1 Corinthians 1:5
in 1 Corinthians 1For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge,
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ASV
that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all utterance and all knowledge;
KJV
That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
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This verse in 1 Corinthians 1
Commentary
11 notes on this verseKnowledge shows what there is to know. Speech goes further and explains it.
This site's exposition
I always thank my God for you
on 1 Corinthians 1:4-9
Paul gives thanks before naming any fault, for the grace He has given you in Christ Jesus. He names gifts of all speech and all knowledge, the same gifts corrected in chapters 12 to 14.
This site's exposition
enriched in every way
The riches Paul names are speech and knowledge, the very gifts the Corinthians prized and later misused. Origen draws the line between them: knowledge grasps what is true, and speech goes on to explain it.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
This means that the Corinthians have remained steadfast in the grace which they have received and in the preaching of the doctrine of truth, because they have acquired spiritual knowledge. Paul therefore gives thanks to God for these things.
"That in every thing ye were enriched." Again, by whom? By Him, is the reply. And not merely "ye were enriched, but "in every thing." Since then it is first of all, "riches" then, "riches of God," next, "in every thing," and lastly, "through the Only-Begotten," reflect on the ineffable treasure! "In all utterance, and all knowledge." "Word" or "utterance," not such as the heathen, but that of God. For there is knowledge without "word," and there is knowledge with "word." For so there are many who possess knowledge, but have not the power of speech; as those who are uneducated and unable to exhibit clearly what they have in their mind. Ye, saith he, are not such as these, but competent both to understand and to speak.
The Medieval Church2 voices
"Because in Him (ἐν αὐτῷ) you were enriched in everything." "In Him" is again used in place of "through Him (δι' αυτού)." So when you have richness, and the richness of God, and in all things, and through the Only-Begotten Himself, how is it that …
Secondly, in detail: first, when he mentions the abundance of their grace, saying: because in every way, namely, which pertains to salvation, you were enriched, i.e., made to overflow in him, i.e., through Christ: "For your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
That in everything ye are enriched by him,....
3 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
But, where God gives both, a man is qualified for eminent usefulness. When the church of Corinth was enriched with all utterance and all knowledge, it was fit that a large tribute of praise should be rendered to God, especially when these gifts were a testimony to the truth of the Christian doctrine, a confirmation of the testimony of Christ among them,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Ye are enriched - ye abound - in all utterance - Εν παντι λογῳ, In all doctrine; for so the word should certainly be translated and understood. All the truths of God relative to their salvation had been explicitly declared to them; and they had all knowledge; so that they perfectly comprehended the doctrines which they had heard.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
That in every thing - In every respect, or in regard to all the favors conferred on any of his people. You have been distinguished by him in all those respects in which he blesses his own children. Ye are enriched by him; - compare the note at Rom 2:
The words behind it
12 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ὅτι | hoti | for | G3754 → | 1292 times |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| παντὶ | panti | everything | G3956 → | 1235 times |
| ἐπλουτίσθητε | eploutisthete | you have been enriched | G4148 → | |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| αὐτῷ | auto | Him | G846 → | 5565 times |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| παντὶ | panti | all | G3956 → | 1235 times |
| λόγῳ | logo | speech | G3056 → | 329 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| πάσῃ | pase | in all | G3956 → | 1235 times |
| γνώσει, | gnosei | knowledge, | G1108 → | 29 times |
ὅτιfor
hotiG3754 →1292 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
παντὶeverything
pantiG3956 →1235 times
ἐπλουτίσθητεyou have been enriched
eploutistheteG4148 →
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
αὐτῷHim
autoG846 →5565 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
παντὶall
pantiG3956 →1235 times
λόγῳspeech
logoG3056 →329 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
πάσῃin all
paseG3956 →1235 times
γνώσει,knowledge,
gnoseiG1108 →29 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Philippians 1:9And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
it leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12
And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,
- Colossians 1:9
For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and…
- 2 Peter 1:5–6
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
- Philemon 1:6
I pray that your partnership in the faith may become effective as you fully acknowledge every good thing that is ours in Christ.
- Colossians 3:10
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12
Through
Colossians 2:3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 1:24
but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
- 1 Corinthians 1:30
It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
- 1 Corinthians 1:24
Through
2 Corinthians 9:11You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, so that through us your giving will produce thanksgiving to God.
it leads to
- 1 Timothy 6:17–18
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us…
- 1 Timothy 6:17–18
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ambrosiaster, COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES; Charles Hodge, An Exposition of the First Epistle to the Corinthians; John Chrysostom, Homily on 1 Corinthians 2; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Origen of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1.2.29-30; Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on 1 Corinthians and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on 1 Corinthians.