1 CORINTHIANS 4:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.”
We are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, we are dishonored! — the contrasts are sardonic. Apostles are 'fools' (mōroi), 'weak' (astheneis), 'dishonored' (atimoi); Corinthians are 'wise,' 'strong,' 'honored.' If the Corinthians are truly wise/strong/honored, and apostles are fools/weak/dishonored, then the hierarchy of the kingdom is inverted from what Christ taught. Paul challenges the Corinthians' self-assessment.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 4:10
“We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ.” Again, this also he spoke in a way to abash them; implying that it is impossible for these contraries to agree, neither can things so distant from one another concur. “For how can it be,” says he, “that you should be wise, but we fools in the things relating to Christ?” That is: the one sort beaten and despised and dishonored and esteemed as nothing; the others enjoying honor and looked up to by many as a wise and…
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