THE SCANDAL OF CHRISTIANS SUING EACH OTHER BEFORE HEATHEN TRIBUNALS.
Paul has prepared for his next rebuke by his reference to the function
of the church to judge its own members. But alas, Christians are to be
found who will go so far as shamelessly to carry their disputes with
each other before a... [ Continue Reading ]
IMPURITY IS NO TRUE EXPRESSION OF CHRISTIAN FREEDOM, BUT INCOMPATIBLE
WITH THE BELIEVER'S UNION WITH CHRIST. The special case of incest and
the warnings against impurity in the last section (1 Corinthians 6:9
f.) have prepared the way for this explicit and reasoned denunciation.
Impurity was defende... [ Continue Reading ]