Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 1 Corinthians 1:5 - 1:5

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 1 Corinthians 1:5 - 1:5


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5. ὅτι ἐν παντὶ ἐπλουτίσθητε. Because in every thing ye were enriched, i.e. at your baptism, when you entered into the covenant-union with Christ. See last note. The gifts of utterance, knowledge and the like, were the result of the favour of God towards you. It appears evident from the rest of the Epistle that the Apostle was thinking rather of the powers conveyed to the Corinthians by their translation into Christ, than of the use they had made of them. The Corinthians as a body were not as yet remarkable for their Christian knowledge, though many individuals had no doubt made great spiritual progress.

ἐν αὐτῷ. That ἐν is sometimes equivalent, or all but equivalent, to διὰ with gen. cannot be denied, in the face of such passages as Luk 22:49, Rev 6:8. But wherever there is a doubt, it is best to give ἐν a wider signification than that of the instrument. And this is especially the case where ἐν is connected with Christ’s Name. Cf. ἐν πνεύματι, Mar 1:8; Luk 1:17. ἐν λόγῳ, ἐν γνώσει, bear the same relation to ἐν αὐτῷ that the stream does to the source. For γνῶσις see ch. 1Co 12:8.