1 Coríntios 15
Adam Clarke · Citado em PreceptAustin
1 Coríntios 15:58
Clarke - let nothing move you away from this hope of the Gospel (Ed: Your future resurrection and glorification) which is given unto you. What I tell you I receive from God; your false teachers cannot say so: in a declaration of God you may unshakingly confide. (Ref) Robertson and Plummer comment that Paul says "unmoveable (here only), not akinetoi, 'unmoved': they must not allow themselves to be loosed from their moorings. (A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the First Epistle to the Corinthians) (Bolding and italics added) Marvin
1 Coríntios 15:58
Clarke has an interesting comment declaring that "The work of the Lord is obedience to His holy word; every believer in Christ is a workman of God. He that works not (Ed: That is, he that does not work in such a way as… ), to bring glory to God (cf Mt 5:16-note) and good to man, is not acknowledged as a servant of Christ; and if he be not a servant, he is not a son; and if not a son, then not an heir (Ed: Clarke is not saying works save a man, but that they do demonstrate that a man is genuinely saved. See related notes on James 2:14-26 discussing the relation between faith and works and a faith that works). And he must not only work, but abound in that work; ever exceeding his former self (Ed: In fact "self" per se can accomplish nothing of eternal good, cf Jn 15:5); and this, not for a time, but always; beginning, continuing, and ending every act of life to God's glory and the good of his fellows. (Commentary) John MacDuff - The more of practical holiness now, the more of transcendent blessedness hereafter. The original one pound deposit may, by diligent trading, gain me ten pounds, (Luke 19:16.) As "the sleep of the laboring man" is said to be "sweet," so, sweeter will be the rest of glory to those who have toiled bravely, and worked earnestly. Not one trifling seed of all I sow can be lost. It will spring up at last, and yield an hundredfold of recompense, to the praise, and honor, and glory of God. (Compare Gal 6:8+, Rev 22:12+) Of the Lord - Whose work is it? The Lord's. Whenever accolades come our way or others seek to bestow "glory" on us for doing "the work of the Lord", we need to be quick to remember that it is His work, His honor, and His glory. We need to remember that we are not adequate in ourselves but that any adequacy we demonstrate in ministry is from Him through His enabling Spirit (cf 2Cor 3:5,6+). Psalm 115:1+ Not to us, O LORD, not to us, But to Your name give glory because of Thy lovingkindness, because of Thy truth.