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1 Corinthians 4:11

1 Corinthians 4:11
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Even unto this present hour,.... What is about to be related was not what befell the apostles now and then, and a great while ago; but what for a considerable time, and unto the present time, was more…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Even unto this present hour - Paul here drops the irony, and begins a serious recapitulation of his actual sufferings and trials. The phrase used here “unto this present hour” denotes that these…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

We both hunger and thirst, etc. - Who would then have been an apostle of Christ, even with all its spiritual honors and glories, who had not a soul filled with love both to God and man, and the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Corinthians 4:7-13

Here the apostle improves the foregoing hint to a caution against pride and self-conceit, and sets forth the temptations the Corinthians had to despise him, from the difference of their…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst The Apostle would point out to his converts the true glory of the Christian minister. Labour and suffering for Christ's sake are the marks of the…