Commentary on Corinthians-Volume 1

By Calvin, John

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Title:	Commentary on Corinthians-Volume 1
Author:	Calvin, John
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Excerpt
Excerpt: The Sixteenth century was distinguished by a large and valuable accession of Expositors of the Sacred Volume. Mosheim reckons up not fewer than fifty-five writers, who, in the course of that century, devoted their labors, to a greater or less extent, to the interpretation or illustration of the inspired writings - a circumstance which at once indicated the progress of the principles of the Reformation, and contributed most materially to their diffusion. Nor were expository treatises, in illustrations of the Sacred Scriptures, simply increased in number; they were marked by a decided improvement in point of intrinsic value. It is to the honor of a large proportion of the Interpreters of that age, that, rejecting the practice so well exposed by Bishop Horsley, of ?drawing I know not what mystical meanings, by a certain cabalistic alchemy, from the simplest expressions of holy writ,? they made it their endeavor, in every case, to ascertain the true meaning of the Spirit of God, by a careful examination of the text and context. In unbending integrity of purpose in the investigation of the Inspired Oracles - which must be regarded as one of the primary excellences of an Expositor - John Calvin is surpassed by none in his own, or indeed in any age. His readers, even where they may not be prepared to adopt his interpretation of a passage, cannot fail to perceive that it is his sincere desire and honest endeavor to ascertain its true meaning. His uprightness of design is more especially observable in connection with passages bearing on controverted points. In such cases the candid reader will discover no disposition to wrest a single expression for the purpose of enlisting it on the side of a particular system of opinion; but, on the contrary, the utmost fairness of interpretation is uniformly apparent. Every one that is acquainted with Calvin?s history, and considers the trying scenes through which he was called to pass, must feel astonished that he should have found leisure to prepare, in addition to all his other writings, Commentaries on nearly the whole of the Sacred Scriptures. That he wrote so much, and more especially as an Expositor, appears to have been chiefly owing to the frequent and urgent solicitations of his intimate and beloved Farel, who ?not merely entreated Calvin, but frequently urged him with great vehemence to write one Commentary after another, from a conviction that he possessed the gifts requisite for exposition in a very extraordinary manner, and that, with the blessing of God, his works of this kind would be extensively useful. ?Being an inconsiderable man myself,? said he, ?I am wont to require very much from those that possess the greatest excellence, and often press them hard to labor beyond their strength.? It was his conviction that every one who had received superior talents was bound to devote them to the advancement of the kingdom of God.?

Table of Contents
Table of Contents About This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. ii Commentary on 1 Corinthians 1-14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 1 Translator's Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 2 Facsimile of Title Page to 1573 English Translation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 13 Timme's 1573 Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 14 Calvin's First Epistle Dedicatory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 15 Calvin's Second Epistle Dedicatory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 17 The Argument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 19 Chapter 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 25 1 Corinthians 1:1-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 25 1 Corinthians 1:4-9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 29 1 Corinthians 1:10-13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 33 1 Corinthians 1:14-20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 39 1 Corinthians 1:21-25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 46 1 Corinthians 1:26-31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 50 Chapter 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 55 1 Corinthians 2:1-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 55 1 Corinthians 2:3-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 56 1 Corinthians 2:6-9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 59 1 Corinthians 2:10-13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 64 1 Corinthians 2:14-16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 67 Chapter 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 71 1 Corinthians 3:1-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 71 1 Corinthians 3:5-9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 73 1 Corinthians 3:10-15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 78 1 Corinthians 3:16-23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 83 Chapter 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 89 1 Corinthians 4:1-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 89 1 Corinthians 4:6-8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 94 1 Corinthians 4:9-15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 97 1 Corinthians 4:16-21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 103 Chapter 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 108 1 Corinthians 5:1-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 108 1 Corinthians 5:6-8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 112 1 Corinthians 5:9-13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 115