4:6 What is "that which is written" that Paul refers to here?
4:6 What is "that which is written" that Paul refers to here?
That which is written refers to the scriptures Paul had previously quoted from the Old Testament when admonishing the Corinthian believers for glorying in men (CP 1Cor 1:19 and 31). 1:19 was quoted from Isa 29:14, and V31 was quoted from Jer 9:23-24.
The Corinthian believers were full of their own importance and puffed up with pride and arrogance, boasting in favour of one leader above another (CP 1Cor 1:10-15; 3:1-9; 4:7-10,18; 5:1-2; 2Cor 12:20). Believers are to treat God's servants only within the bounds of what is scriptural.
They must be honoured, but never exalted (CP 2Cor 3:5; 1Th 5:12-14; 1Ti 5:17; He 13:7, 17, 24). See also comments on Mt 16:12-18(A); 1Cor 1:14-17, 3:8-10 and 3:18-20, and author's study Jesus not Peter the Rock upon which the Church is built in his book Advanced Studies in the Christian Faith (Volume 2).