1 Corinthians 5:1,2
THE NECESSITY OF CHURCH DISCIPLINE. A case of incest:... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NECESSITY OF CHURCH DISCIPLINE. A case of incest:... [ Continue Reading ]
IT IS REPORTED COMMONLY THAT THERE IS FORNICATION AMONG YOU, AND SUCH FORNICATION AS IS NOT SO MUCH AS NAMED AMONG THE GENTILES, THAT ONE SHOULD HAVE HIS FATHER'S WIFE.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND YE ARE PUFFED UP, AND HAVE NOT RATHER MOURNED, THAT HE THAT HATH DONE THIS DEED MIGHT BE TAKEN AWAY FROM AMONG YOU. The apostle here opens a new section of his letter, in which he treats of some questions of social morals. The matter of party strife in Corinth had been reported to him by certain... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR I VERILY, AS ABSENT IN. BODY, BUT PRESENT IN SPIRIT, HAVE JUDGED ALREADY, AS THOUGH I WERE PRESENT, CONCERNING HIM THAT HATH, SO DONE THIS DEED,... [ Continue Reading ]
The apostle's sentence:... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHEN YE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER, AND MY SPIRIT, WITH THE POWER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,... [ Continue Reading ]
to deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. The case was so clear that Paul, on his part, had reached a decision. The Corinthian Christians were present in the midst of the scandal every day and seemed to experience n... [ Continue Reading ]
The general need of purification in the Christian congregations:... [ Continue Reading ]
YOUR GLORYING IS NOT GOOD. KNOW YE NOT THAT A LITTLE LEAVEN LEAVENS THE WHOLE LUMP?... [ Continue Reading ]
PURGE OUT, THEREFORE, THE OLD LEAVEN, THAT YE MAY BE A NEW LUMP, AS YE ARE UNLEAVENED. FOR EVEN CHRIST, OUR PASSOVER, IS SACRIFICED FOR US;... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE LET US KEEP THE FEAST, NOT WITH OLD LEAVEN, NEITHER WITH THE LEAVEN OF MALICE AND WICKEDNESS, BUT WITH THE UNLEAVENED BREAD OF SINCERITY AND TRUTH. This case of the incestuous person was not the only matter which was wrong in the congregation at Corinth. It was true, in general, that their... [ Continue Reading ]
I WROTE UNTO YOU IN AN EPISTLE NOT TO COMPANY WITH FORNICATORS;... [ Continue Reading ]
Explaining a misunderstood term:... [ Continue Reading ]
YET NOT ALTOGETHER WITH THE FORNICATORS OF THIS WORLD, OR WITH THE COVETOUS, OR EXTORTIONERS, OR WITH IDOLATERS; FOR THEN MUST YE NEEDS GO OUT OF THE WORLD.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT NOW I HAVE WRITTEN UNTO YOU NOT TO KEEP COMPANY, IF ANY MAN THAT IS CALLED A BROTHER BE A FORNICATOR, OR COVETOUS, OR AN IDOLATER, OR A RAILER, OR A DRUNKARD, OR AN EXTORTIONER, WITH SUCH AN ONE NO NOT TO EAT.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WHAT HAVE I TO DO TO JUDGE THEM ALSO THAT ARE WITHOUT? DO NOT YE JUDGE THEM THAT ARE WITHIN?... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THEM, THAT ARE WITHOUT GOD JUDGETH. THEREFORE PUT AWAY FROM AMONG YOURSELVES THAT WICKED PERSON. Paul had some time before written the Corinthians a letter which is lost, probably having been destroyed immediately for some reason. In that epistle he had used a term which had been understood fals... [ Continue Reading ]