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We are fools for Christ`s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.
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A Lesson in Sarcasm
All the commentators agree that this verse is intensely ironic. Paul is not genuinely praising the Corinthians as 'wise' and 'strong.' Instead, scholars explain he is using sarcasm to sharply rebuke their pride and expose the absurdity of their self-perception.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
We are fools. This is evidently ironical. "We are doubtless foolish men, but you are wise in Christ. We, Paul, Apollos, and Barnabas [Ceph…
We--you (ημεισ--υμεις). Triple contrast in keenest ironical emphasis. "The three antitheses refer respectively to teaching, demean…
19th Century
Anglican
We are fools.—This verse is charged with irony. Our connection with Christ, as His Apostles and preachers, may make us fo…
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Paul makes a series of contrasts between the proud Corinthians and the “dishonored” apostles—all from the warped viewpoint of the Corinthians. What…
16th Century
Protestant
We are fools for Christ’s sake. This contrast is ironical throughout and extremely pointed, as it was unseemly and absurd that the Corinth…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
We are fools for Christ's sake They were so in the esteem of men, for their close attachment to a crucified Christ; …
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We have no reason to be proud; all that we have, are, or do that is good is due to the free and rich grace of God. A sinner snatched from destructi…
13th Century
Catholic
After rebuking the Corinthians for the rashness with which they judged Christ’s ministers, the Apostle now censures the self-satisfaction with whic…
