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Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
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The Reality of Suffering
Commentators stress that Paul's list of hardships—hunger, thirst, inadequate clothing, physical abuse, and homelessness—was not an exaggeration. The phrase "unto this present hour" indicates these were his constant, ongoing experiences. This suffering was the real, unglamorous price of his apostolic ministry.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Even unto this present hour. Paul here drops the irony and begins a serious summary of his actual sufferings and trials. The phrase used h…
Even unto this present hour (αχρ της αρτ ωρας). Αρτ (just now, this very minute) accents the continuity of the contrast as applied…
19th Century
Anglican
We both hunger.: From the strong irony of the last verse, the Apostle here passes, in the pathetic and sad description in…
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To set the record straight, Paul describes in detail the hardships he and his fellow Christian workers have suffered throughout their ministry. He …
16th Century
Protestant
For to this hour. The Apostle here describes his condition, as if in a picture, so that the Corinthians may learn from his example to lay …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Even unto this present hour What is about to be related was not what befell the apostles now and then, and a great w…
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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…
