritual men," [pneumatikos <\\See definition 4152\\>.]
[spirtual things.]
unbeliever <5591 444> [the natural man.]
[Psuchikos <\\See definition 5591\\>,] the animal man, one who lives in a natural state, and under the influence of his animal passions; for [psuche <\\See definition 5590\\>] means the inferior and sensual part of man, in opposition to the [nous <\\See definition 3563\\>] understanding, or [pneuma <\\See definition 4151\\>,] the spirit.
does ... receive <1209> [receiveth.]
<3588> [the things.]
spiritually <2076 4153> [they.]
And <2532> [neither.]
spiritual <4152> [he that.]
<5719> [judgeth. or, discerneth.]
yet <1161> [yet.]
discerns ..... he ... is understood <350> [judged. or, discerned.]
who <5101> [who.]
to advise <4822> [may. Gr. shall. But.]
as spiritual ..... as ...... as <5613 4152> [as unto spiritual.]
as ...... as ...... as <5613 4559> [as unto carnal.]
infants <3516> [babes.]
I fed <4222> [fed.]
for <1063> [for.]
for ......... For since <1063 3699> [for whereas.]
<1370> [divisions. or, factions. and walk.]
[as men. Gr. according to man.]
Servants <1249> [ministers.]
and <2532> [even.]
I <1473> [I.]
Apollos <625> [Apollos.]
God <2316> [God.]
plants <5452> [he that planteth.]
and ......... but each <2532 1161 1538> [and every.]
<2070> [we.]
God .... God's ... God's <2316> [ye are God's.]
field <1091> [husbandry. or, tillage. ye are God's building.]
grace <5485> [to the.]
like ... skilled <5613 4680> [as a.]
I laid <5087> [I have.]
but someone else ..... And <1161 243> [and another.]
but ....... And .... must be careful <991 1161> [But let every.]
<5557> [gold.]
precious <5093> [precious.]
wood <3586> [wood.]
each ............................... each <1538> [man's.]
Day <2250> [the day.]
it will be revealed <601> [shall be revealed. Gr. is revealed.]
fire And ... fire <4442 2532> [and the fire.]
work <2041> [work.]
he will suffer loss <2210> [he shall.]
but <1161> [yet.]
Do you ... know <1492> [Know.]
<2075> [ye are.]
Spirit <4151> [the Spirit.]
<1536> [any.]
destroys ..... will destroy <5351> [defile. or. destroy. for.]
self-deception <1818> [deceive.]
<1536> [If.]
self-deception ................ let ... become ..... he can become <1818 1096> [let.]
wisdom <4678> [the wisdom.]
For <1063> [For.]
catches <1405> [He.]
Lord <2962> [the lord.]
<3754> [that.]
boasting <2744> [glory.]
For <1063> [For.]
Paul <3972> [Paul.]
whether ... or ... or ... or ... world or ... or ... or .... or <1535 2889> [or the.]
you <5210> [ye.]
and ..... Christ and Christ <1161 5547> [and Christ.]
should think <3049> [account.]
servants <5257> [the ministers.]
and stewards <2532 3623> [and stewards.]
mysteries <3466> [mysteries.]
that <2443> [that.]
<2076> [it is.]
<2250> [judgment. Gr. day.]
For <1063> [For.]
[Ouden <\\See definition 3762\\> gar <\\See definition 1063\\> emauto <\\See definition 1683\\> sunoida] "For I am not conscious to myself of any guilt" or neglect of duty. Wetstien has shown, from the classics, that this is the proper signification of [suneidein.]
I am ... aware <4894> [I know.]
but <235> [yet.]
<1161> [but.]
do ... judge <2919> [judge.]
until <2193> [until.]
<3739> [who.]
recognition <1868> [praise.]
these things <5023> [these.]
because of ................ beyond ............... favor <1223 5228> [for.]
so that .... you may learn ......... so that <2443 3129> [that ye.]
you will be puffed up <5448> [be puffed.]
who ...... What ............... why <5101> [who.]
concedes you <1252 4571> [maketh thee to differ. Gr. distinguisheth thee. and what.]
who ...... What ............... why <5101> [why.]
satisfied <2075 2880> [ye are full.]
without <5565> [without.]
You have become kings ...... you had become kings <936> [ye did.]
I think <1380> [I.]
us apostles last .... as <2248 652 2078 5613> [us the apostles last, as. or, us the last apostles, as.]
we have become <1096> [we are.]
a spectacle <2302> [spectacle. Gr. theatre.]
both to angels and to people <2532 32 444> [to angels, and to men.]
fools <3474> [are fools.]
for <1223> [for.]
wise <5429> [are wise.]
We ............ We ... weak ......... we <2249 772> [we are weak.]
but you ......... but you .... You <1161 5210> [but ye.]
We ...... but ....... We .... but ........ we <2249 1161> [but we.]
present <737> [unto.]
and ... poorly clothed .... and <2532 1130> [and are naked.]
and ..... brutally treated and <2532 2852> [and are buffeted.]
and ....... and without a roof over ... heads <2532 790> [and have.]
We do hard work <2872> [labour.]
are verbally abused <3058> [being reviled.]
when persecuted <1377> [being persecuted.]
I am ... writing <1125> [write.]
my <3450> [my.]
I am ... writing ........ to correct <1125 3560> [I.]
you may have <2192> [ye have.]
For ................. because <1063> [for.]
I have sent <3992> [I sent.]
faithful <4103> [faithful.]
my ............. of my ways <3450 3598> [my ways.]
in ........... in ........ in <1722> [in.]
I will come <2064> [I.]
if <1437> [if.]
not <3756> [not.]
But .......................... but <1161 235> [but.]
Shall I come <2064> [shall.]
and <5037> [and.]
It is ... reported <191> [reported.]
sexual immorality ....... of immorality <4202> [fornication.]
<2532> [and.]
so that someone <5620 5100> [that one.]
you have been deeply sorrowful <3996> [mourned.]
<1808> [might.]
am absent .................. just as <5613 548> [as absent.]
I have ... judged <2919> [judged. or, determined.]
name <3686> [the name.]
you <5216> [when.]
turn .... over <3860> [deliver.]
so that <2443> [that.]
day <2250> [the day.]
boasting <2745> [glorying.]
a little <3398> [a little.]
Clean out <1571> [Purge.]
<5600> [ye may.]
Christ <5547> [Christ.]
has been sacrificed <2380> [sacrificed. or, slain.]
let us celebrate the festival <1858> [let.]
let us celebrate the festival <1858> [feast. or, holy day.]
not <3361> [not.]
<3366> [neither.]
but <235> [but.]
not <3361> [not.]
mean <3843> [altogether.]
this <5127> [of this.]
since <1893> [for.]
calls <3687> [called.]
sexually immoral <4205> [fornicator.]
or greedy or .... or .... or .... or <2228 4123> [or covetous.]
or ... or an idolater or .... or .... or <2228 1496> [or an idolater.]
or ... or .... or verbally abusive or .... or <2228 3060> [or a railer.]
or ... or .... or .... or ... drunkard or <2228 3183> [or a drunkard.]
or ... or .... or .... or .... or ... swindler <2228 727> [or an extortioner.]
such a person <5108> [with.]
what <5101> [what.]
judging ...... not to judge <2919 3780> [do not.]
God <2316> [God.]
<2532> [Therefore.]
has <2192> [having.]
go to court <2919> [go.]
saints <40> [the saints.]
saints <40> [the saints.]
trivial suits <1646> [the smallest.]
we will judge <2919> [judge.]
ordinary matters <982> [pertain.]
you have <2192> [ye.]
have no standing <1848> [who.]
have no standing <1848> [least.]
The apostle perhaps meant that the meanest persons in the church were competent to decide the causes which they brought before the heathen magistrates.
your ........ you <5213> [to your.]
<3779> [Is it.]
a Christian ... a Christian <80> [brother.]
<2076> [there.]
<1302> [Why.]
Do you ... know <1492> [Know.]
unrighteous <94> [unrighteous.]
will ... inherit <2816> [inherit.]
sexually immoral <4205> [fornicators.]
practicing homosexuals <733> [abusers.]
thieves <2812> [thieves.]
greedy <4123> [covetous.]
this way <5023> [such.]
But you were washed <235 628> [but ye are washed.]
But ..... you were sanctified <235 37> [but ye are sanctified.]
But ........ you were justified <235 1344> [but ye are justified.]
All things ... lawful ...... everything is beneficial All things ... lawful <1832 4851 3956> [things are lawful.]
not ... is beneficial ........... not <4851 3756> [are not.]
but ............ but <235 1473> [but I.]
Food ..... stomach .... stomach .... food <1033 2836> [Meats for.]
but God .............. but <1161 2316 235> [but God.]
but ............... but .... Lord .... Lord <1161 235 2962> [but for.]
God <2316> [God.]
by <1223> [by.]
your <5216> [your.]
Never <3361> [God.]
a prostitute <4204> [an harlot.]
For <1063> [for.]
Flee <5343> [Flee.]
sins <264> [sinneth.]
Or <2228> [What.]
your body <5216 4983> [your body.]
you were bought <59> [ye.]
God <2316> [God.]
good <2570> [good.]
to have sexual relations <680> [touch.]
immoralities <4202> [to avoid.]
should have <2192> [let.]
<1509> [except.]
so that ............ so that Satan <2443 3363 4567> [that Satan.]
as ..... as <2596> [by.]
I wish <2309> [I would.]
St. Paul evidently gave this advice in reference to the necessities of the church, or what he calls (ver. 26) the present distress; for it would be perfectly absurd to imagine that an inspired apostle would in the general, discountenance marriage, since it was of the greatest importance to the existence and happiness of future generations, and expressly agreeable to a Divine institution.
But <235> [But.]
let them get married ...... to marry <1060> [let.]
not <3756> [yet.]
should ... divorce <5563> [Let.]
or <2228> [or.]
and .... should ... divorce <2532 863> [and let.]
I say <3004> [speak.]
<1536> [If.]
unbelieving husband .......... unbelieving <571 435> [the unbelieving husband.]
<686> [else.]
brother <80> [A brother.]
But <1161> [but.]
[to peace. Gr. in peace.]
wife ..................... wife <1135> [O wife.]
how ............... how <5101> [how. Gr. what.]
as ......... as God <5613 2316> [as God.]
as ... Lord ....... as <5613 2962> [as the.]
so ..... I give ... sort of direction <3779 1299> [so ordain.]
after ... had been circumcised ................ He should ... get circumcised <4059> [being.]
Circumcision <4061> [Circumcision.]
Instead <235> [but.]
Let .... remain <3306> [abide.]
a slave <1401> [being.]
a slave <1401> [a servant.]
Rather, a slave, [doulos <\\See definition 1401\\>,] the property of another, and bought with his money. In these verses the apostle shows that Christianity makes no change in our civil connections.
Do ... worry <3199> [care.]
Lord ....... Lord's <2076 2962> [is the.]
freedman <558> [freeman. Gr. made free. is Christ's.]
You were bought <59> [are.]
Do ... become <1096> [be.]
let him remain <3306> [let.]
let him remain <3306> [abide.]
With regard <4012> [concerning.]
people who have never married <3933> [virgins.]
The word [parthenos <\\See definition 3933\\>,] as well as the Latin {virgo,} "a virgin," though it generally signifies a maid, frequently denotes unmarried persons of both sexes; in which sense it is evidently used here by the apostle.
I have <2192> [have.]
shown mercy <1653> [obtained.]
<318> [distress. or, necessity.]
bound <1210> [thou bound.]
you have ... sinned ....... she has ... sinned <264> [thou hast.]
But .................. But <1161> [Nevertheless.]
But .................. But <1161> [but.]
time <2540> [the time.]
tears ..... weeping <2799> [that weep.]
use <5530> [use.]
For <1063> [for.]
present shape <4976> [the fashion.]
[To <\\See definition 3588\\> schema <\\See definition 4976\\>,] the form or appearance. Grotius remarks that the apostle's expression is borrowed from the theatre, where [to <\\See definition 3588\\> schema <\\See definition 4976\\> tes skenes <\\See definition 4633\\> paragei] means that the scene changes, and presents an appearance entirely new.
<1511> [I would.]
An unmarried man <22> [He that.]
Lord ...... Lord <2962 3588> [that belong to the Lord. Gr. of the Lord, as.]
is concerned <3309> [careth.]
how <4459> [how.]
is concerned .................... is concerned <3309> [careth.]
and ........ or ............... both .... and <2532> [both.]
a married woman <1060> [she that.]
not <3756> [not.]
This is an allusion to the {Retiarius} among the Romans, who carried a small casting net, {rete,} which he endeavoured to throw over his adversary's head.
notable <2158> [comely.]
to ................ and constant service <1161 2443 2532 2145> [and that.]
his virgin <846 3933> [his virgin.]
Some interpret this of a man's continuing in a state of celibacy, and render [parthenos <\\See definition 3933\\>,] not a virgin, but virginity; but such a construction of the original appears without example. It appears most obvious to explain it of a parent, or guardian, who had the charge of a virgin; and Kypke has shown that [ten parthenon autou <\\See definition 847\\>] is an elegant phrase for his virgin daughter.
past the bloom of youth <5230> [the flower.]
and .... necessary <2532 3784> [and need.]
sin <264> [he sinneth.]
but <2532> [then.]
does well ........ does <4160 2573> [doeth well.]
does ......... does better <4160 2908> [doeth better.]
A wife <1135> [wife.]
only <3440> [only.]
she remains <2076 3306> [she.]
I think <1380> [I think.]
Rather, "I judge (or consider) also that I have the Spirit of God;" for [dokein] is frequently used to express not what is doubtful, but what is true and certain.
With regard to <4012> [touching.]
[we are.]
knowledge Knowledge <1108> [Knowledge.]
but <1161> [but.]
<1536> [if.]
loves <25> [love.]
is known <1097> [is.]
we know <1492> [we know.]
nothing ...... no <3762> [there is.]
so-called <3004> [that.]
one God ............... one <2316 1520> [one God.]
from whom ................ whom <1537 3739> [of whom.]
and .... we ... and ........... and .... we <2532 2249> [and we.]
<1519 846> [in him. or, for him.]
one .......... and ...... and one .......... and <2532 1520> [and one.]
and .... we ... and ...... through ...... and through ... we <2532 2249 1223> [and we by.]
not <3756> [there.]
conscience <4893> [with.]
Rather, as Dr. Doddridge renders, "with consciousness of (some religious regard to) the idol," as [suneidesis <\\See definition 4893\\>,] and formerly conscience, also imports.
food <1033> [meat.]
better <4052> [are we the better. or, have we the more. are we the worse. or, have we the less.]
be careful <991> [take.]
liberty <1849> [liberty. or, power. a stumbling-block.]
<770> [weak.]
possess <3588 2192> [which hast.]
dining <2621> [sit.]
will not ..... strengthened <3618 3780> [shall not.]
will ...... strengthened <3618> [emboldened. Gr. edified.]
is destroyed <622> [shall.]
sin ............... you sin <264> [when.]
sin against .............. you sin against <1519 264> [ye sin against.]
if food <1487 1033> [if meat.]
not ..... not an apostle ........... not <3756 652> [I not an.]
Am I not free Am I not ........... Are ... not <1510 3756 1658> [am I not free.]
Have <3780> [have.]
<2075> [are.]
for <1063> [for.]
defense <627> [answer.]
who examine <350> [them.]
we ... have <2192> [we.]
a believing <4013> [to lead.]
company <79> [a sister.]
wife <1135> [wife. or, woman. the brethren.]
Cephas <2786> [Cephas.]
Barnabas <921> [Barnabas.]
lack <2192> [have.]
ever serves in the army <4754> [goeth.]
plants <5452> [planteth.]
<2228> [or.]
does not eat ......... does not consume ... milk <2068 3756 1537 1051> [eateth not of the milk.]
<3361> [as.]
or <2228> [or.]
Do ... muzzle <5392> [Thou.]
concerned <3199> [Doth.]
for <1223> [For.]
one plowing <722> [that ploweth.]
sowed <4687> [sown.]
much <3173> [a great.]
others <243> [others.]
not ....... not <3756> [are not.]
But .......... Instead <235> [Nevertheless.]
But .......... Instead <235> [but.]
a hindrance <1464> [hinder.]
serve ............. serve <2038 4332> [they.]
eat food <2068> [live. or, feed.]
commanded <1299> [ordained.]
I have ... used <1473 5530> [I have.]
not .......... not <3756> [neither.]
I ........ I ........ to me <3427 2076> [I have.]
For ............. because <1063> [for.]
Woe <3759> [woe.]
if I do ......... if <1487 4238> [if I.]
I have <2192> [have.]
unwillingly <210> [against.]
<3622> [dispensation.]
when ... preach the gospel <2097> [when.]
so ... make full use <1519 2710> [that I.]
<5607> [I be.]
I can make ... a slave <1402> [I made.]
in order <2443> [that.]
Jews ...... Jew ..... Jews <2453> [unto.]
under ........ under ......... under ....... under <5259> [are under.]
free from the law ...... free from the law ...... free from ... law ........... free from the law <459> [them.]
not <3361> [not.]
weak .... weak ....... weak <772> [To the weak.]
I became ......... I have become <1096> [I am.]
in order .............. so that ..... I may save <2443 4982> [that I might by.]
because of <1223> [for.]
so that <2443> [that.]
compete ......... run <5143> [they.]
in .... compete ......... run <1722 5143> [run in.]
compete ........ So run <5143 3779> [so run.]
must exercise <75> [striveth.]
self-control <1467> [temperate.]
but <1161> [but.]
not .......... only <3756> [not.]
So ....... or <3779> [so.]
I subdue <5299> [I keep.]
and <2532> [and.]
<3381> [lest.]
disqualified <96> [a castaway.]