Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
it is a very small thing—literally, "it amounts to a very small matter"; not that I despise your judgment, but as compared with God's, it almost comes to nothing.
judged . . . of man's judgment—literally, "man's day," contrasted with the day (I Corinthians 3:13) of the Lord (I Corinthians 4:5; I Thessalonians 5:4). "The day of man" is here put before us as a person [WAHL]. All days previous to the day of the Lord are man's days. EMESTI translates the thrice recurring Greek for "judged . . . judge . . . judgeth" (I Corinthians 4:4), thus: To me for my part (though capable of being found faithful) it is a very small matter that I should be approved of by man's judgment; yea, I do not even assume the right of judgment and approving myself—but He that has the right, and is able to judge on my case (the Dijudicator), is the Lord.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Corinthians 4:3:
Isaiah 49:4
Luke 12:2
1 Corinthians 4:2
1 Corinthians 4:5
Galatians 1:10
Hebrews 13:17
1 John 3:20
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