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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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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 4:11
18th Century
Theologian
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…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 4:11
Even unto this present hour (αχρ της αρτ ωρας). Αρτ (just now, this very minute) accents the continuity of the contrast as applied…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 4:11
19th Century
Bishop
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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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 4:11
To set the record straight, Paul describes in detail the hardships he and his fellow Christian workers have suffered throughout their ministry. He …
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 4:11
16th Century
Theologian
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 …
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 4:11
17th Century
Pastor
Even unto this present hour
What is about to be related was not what befell the apostles now and then, and a great w…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 4:7–13
17th Century
Minister
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…