1 Corinthians 3

1:2 saints, (a-17) Saints by [divine] calling.

1 Corinthians 3:1

3:1 fleshly; (i-18) Sarkinos . as Romans 7:14 ; Hebrews 7:16 ; 2 Corinthians 3:3 . This word is said to mean properly the material – the composition of a thing. ‘Carnal,’ twice in verse 3, is sarkinos , a form used, in some places, to express either material or physical or moral ideas. It occurs also in Romans 15:27 ; 1 Corinthians 9:11 ; 2 Corinthians 1:12 ; 2 Corinthians 10:4 ; 1 Peter 2:11 . This last passage, ‘fleshly lusts,’ shows how the material and moral thoughts run into one another.

1 Corinthians 3:3

3:3 carnal. (i-5) carnal, (i-18) Sarkinos . as Romans 7:14 ; Hebrews 7:16 ; 2 Corinthians 3:3 . This word is said to mean properly the material – the composition of a thing. ‘Carnal,’ twice in verse 3, is sarkinos , a form used, in some places, to express either material or physical or moral ideas. It occurs also in Romans 15:27 ; 1 Corinthians 9:11 ; 2 Corinthians 1:12 ; 2 Corinthians 10:4 ; 1 Peter 2:11 . This last passage, ‘fleshly lusts,’ shows how the material and moral thoughts run into one another.

1 Corinthians 3:5

3:5 servants, (k-9) Diakonos . see Note, ch. 4.1; Romans 16:1 .

1 Corinthians 3:9

3:9 fellow-workmen; (l-5) ‘Workers, or labourers together with God ,’ goes too far. The Greek word has the sense of journeyman, but they are fellows doing the chief’s work. see 2 Corinthians 6:1 .

1 Corinthians 3:13

3:13 it (a-16) That is, the day. see 2 Thessalonians 2:8 .

1 Corinthians 3:15

3:15 fire. (b-24) The addition of the article gives the right sense. ‘saved by fire’ may mean that the fire was a means of safety, whereas ’through the fire’ is in spite of it, or going through the danger and difficulty of it. Dia has two distinct uses as ’through’ in English. see 1 Peter 3:20 for the other sense.

1 Corinthians 3:16

3:16 temple (c-9) Naos . the house itself – the shrine.

1 Corinthians 3:17

3:17 temple (c-6) temple (c-15) Naos . the house itself – the shrine. corrupt (d-4) destroy; (d-12) The word for ‘destroy’ and ‘corrupt’ is the same in Greek; the force of this is lost in English. see Note d, Ephesians 4:22 .

1 Corinthians 3:18

3:18 deceive (e-4) A strong word. See Note at 1 Timothy 2:14 . be (f-12) Or ‘has the appearance of being.’

1 Corinthians 3:19

3:19 written, (g-14) See Job 5:13 .

1 Corinthians 3:20

3:20 again, (h-2) See Psalms 94:11 .