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1 Corinthians 1:4-6
1599 Geneva Bible
1 Corinthians 1:4-6
1599 Geneva Bible
4 [a]I thank my God always on your behalf for the grace of God, which is given you in Jesus Christ.
5 That in all things ye are made rich in him [b]in [c]all kind of speech, and in all knowledge:
6 [d]As the testimony of Jesus Christ hath been [e]confirmed in you:
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- 1 Corinthians 1:4 Going about to condemn many vices, he beginneth with a true commendation of their virtues, lest he might seem after to descend to chiding being moved with malice or envy: yet so, that he referreth all to God as the author of them, and that in Christ. That the Corinthians might be more ashamed to profane and abuse the holy gifts of God.
- 1 Corinthians 1:5 He toucheth that by name, which they most abused.
- 1 Corinthians 1:5 Seeing that while we live here, we know but in part and prophesy in part, this word (All) must be refrained to the present state of the faithful: and by speech he meaneth not a vain kind of babbling, but the gift of holy eloquence, which the Corinthians abused.
- 1 Corinthians 1:6 He showeth that the true use of these gifts consisteth herein that the mighty power of Christ might thereby be set forth in them, that hereafter it might evidently appear how wickedly they abused them to glory and ambition.
- 1 Corinthians 1:6 By those excellent gifts of the holy Ghost.
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