Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. Not only had the devil plunged the Corinthians into confusion upon moral points, but when men begin to give up a good conscience, it is no wonder if the next danger is making shipwreck of the faith. This seems to me the gist of the fourth chapter. to proclaim intelligently that Jesus is Lordthis refers to that initial confession of faith in the person of Jesus as the Christ, the Messiah, the Lord, that is unto salvation (Zodhiates 58). All his members are dear to him. Thus the strongest possible censure falls on these Corinthians, and this for the very matter in which they plumed themselves. He points out that Christ is the image and the glory of God, and that the man stands in an analogous place as connected with and distinguished from the woman. But is there not another danger? Note, Mutual indifference, and much more contempt, and hatred, and envy, and strife, are very unnatural in Christians. Miserable abjectness of mind! No doubt they might easily flatter themselves it was to carry on the work of God. Need one reason on such facts? Though the Jew and the Greek seemed opposite as the poles, from different points they agreed thoroughly in slighting the cross, and in desiring the exaltation of man as he is. (i) There is the phrase Accursed be Jesus. Gifts are bestowed for the advantage and salvation of others. It was a sin against Him. The necessity and advantage of the grace of love. Before I enter upon the ideas which the words suggest, my exegetical conscience binds me to point out that the original application of the text is not exactly that which I purpose to make of it now. Now this is full of meaning and importance practically at all times. This verse has no reference to the gift of speaking in tongues. The rest of the world were strangers to the covenant of promise, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and in a manner without God, Ephesians 2:12. "Hey, I've got finally the little genie here, and any time you want to rub it . And if the ear were to say, "Because I am not the eye, I am not part of the body," it is not because of that not part of the body. 2. It would lead them far astray if they were ignorant of one or the other of these. Grace, as we know, can arrest these tendencies, and avert the evil results.
Corinthians vs. Liverpool - 29 June 2023 - Soccerway (iii) Paul speaks of helpers. Then he brings before us the different relationships at the end of the chapter, as they are affected by the coming of the Lord. The immaturity of the Corinthian church is evident in the fact of their seeking some shortcut to spiritual excellence. Monday morning I received an irate call, because these services are broadcast. Supposing one were a slave even, he is already, if a Christian, a freeman of Christ. Do all speak with tongues? The spirit functions as an enabling force, but the spirit also levels the playing field. Each is a member of the body, not the whole body; each stands related to the body as a part of it, and all have a common relation to one another, dependence upon one another, and should have a mutual care and concern. 4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There can be no such thing as isolation in the Church. 3. God has tempered the members of the body natural in the manner mentioned, that there might be no schism in the body (v. 25), no rupture nor disunion among the members, nor so much as the least mutual disregard. As he says, "I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling." The apostle here makes out the truth of what was above asserted, and puts the gifted men among the Corinthians in mind of their duty, by comparing the church of Christ to a human body. What is God up to? Paul gives us another listing in Romans 12 , in which he adds some that are not here. In 1 Corinthians 12, he uses the extended metaphor of the human body to illustrate that every gift from every member is important to "the big picture" of what Christ wants to do with His body. 1 Corinthians 12:28. , though I should distribute) He puts in the highest place Next Paul speaks of special gifts of healings. Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Your own consciences must answer whether you can meet the Lord about this matter. Rather the spirit gives them each their own particular value. The synagogue prayers included regularly a cursing of all apostates; and Jesus would come under that. Gifts and graces, charismata and charis, greatly differ. The one principle to observe is that we must always try to understand before we condemn. It is the faith which really produces results. When he has something discreditable to say, he prefers to say it about himself; when he has something pleasing to say, he loves to put it with regard to others. 1 Corinthians 2:10-13). Peter got up and said, "God called me to the Gentiles, and while I was speaking the Holy Spirit came upon me. What a person sincerely declares concerning Jesus indicates whether he is filled with the Holy Spirit or with Satans spirit. "So often when there are differences, disagreements, there is the possibility of people of polarizing, the word of wisdom so often can just come in and someone will speak up and say, "I think we ought to do that." Then James, with a word of wisdom, said, "I suggest let's just write to them and tell them, keep themselves from fornication and things that were offered to idols, things that were strangled; if they do that they do well. Jesus says. [7] John William Russell, Compact Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1964), p. 423. ", If the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? Isn't that weird looking? Again, while the Lord employs the apostle thus to give us both His own commandment and His mind, the general principle is stated as to the relationships of life. He affirms the everlasting principles of God, and he adds that which has so brightly been revealed in and by Christ. 2. Christ is no longer in this world in the body; therefore if he wants a task done within the world he has to find a man to do it. But this is ruinous in divine things, which are entirely outside sense and reason. This would have been as much out of place in the beginning of Romans as the putting forward of propitiation would be out of place here. There is no more than an incidental glance at its associations with Christ. Individuals receive gifts from the Spirit, yet each gift is for the body as a whole. I often today hear people say, "Oh, there was a meeting, and my aunt knew a woman who attended a service . What the I is to the body, Christ is to the Church. But no amount of gift, in few or many, can of itself produce holy spiritual order. It's obvious. 12-13. (4) If any man, in any way, is disposed to disparage the work of Christ, to speak lightly of his person or his name; or holds doctrines that infringe on the fulness of the truth respecting his divine nature, his purity, his atonement, it is proof that he is not under the influence of the Spirit of God. There should be no schism in this body, but the members should be closely united by the strongest bonds of love. There are differences of administrations, or different offices, and officers to discharge them, different ordinances and institutions (see v. 28-30), but the same Lord, who appointed all, v. 6. It is the simple historical fact that until the ninth century the Sacrament of Unction was for healing; and only then did it become the Sacrament of Extreme Unction, and a preparation for death. But the apostle knew how to introduce the Lord's name and grace with the grandly simple but weighty facts of His person and work. This naturally leads the way to the spiritual gifts that are treated of in1 Corinthians 12:1-31; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31. Now you know that you were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as you were led. III. From the statements made in the early part of the epistle it is evident; and so the apostle calls upon them to submit themselves. And it was the great answer of the aged bishop, "Eighty and six years have I served Christ, and he has never done me wrong. Here the apostle does not explain all this, and he gives a very withering reason for his reticence. It was not that he in the slightest degree forgot his call by God's will to that special service; neither was he insensible to the blessed liberty in which he was serving the Lord. And there may be great gifts where there is not a dram of grace, but persons possessed of them are utterly out of the divine favour. Do all interpret? To them the knowledge and worship of the true God were in a manner confined. Well, it does complain sometimes at night if you work too hard, but I mean, it is just there, it just functions, it just is a part of your whole body. The abundance of these gifts in the churches of Greece, strongly refuted the idle learning of the Greek philosophers. That consideration ought to suppress in the Christian any indignation felt by him on account of any reproach whatever, however little deserved. Hence the feelings of the apostle were distrust of self, and dependence on God according to that cross. And those who despised these gross conceptions of the vulgar yet countenanced them by their practice. They were too hard against him then, as they were too loose now. Dr. Lightfoot thinks, that Jewish exorcists who strolled about, and pretended to do miracles by the Holy Ghost, and yet called Jesus "anathema", are meant, of whom the Corinthians might assure themselves that they did not speak, nor act, nor were acted by the Spirit of God. And everybody says, "Hey, ya. Spirit as a uniting force Pauls answer begins with the spirit. But every one of them is a gift of the same Spirit and designed, not for the glory of the individual member of the Church, but for the good of the whole. Impossible that the Spirit should dishonour, yea, that He should not exalt, Him who humbled Himself for God's glory. ( Acts 26:11). And Jesus had been crucified. There are diversities of operations, or miraculous powers, called energemata dynameon (v. 10), as here energemata, but it is the same God that worketh all in all. ", This again brings in another point before the subject closes. There is a great deal of valuable teaching, exhortation, and application, that has no such character. I expect if God speaks to me that there is going to be the, "Chuuuuuck . That we will not be guilty of just thinking of ourselves exclusively or looking for our own benefits exclusively, or just one segment of the body of Christ to the exclusion of others.We have not yet heard on Channel 30 whether or not the interim license will be given to us. Paul's visit was not successful. I was just making up an example because the Lido is a plush area, I named Lido, and white Cadillacs is an epidemic for these guys." Is this to fail in love to the person? There are distinctions between different kinds of service, but there is one and the same Lord. Finding ones Gift The problem of the Corinthian community seemed to have been that there were too many people claiming the special value of their own particular gifts, too many people wanting to be involved and participate in the life of the community, and thinking that their involvement was better than that of their neighbor. The parts of the body are not jealous of each other and do not covet each other's functions. Some were beginning to question his apostolate. New American Standard Version
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 - Working Preacher We are all one body, and in recognition of this, if one member of the body is suffering, then we should all be feeling it. People went to his temples, usually spending whole nights there, to be healed, and often they were. We have too much associated prophecy with the foretelling of what was to happen. What faith must learn is, that "all things are yours, whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas; . In 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 we enter on another and more painful part of the epistle. Wherefore I give you to understand,. Or "I make known unto you"; what I am about to say are certain truths, and to be depended on, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed; or "anathema", as did the unconverted Gentiles, who knew nothing of Jesus but by report; which report they had from the Jews, his enemies; and by that report he appeared to them to be a very wicked and detestable person, who was put to death by the means of his own countrymen, was hanged upon a tree, and so to be counted and called accursed: the apostle seems to have reference to the sense these Corinthians had of Jesus, and what they called him before their conversion; whence it appeared that they spoke not by, nor were they possessed of the Spirit of God then, and therefore their having of him now was an instance of pure grace; or else respect is had to the Jews, who not only, whilst Jesus was living, blasphemed him, but continued to call him accursed after his death, whilst they were in their own land; and after the destruction of their city and temple, they continued, as Justin Martyr observes a to Trypho the Jew, to "curse" Christ, and them that believed in him; and to this day privately call him by such names as will hardly bear to be mentioned, were it not for the explanation of such a passage: thus they b call him -, "Jesus the perverse", or he that perverteth the law of God; and "Jesu", the name they commonly give him, they say is the abbreviation of , "let his name and memory be blotted out"; and which they sometimes explain by. No one, speaking by the Spirit of God, can revile Christ; so, on the other hand, no one can speak well of Christ, but by the Spirit of Christ. This is the apostle's scope in this argument. And we'll help God out, because at this point, we have got to be practical." He adds. InMatthew 19:1-30; Matthew 19:1-30, it is needless to say, you have the selfsame truth in another form. So each of you have been placed in the body of Christ to fulfill your area of ministry there within the body. Your heavenly Father is much more gracious than we are as earthly fathers. Enthusiasm or ecstasy or "inspired" utterance do not necessarily indicate spirituality. Don't be ignorant about the Second Coming of Jesus and the eternal state ( 1 Thessalonians 4:13 ). The various distribution of these gifts, not all to one, nor to every one alike. Every Christian is a member of his body, and every other Christian stands related to him as a fellow-member (v. 27): Now you are the body of Christ, and members in particular, or particular members. The many members of the body of Christ include the Presbyterian Church down the street, the Lutheran Church over in Mesa Verde, the Baptist Church down on Baker; we are all members of the body of Christ. Their former character: they were Gentiles. The body of the people paid their homage and worship to dumb idols, that had ears but could not hear, and mouths but could not speak,Psalms 115:5; Psalms 115:6. But the cross is more than this. There was no discussion raised whether the person might be converted. To say that Jesus is the Lord, is to speak of him in honorable terms and with reverence, and to extol his majesty. Then, somewhat abruptly, instead of discussing the matter any more, he unfolds a most weighty revelation of truth "But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept. The fault of the Church, in modem times at least, is that it has interpreted the idea of special gifts far too narrowly. An ordinary meal, or any such act expressive even in natural things of fellowship with the person thus dishonouring the Lord, is forbidden. An advice to covet the best gifts, charismata ta kreittonadona potiora, prstantiora, either the most valuable in them selves or the most serviceable to others; and these are, in truth, most valuable in themselves, though men may be apt to esteem those most that will raise their fame and esteem highest. And so as he came back out to Solomon's Porch where Peter was still standing, he took hold of Peter and he began to hug him, and all of the people began to relate the miracle to Peter. This is the part accordingly that he was led in the wisdom of God to put forward.
1 Corinthians 12 NIV - Concerning Spiritual Gifts - Now about - Bible Love is the only thing which can bind the Church into a perfect unity; and Paul goes on to sing his hymn to love. For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth. The Corinthians had to be especially careful in deciding whom to believe because of the many false magicians who traveled through their city. Therefore tongues miracles, healings, the use of outward powers, are largely dwelt on here. The picture we get is of a Church vividly alive. This is the right choice because Jesus is Lord. Paul says, "no man can say that Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Ghost." Every word of the book of Job is inspired; but did all the speakers utter necessarily the mind of God? They were making even the ardour of a Peter and the eloquence of an Apollos to be a reason for dissatisfaction with one that, I need not say, was superior to both of them. It cannot be the local assembly, because, looking at Corinth, no apostles were there. p. 335. b Buxtorf. Blessed is he who is given. world took them from all classes and all countries There were bondmen highly educated, and once in a high position of life. Now concerning the spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you be ignorant ( 1 Corinthians 12:1 ). It is a grace, lasting as eternity. How truly it marks God and His word!! Some of the Jews were following the Hellenistic culture. So the apostles got together, the word of wisdom, "Let us appoint seven men of good reputation, filled with the Holy Spirit, that they might take the duty of administering the church's welfare in order that we might continue to give ourselves to fasting and to prayer and to the Word of God. I. Variety in the members of the body contributes to the beauty of it.
1 Corinthians 13 Commentary - Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole This way of dealing with souls has been grievously enfeebled in the present day. How did the prince of this world triumph in the blindness of mankind! And whatever the decision they come up with we will surely abide with, but we do intend, if they grant to us that permit for Channel 30, I intend to immediately call Chuck Swindoll, James Dobson, Dave--over in Santa Ana at the Calvary Church-Hocking, John MacArthur, and get these fellows together and say, "Look, here is what God has laid in our laps. Today, many churches wish they had this problem. Such is the Saviour to the saved. In ch. So Ishmael was born. Now you are the body of Christ, and members in particular ( 1 Corinthians 12:25-27 ). . We are not even aware of it. Thus, too, he goes forward into new ground, the deeper spiritual motives, the appeal to Christian affection as well as to faith. I was going on describing the scenario. 12:1-3 Brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant about manifestations of the Spirit. The general truth of the resurrection assuredly does put the sentence of death on all present things to the believer, showing that the earth cannot rightly be the scene of his enjoyment, where all is stamped with death, and that he must wait for the resurrection power of Christ to be applied before he enters the scene where the rest of God will be our rest, and where there will be nothing but joy with Christ, and even this earth will behold Christ and His saints reigning over it till the eternal day. This were to make the church a monster: all one as if the body were all ear or all eye. We need to have that awareness that when we get to heaven there is not going to be a section for the Methodist, and another for the Presbyterian, and another for Baptist, but in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, barbarian, Scythian, bond or free, Baptist or Methodist, Presbyterian or Nazarene, or Church of God, or Church of Christ, but they are all one in Him. And on the other hand no man could say Jesus was the Lord (that is, live by this faith, and work miracles to prove it), but it must be by the Holy Ghost. There was no city in which they were so degraded as that in which the attained such conspicuous and unnatural prominence.
Corinthians 3-0 Liverpool (29 Jun, 2023) Final Score - ESPN Thus the very call to holiness ever keeps the saint of God in the sense of his immense privileges as well as of his perfect deliverance. His belief in Jesus as Lord comes from the Holy Spirit. the very foundation of Christianity. Such is the genuine effect. When Paul tries to redirect the Corinthians attraction for spiritual gifts, it is not because he likes tradition more than innovation or because he is trying to erase difference. The Corinthians had been competing with one another according to their culturally-defined values. That rule was, that all who were truly influenced by the Holy Spirit would be disposed to acknowledge and to know Jesus Christ; and where this disposition existed, it was of itself a clear demonstration that it was the operation of the Spirit of God. How blessed a constitution were the Christian church, if all the members did their duty! And there may be great gifts where there is not a dram of grace, but persons possessed of them are utterly out of the divine favour. Hence he insists, that as it is the Spirit of God in the first place who reveals the truth to us, so it is the same Spirit who furnishes suitable words, as, finally, it is through the Holy Ghost that one receives the truth revealed in the words He Himself has given. There are differences of administrations ( 1 Corinthians 12:5 ). I mean, you can tell His voice, it has that shake to it. So where Paul says, "I would not have you to be ignorant," sad but true, there is a great deal of ignorance today. Being not merely young Christians, but unwatchful and then lax, this gave rise to sad abuse. Both Judaism and heathenism were full of expectations of a future teacher and deliverer; and to this person, especially among the Jews, the Spirit in all the prophets gave witness. I received an irate call from a guy who lives down on Lido Island, who drives a white Cadillac who has a mailing ministry. It is but too common a thing for men to value themselves most on what is least worth: and it is of great use to bring them to a sober mind by letting them know how much they are mistaken. These were people whose duty it was to succour the poor, the orphan, the widow and the stranger. We must distinguish between parts revealed and the whole inspired. Again, we have the eloquent Alexandrian thus introduced: "As touching our brother Apollos I greatly desired him to come unto you, but his will was not at to come at this time." ), and many among the Gentiles pretended to inspiration.
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