Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 1 Corinthians 4:19 - 4:19

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 1 Corinthians 4:19 - 4:19


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19. ἐὰν ὁ κύριος θελήσῃ. See Jam 4:13-15, who ‘justly derides that rashness among men, in that they plan what they shall do ten years hence, when they are not certain that they shall live another hour.’ Calvin in loc. The Roman Catholic commentator, Estius, makes a similar observation.

ἀλλὰ τὴν δύναμιν. The power that is derived from Christ, which He Himself possessed to influence the heart of man for good. Such seems to be the more usual meaning of the word δύναμις in St Paul’s Epistles. Cf. Rom 1:16; 1Co 2:4, &c. It includes, no doubt, the power of working miracles. But these, after all, are but particular cases of the general principle above enunciated, for with one or two exceptions, the miracles of the Gospel were manifestations of Christ’s power to deliver humanity from the dominion of evil and its consequences.