Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [1 Corinthians: Chapter 1].
(\hina\). Purport (sub-final) rather than direct purpose, common
idiom in _Koin•_ (Robertson, _Grammar_, pp.991-4) like Mt
14:36. Used here with \leg•te, •i, •te kat•rtismenoi\, though
expressed only once. {All speak} (\leg•te pantes\). Present
active subjunctive, that ye all keep on speaking. With the
divisions in mind. An idiom from Greek political life
(Lightfoot). This touch of the classical writers argues for
Paul's acquaintance with Greek culture. {There be no divisions
among you} (\m• •i en humin schismata\). Present subjunctive,
that divisions may not continue to be (they already had them).
Negative statement of preceding idea. \Schisma\ is from \schiz•\,
old word to split or rend, and so means a rent (Mt 9:16; Mr
2:21). Papyri use it for a splinter of wood and for ploughing.
Here we have the earliest instance of its use in a moral sense of
division, dissension, see also 1Co 11:18 where a less complete
change than \haireseis\; 12:25; Joh 7:43 (discord); 9:16;
10:19. "Here, faction, for which the classical word is \stasis\:
division within the Christian community" (Vincent). These
divisions were over the preachers (1:12-4:21), immorality
(5:1-13), going to law before the heathen (6:1-11), marriage
(7:1-40), meats offered to idols (1Co 8-10), conduct of women
in church (11:1-16), the Lord's Supper (11:17-34), spiritual
gifts (1Co 12-14), the resurrection (1Co 15). {But that ye be
perfected together} (\•te de kat•rtismenoi\). Periphrastic
perfect passive subjunctive. See this verb in Mt 4:21 (Mr
1:19) for mending torn nets and in moral sense already in 1Th
3:10. Galen uses it for a surgeon's mending a joint and
Herodotus for composing factions. See 2Co 13:11; Ga 6:1. {Mind}
(\noi\), {judgment} (\gn•m•i\). "Of these words \nous\ denotes
the frame or state of mind, \gn•m•\ the judgment, opinion or
sentiment, which is the outcome of \nous\" (Lightfoot).
1:11 {For it hath been signified unto me} (\ed•l•th• gar moi\).
First aorist passive indicative of \d•lo•\ and difficult to
render into English. Literally, It was signified to me. {By them
of Chloe} (\hupo t•n Chlo•s\). Ablative case of the masculine
plural article \t•n\, by the (folks) of Chloe (genitive case).
The words "which are of the household" are not in the Greek,
though they correctly interpret the Greek, "those of Chloe."
Whether the children, the kinspeople, or the servants of Chloe we
do not know. It is uncertain also whether Chloe lived in Corinth
or Ephesus, probably Ephesus because to name her if in Corinth
might get her into trouble (Heinrici). Already Christianity was
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