Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [1 Corinthians: Chapter 3].
the N.T., but appears in the papyri to lay hands on. Job is
quoted in the N.T. only here and in Ro 11:35 and both times
with variations from the LXX. This word occurs in Ecclesiasticus
26:7; 34:2. In Ps 2:12 the LXX has \draxasthe paideias\, lay
hold on instruction. {Craftiness} (\panourgi•i\). The \panourgos\
man is ready for any or all work (if bad enough). So it means
versatile cleverness (Robertson and Plummer), _astutia_
(Vulgate).
3:20 {And again} (\kai palin\). Another confirmatory passage from
Ps 94:11. {Reasonings} (\dialogismous\). More than
_cogitationes_ (Vulgate), sometimes disputations (Php 2:14).
Paul changes "men" of LXX to wise (\soph•n\) in harmony with the
Hebrew context. {Vain} (\mataioi\). Useless, foolish, from
\mat•\, a futile attempt.
3:21 {Wherefore let no one glory in men} (\h•ste m•deis
kauchasth• en anthr•pois\). The conclusion (\h•ste\) from the
self-conceit condemned. This particle here is merely inferential
with no effect on the construction (\h•s+te\ = and so) any more
than \oun\ would have, a paratactic conjunction. There are thirty
such examples of \h•ste\ in the N.T., eleven with the imperative
as here (Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 999). The spirit of glorying in
party is a species of self-conceit and inconsistent with glorying
in the Lord (1:31).
3:22 {Yours} (\hum•n\). Predicate genitive, belong to you. All
the words in this verse and 23 are anarthrous, though not
indefinite, but definite. The English reproduces them all
properly without the definite article except \kosmos\ (the
world), and even here just world will answer. Proper names do not
need the article to be definite nor do words for single objects
like world, life, death. Things present (\enest•ta\, second
perfect participle of \enist•mi\) and things to come divide two
classes. Few of the finer points of Greek syntax need more
attention than the absence of the article. We must not think of
the article as "omitted" (Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 790). The
wealth of the Christian includes all things, all leaders, past,
present, future, Christ, and God. There is no room for partisan
wrangling here.
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