Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Irony. How much your lot (supposing it real) is to be envied, and ours to be pitied.
fools— (I Corinthians 1:21; I Corinthians 3:18; compare Acts 17:18; Acts 26:24).
for Christ's sake . . . in Christ—Our connection with Christ only entails on us the lowest ignominy, "ON ACCOUNT OF," or, "FOR THE SAKE OF" Him, as "fools"; yours gives you full fellowship IN Him as "wise" (that is, supposing you really are all you seem, I Corinthians 3:18).
we . . . weak . . . ye . . . strong— (I Corinthians 2:3; II Corinthians 13:9).
we . . . despised— (II Corinthians 10:10) because of our "weakness," and our not using worldly philosophy and rhetoric, on account of which ye Corinthians and your teachers are (seemingly) so "honorable." Contrast with "despised" the "ye (Galatians) despised not my temptation . . . in my flesh" (Galatians 4:14).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Corinthians 4:10:
Romans 8:35-36
1 Corinthians 4:16
1 Corinthians 10:15
1 Corinthians 11:16
2 Corinthians 1:5
2 Corinthians 4:15
2 Corinthians 11:19
Ephesians 3:13
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