《Treasury of Scripture Knowledge – 1 Corinthians》(R. A. Torrey )

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge was, and still is, a Bible reference work first published around 1830, created by the London publisher Samuel Bagster (1772-1851). It is a set of cross-references. That is, it consists entirely of a book-length listing of cross-references, showing only the chapter and verse citations with no accompanying text. About the size of a complete Bible, the TSK is also organized like a Bible, beginning at Genesis and ending at Revelation. Each verse of the Bible is cross-referenced to several others to enable the reader to gain a true sense of each word and phrase as it is used in the Bible.

·  800,000 cross-references, listing verses that illustrate how words and phrases are used elsewhere in the Bible.

·  Helps the reader interpret Scripture with Scripture.

·  Brief chapter summaries.

·  Dates and other notes.

But the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is usually described as being the work of R. A. Torrey. Most editions you can buy these days have Torrey's name on the cover, and sometimes in the title: R. A. Torrey's Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. According to commen knowledge, Torrey did not specifically try to claim authorship of the reference book, but he did become one of its chief promoters, and as his own fame rose, his endorsement of the book mattered to more and more people. Inevitably his name ended up on the cover. But if you read his introduction to the book, often printed inside, you see that he describes having first encountered it "some twenty years ago."

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00 Introduction

01 Chapter 1

Introduction

1 / After his salutation and thanksgiving,
10 / he exhorts them to unity,
12 / and reproves their dissensions.
18 / God destroys the wisdom of the wise,
21 / by the foolishness of preaching;
26 / and calls not the wise, mighty, and noble,
28 / but the foolish, weak, and men of no account.

Verse 1
Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

called

Romans 1:1; Galatians 2:7,8

an

3:9; 9:1,2; 15:9; Luke 6:13; John 20:21; Acts 1:2,25,26; 22:21; Romans 1:5; 2 Corinthians 11:5; 12:12; Galatians 1:1; Ephesians 4:11; 1 Timothy 1:1; 2:7

through

6:16,17; John 15:16; 2 Corinthians 1:1; Galatians 1:15,16; Ephesians 1:1; Colossians 1:1

Sosthenes

Acts 18:17

Verse 2
Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

the church

Acts 18:1,8-11; 2 Corinthians 1:1; Galatians 1:2; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:1; 1 Timothy 3:15

to them

Jude 1:1

sanctified

30; 6:9-11; John 17:17-19; Acts 15:9; 26:18; Ephesians 5:26; Hebrews 2:11; 10:10; Hebrews 13:12

called

Romans 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 4:7; 2 Timothy 1:9; 1 Peter 1:15,16

with

Acts 7:59,60; 9:14,21; 22:16; 2 Thessalonians 2:16,17; 2 Timothy 2:22

call

[ ()] That these words ought not to be rendered passively, is evident from the LXX., who translate the phrase [yikra be-shem] "he shall call on the name" which is active, by [epikalesetai en onomati Theou] or [en onomati Kyriou.]

Genesis 4:26; 12:8; 13:4-7,8-13

our Lord

8:6; Psalms 45:11; Acts 10:36; Romans 3:22; 10:12; 14:8,9; 2 Corinthians 4:5; Philippians 2:9-11; Revelation 19:16

Verse 3
Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 1:7; 2 Corinthians 1:2; Ephesians 1:2; 1 Peter 1:2

Verse 4
I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

thank

Romans 1:8; 6:17; Acts 11:23; 21:20

the grace

3; John 10:30; 14:14,16,26; 15:26; 1 Timothy 1:14

Verse 5
That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;

in every

4:7-10; Romans 11:12; 2 Corinthians 9:11; Ephesians 2:7; 3:8

in all

12:8,10; 14:5,6,26; Acts 2:4; 2 Corinthians 8:7; Ephesians 6:19; Colossians 4:3,4

and in

8:11; 13:2,8; Romans 15:4; 2 Corinthians 4:6; Ephesians 1:17; Philippians 1:9; Colossians 1:9,10; 2:3; Colossians 3:10; James 3:13; 2 Peter 3:18

Verse 6
Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

the

2:1,2; Acts 18:5; 20:21,24; 22:18; 23:11; 28:23; 1 Timothy 2:6; 2 Timothy 1:8; 1 John 5:11-13; Revelation 1:2,9; 6:9; 12:11,17; 19:10

was

Mark 16:20; Acts 11:17,21; Romans 15:19; 2 Corinthians 12:12; Galatians 3:5; Hebrews 2:3,4

Verse 7
So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

ye

2 Corinthians 12:13

waiting

4:5; Genesis 49:18; Matthew 25:1; Luke 12:36; Romans 8:19; Philippians 3:20; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; 2 Timothy 4:8; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 9:28; 10:36,37; James 5:7,8; 2 Peter 3:12; Jude 1:21

coming

Gr. revelation.

Luke 17:30; Colossians 3:4; 2 Thessalonians 1:7; 1 Timothy 6:14,15; 1 Peter 1:13; 4:13; 5:4; 1 John 3:2

Verse 8
Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

confirm

Psalms 37:17,28; Romans 14:4; 16:25; 2 Corinthians 1:21; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 5:24; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; 1 Peter 5:10

blameless

Ephesians 5:27; Philippians 2:15; Colossians 1:22; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 5:23,24; 2 Peter 3:14; Jude 1:24,25

the day

Philippians 1:6,10; 2:16; 2 Peter 3:10

Verse 9
God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

God

10:13; Numbers 23:19; Deuteronomy 7:9; 32:4; Psalms 89:33-35; 100:5; Isaiah 11:5; 25:1; Isaiah 49:7; Lamentations 3:22,23; Matthew 24:35; 1 Thessalonians 5:23,24; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; Titus 1:2; Hebrews 2:17; 6:18; 10:23; 11:11; Revelation 19:11

by

Colossians 1:24; Romans 8:28,30; 9:24; Galatians 1:15; 1 Thessalonians 2:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:14; 2 Timothy 1:9; Hebrews 3:1; 1 Peter 5:10

the fellowship

30; 10:16; John 15:4,5; 17:21; Romans 11:17; Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 2:20-22; 3:6; Hebrews 3:14; 1 John 1:3,7; 4:13

Verse 10
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

I beseech

4:16; Romans 12:1; 2 Corinthians 5:20; 6:1; 10:1; Galatians 4:12; Ephesians 4:1; Philemon 1:9,10; 1 Peter 2:11

by the

Romans 15:30; 1 Thessalonians 4:1,2; 2 Thessalonians 2:1; 1 Timothy 5:21; 2 Timothy 4:1

that ye

Psalms 133:1; Jeremiah 32:39; John 13:34,35; 17:23; Acts 4:32; Romans 12:16; 15:5,6; Romans 16:17; 2 Corinthians 13:11; Ephesians 4:1-7,31,32; Philippians 1:27; 2:1-4; 3:16; 1 Thessalonians 5:13; James 3:13-18; 1 Peter 3:8,9

divisions

Gr. schisms.

11:18; 12:25; Matthew 9:16; Mark 2:21; John 7:43; 9:16; 10:19; *Gr:

Verse 11
For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

it hath

11:18; Genesis 27:42; 37:2; 1 Samuel 25:14-17

that there

3:3; 6:1-7; Proverbs 13:10; 18:6; 2 Corinthians 12:20; Galatians 5:15,20,26; Philippians 2:14; 1 Timothy 6:4; 2 Timothy 2:23-25; James 4:1,2

Verse 12
Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

this

7:29; 15:50; 2 Corinthians 9:6; Galatians 3:17

I am

3:4-6,21-23; 4:6

Apollos

16:12; Acts 18:24-28; 19:1

Cephas

9:5; 15:5; John 1:42; Galatians 2:9

Verse 13
Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

Christ

2 Corinthians 11:4; Galatians 1:7; Ephesians 4:5

Paul

6:19,20; Romans 14:9; 2 Corinthians 5:14,15; Titus 2:14

or

15; 10:2; Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:38; 10:48; 19:5

Verse 14
I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;

thank

4; 14:18; 2 Corinthians 2:14; Ephesians 5:20; Colossians 3:15,17; 1 Thessalonians 5:18; 1 Timothy 1:12; Philemon 1:4

Crispus

Acts 18:8

Gaius

Romans 16:23; 3 John 1:1-4

Verse 15
Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.

I

John 3:28,29; 7:18; 2 Corinthians 11:2

Verse 16
And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.

household

16:15,17; Acts 16:15,33

Verse 17
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.

not to

John 4:2; Acts 10:48; 26:17,18

not

2:1,4,13; 2 Corinthians 4:2; 10:3,4,10; 2 Peter 1:16

words

or, speech.

2:5

Verse 18
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

the preaching

23,24; 2:2; Galatians 6:12-14

to

Acts 13:41; 2 Corinthians 2:15,16; 4:3; 2 Thessalonians 2:10

foolishness

21,23,25; 2:14; 3:19; Acts 17:18,32

unto

24; 15:2; Psalms 110:2,3; Romans 1:16; 2 Corinthians 10:4; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; Hebrews 4:12

Verse 19
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

3:19; Job 5:12,13; Isaiah 19:3,11; 29:14; Jeremiah 8:9

Verse 20
Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

is the wise

Isaiah 33:18; 53:1

hath

19; 2 Samuel 15:31; 16:23; 17:14,23; Job 12:17,20,24; Isaiah 44:25; Romans 1:22

Verse 21
For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

in

24; Daniel 2:20; Romans 11:33; Ephesians 3:10

the wisdom

Dr. Lightfoot well observes, "that [sophia tou

the world

Matthew 11:25; Luke 10:21; Romans 1:20-22,28

the foolishness

Verse 22
For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

the Jews

Matthew 12:38,39; 16:1-4; Mark 8:11; Luke 11:16,20; John 2:18; 4:28

the Greeks

Acts 17:18-21

Verse 23
But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

we

18; 2:2; Luke 24:46,47; Acts 7:32-35; 10:39-43; 2 Corinthians 4:5; Galatians 3:1; 6:14; Ephesians 3:8

unto the Jews

Isaiah 8:14,15; Matthew 11:6; 13:57; Luke 2:34; John 6:53-66; Romans 9:32,33; Galatians 5:11; 1 Peter 2:8

foolishness

28; 2:14

Verse 24
But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

called

2,9; Luke 7:35; Romans 8:28-30; 9:24

the power

18; Romans 1:4,16

the wisdom

30; Proverbs 8:1,22-30; Colossians 2:3

Verse 25
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

the foolishness

18,27-29; Exodus 13:17; 14:2-4; Joshua 6:2-5; Judges 7:2-8; 15:15,16; 1 Samuel 17:40-51; 1 Kings 20:14-22; Zechariah 4:6,7; 12:7,8; Romans 11:33-36

Verse 26
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

that

20; 2:3-6,13; 3:18-20; Zephaniah 3:12; Matthew 11:25,26; Luke 10:21; John 7:47-49; James 3:13-17

not many mighty

Luke 1:3; *Gr:; Luke 18:24,25; John 4:46-53; 19:38,39; Acts 13:7,12; 17:34; Philippians 4:22; James 1:9-11; 2:5; 2 John 1:1

Verse 27
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

Psalms 8:2; Isaiah 26:5,6; 29:14,19; Zephaniah 3:12; Matthew 4:18-22; 9:9; 11:25; Matthew 21:16; Luke 19:39,40; 21:15; Acts 4:11-21; 6:9,10; 7:35,54; 17:18; Acts 24:24,25; 2 Corinthians 4:7; 10:4,5,10

Verse 28
And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

things which

Romans 4:17; 2 Corinthians 12:11

to bring

2:6; Deuteronomy 28:63; Job 34:19,20,24; Psalms 32:10; 37:35,36; Isaiah 2:11,17; Isaiah 17:13,14; 37:36; 41:12; Daniel 2:34,35,44,45; Revelation 18:17

Verse 29
That no flesh should glory in his presence.

31; 4:7; 5:6; Psalms 49:6; Isaiah 10:15; Jeremiah 9:23; Romans 3:19,27; 4:2; 15:17; Ephesians 2:9

Verse 30
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

in

12:18,27; Isaiah 45:17; John 15:1-6; 17:21-23; Romans 8:1; 12:5; 16:7,11; 2 Corinthians 5:17; 12:2; Ephesians 1:3,4,10; 2:10

of God

Romans 11:36; 2 Corinthians 5:18-21

wisdom

24; 12:8; Proverbs 1:20; 2:6; 8:5; Daniel 2:20; Luke 21:15; John 1:18; 8:12; 14:6; John 17:8,26; 2 Corinthians 4:6; Ephesians 1:17,18; 3:9,10; Colossians 2:2,3; 3:16; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; James 1:5

righteousness

Psalms 71:15,16; Isaiah 45:24,25; 54:17; Jeremiah 23:5,6; 33:16; Daniel 9:24; Romans 1:17; 3:21-24; 4:6,25; 5:19,21; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 3:9; 2 Peter 1:1

sanctification

2; 6:11; Matthew 1:21; John 17:17-19; Acts 26:18; Romans 8:9; Galatians 5:22-24; Ephesians 2:10; 5:26; 1 Peter 1:2; 1 John 5:6

redemption

15:54-57; Hosea 13:14; Romans 3:24; 8:23; Galatians 1:4; 3:13; Ephesians 1:7; 4:30; Colossians 1:14; Titus 2:14; Hebrews 9:12; 1 Peter 1:18,19; Revelation 5:9; 14:4

Verse 31
That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

1 Chronicles 16:10,35; Psalms 105:3; Isaiah 41:16; 45:25; Jeremiah 4:2; 9:23,24; 2 Corinthians 10:17; Galatians 6:13,14; Philippians 3:3; *Gr:

02 Chapter 2

Introduction

1 / He declares that his preaching, though it bring not excellency of speech, or of human wisdom, yet consists in the power of God;
6 / and so far excels the wisdom of this world, and human sense, that the natural man cannot understand it.

Verse 1
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

when

Acts 18:1-4

with

4,13; 1:17; Exodus 4:10; Jeremiah 1:6,7; Romans 16:18; 2 Corinthians 10:10; 11:6

the testimony

1:6; Isaiah 8:20; Acts 20:21; 22:18; 2 Thessalonians 1:10; 1 Timothy 1:11; 2 Timothy 1:8; 1 John 4:14; 5:11-13; Revelation 1:2,9; 19:10

Verse 2
For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

not

1:22-25; John 17:3; Galatians 3:1; 6:14; Philippians 3:8-10