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Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn`t the law also say the same thing?
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Beyond Human Reasoning
Paul asks a rhetorical question to shift his argument. After using everyday examples of workers being supported, he clarifies that his case isn't based merely on human logic. Commentators explain he is introducing a higher authority: God's own Law, which affirms the same principle.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Say I these things as a man? Do I speak this on my own authority, or without the sanction of God? Is not this, which appears to be so reas…
Do I speak these things after the manner of men? (Μη κατα ανθρωπον ταυτα λαλω; ). Negative answer expected. Paul uses κατα ανθρωπο…
19th Century
Anglican
Say I these things as a man?—He proceeds to show that his appeal is not to a human principle, but to the recognition by m…
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These verses present illustrations supporting the proposition that God’s servants have the right to be supported with food and drink and other nece…
16th Century
Protestant
Say I these things as a man? Lest anyone should quibble and say that in the things of the Lord the case is different, and therefore that h…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Say I these things as a man ? &c.] After the manner of men, reasoning from things common among men, and obvious to e…
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