1 Corinthians 4:8

Now ye are full,.... That is, in their own opinion: these words, and some following expressions, are an ironical concession. They were not full of God, and divine things; nor of Christ, and of grace…

Now ye are full - It is generally agreed that this is spoken in irony, and that it is an indignant sarcasm uttered against the false and self-confident teachers in Corinth. The design is to contrast…

Now ye - Corinthians are full of secular wisdom; now ye are rich, both in wealth and spiritual gifts; (Co1 14:26): ye have reigned as kings, flourishing in the enjoyment of these things, in all…

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…

Contrast between the Corinthian Teachers and St Paul

8. Now ye are full, now ye are rich Here we have one of the sudden turns of feeling so remarkable in the Apostle's style. Abruptly breaking off at…