1 Corinthians 3

1 Corinthians 3:2

Verse 2

With milk; with merely the elementary principles of Christianity.

1 Corinthians 3:5

Verse 5

Ministers; servants, subordinate instruments.

1 Corinthians 3:6

Verse 6

It will be seen by the account in Acts 18:24,27,28, that Apollos commenced his ministry in Corinth, after Paul had left it.

1 Corinthians 3:8

Verse 8

Are one; they have one end and aim.

1 Corinthians 3:9

Verse 9

Ye are God’s husbandry; that is, although Paul and Apollos had been employed as laborers in the field, it was upon God that they had really to depend for their spiritual life and growth.

1 Corinthians 3:12

Verse 12

Gold, silver, &c. In other words, whatever materials he may incorporate in the Christian edifice, whether valuable and permanent, or destructible and worthless, the true character of his work would be revealed in a future day.

1 Corinthians 3:13

Verse 13

Revealed by fire; tried and exposed by the terrible scrutiny of the great day.

1 Corinthians 3:15

Verse 15

Yet so as by fire; with difficulty,–as one escapes from a burning building.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Verse 18

Let him become a fool; let him abandon all his dependence upon his worldly wisdom, and seek wisdom from above, with meekness and docility.

1 Corinthians 3:19

Verse 19

It is written; Job 5:13.

1 Corinthians 3:20

Verse 20

Psalms 94:11.

Verse 21

Let no man glory in men. The apostle thus bringing his train of remark to a conclusion which bears directly upon the great cause of their dissensions,–their excessive personal predilections for the various individuals who had been the instruments of bringing them the gospel.

1 Corinthians 3:23

Verse 23

Ye are Christ’s; that is, ye do not belong to Paul and to Apollos, &c., as one in might suppose from your undue and inordinate interest in such human leaders; ye are Christ’s.–And Christ is God’s; you owe, therefore, no spiritual allegiance to any but to Christ and to God.