For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.I made myself the servant of all — I acted with as self-denying a regard to their interest, and as much caution not to offend them, as if I had been literally their servant or slave. Where is the preacher of the gospel who treads in the same steps? read more
PAUL’S FIFTH RESPONSE: TO THE QUESTION AFFECTING HIS APOSTOLICITY, 1 Corinthians 9:1 to 1 Corinthians 10:13 The intense purpose of sacrificing his own rights in regard to eating meat, expressed so vividly in the last chapter, (see note on the closing verse,) suggests to St. Paul a parallel sacrifice of his own apostolic rights which he had thus far practiced through his whole mission. Fully maintaining the right of an apostle to be maintained by the Church, he had abdicated that right in his... read more
19. Free… made myself servant Greek, εμαυτον εδουλωσα . Free from all, I have enslaved myself to all, is his terse, antithetic language. It presents his independence of soul and body by nature; the enslavement of both to all by grace. Yet in that very enslavement he finds a dignity, a reward, a glory. Gain the more A prize above all other earthly gain. To submit to the whim and caprice of others is a hard trial to the flesh and spirit. It reduces a high-spirited man from a freeman to... read more
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Corinthians 9:19
I be: 1 Corinthians 9:1, Galatians 5:1 I made: 1 Corinthians 10:33, Matthew 20:26-Hosea :, John 13:14, John 13:15, Romans 1:14, Romans 15:2, 2 Corinthians 4:5, Galatians 5:13 that: 1 Corinthians 9:20-Song of Solomon :, 1 Corinthians 7:16, Proverbs 11:30, Matthew 18:15, Romans 11:14, 1 Timothy 4:16, 2 Timothy 2:10, James 5:19, James 5:20, 1 Peter 3:1 Reciprocal: Genesis 33:14 - be able Exodus 26:26 - bars of shittim wood Leviticus 25:55 - my servants Matthew 11:17 - We Matthew 17:27 - lest... read more