What I meant. This points directly at the man in 1 Corinthians 5:1, and the false teacher. This man called himself a brother. To associate with him is to show approval of his sins. Business transactions are not a sign of friendliness, but eating together is! [This implies the false teacher was saying it was all right for a Christian to be immoral, greedy, and worship idols. See notes on 1 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Corinthians 10:14-17.]
Verse 1 Corinthians 5:11. _BUT NOW I HAVE WRITTEN_] I not only write this, but I add more: if any one _who is called a brother_, i.e. professes the Christian religion, be a _fornicator, covetous, ido...
“But now.” In this Epistle. This shows that he had written a former letter. I HAVE WRITTEN TO YOU. - Above. I have designed to give this injunction that you are to be entirely separated from one who...
3. CORINTHIAN FAILURES. CHAPTER S 5-6. CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Tolerated Case of Gross Immorality. (1 Corinthians 5:1)._ 2. The Call to Separation. (1 Corinthians 5:6). The spiritual declension, the car...
In my letter I wrote to you not to associate with fornicators. You cannot altogether avoid associating with the fornicators of this world, or with those who are greedy and grasping for this world's go...
SIN AND COMPLACENCY (1 Corinthians 5:1-8)...
KEEP COMPANY. Same as "company with" (1 Corinthians 5:9). IF. App-118. ANY MAN. Greek. _tis_, as in 1 Corinthians 5:1. CALLED. named, i.e. bears the name of. RAILER. Greek. _loidoros._ Only here an...
_I have written_ Literally, I WROTE, i.e. in the former Epistle. _called a brother_ i.e. as being so in name only. _an extortioner_ Latin _rapax_, a kindred word to that used in the original. Distin...
Application of the same principle to offenders generally 9. _I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators_ From the particular case, and the reflections it suggested, we now come to...
ἮΙ for the rec. ἤ has the sanction of the best editors. 11. ἜΓΡΑΨΑ. Literally, I WROTE, i. e. in the former Epistle. ὈΝΟΜΑΖΌΜΕΝΟΣ, i.e. as being so in name only. ἍΡΠΑΞ. Latin _rapax_, a kindred wor...
APPLICATION OF THE SAME PRINCIPLE TO OFFENDERS GENERALLY....
_THE EXTENT OF CHURCH DISCIPLINE 1 CORINTHIANS 5:9-13:_ The church had authority to practice discipline only among its members. Paul is not talking about the church dealing with fornicators of the wor...
ΈΓΡΑΨΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125) писать. Эпистолярный _aor._ относится к предыдущему письму, ΟΝΟΜΑΖΌΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. pass. part. от_ ΟΝΟΜΆΖΩ (G3687) называть, носить имя. Его поведение показывае...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Affiliations Sorted (1 Corinthians 5:9-13) 9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with immoral men; 10not at all meaning the immoral of this world, or the greedy...
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...
8 The sharp contrast between the carnal Corinthians and the faithful apostle loses none of its force if we compare him with the church of today. We need not go outside of Protestantism to find churche...
BUT NOW I HAVE WRITTEN] RM 'As it is, I wrote.' The meaning is, 'What I wrote was,' etc. The Corinthians probably asked St. Paul in their letter in reply to his first one, what they were to do when th...
PARAPHRASE. 'This is just what I wrote to you in my former letter—that you were to have no connexion with men of impure life. (10) I did not mean that you were to have nothing to do with the heathen,...
_(B) 5:1-13. THE CASE OF IMMORALITY_ The Apostle had written (1 Corinthians 4:21) of coming to exercise authority. Here was a case in which it was needed. A man had created a scandal by marrying his s...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 5 THE PROBLEM OF A SERIOUS *SEXUAL *SIN 5:1-5 V1 News has come to me that there is *sexual *sin among you. A man has been having sex with...
BUT NOW I HAVE WRITTEN UNTO YOU.. _._ — i.e., “But what I meant was” that you were not to associate with a Christian guilty of these things. It may seem strange that the word “idolater” should be incl...
CHAPTER 8 EXCOMMUNICATION; OR, PURGING OUT THE OLD LEAVEN FROM the subject of the factions in the Corinthian Church, which has so long detained Paul, he now passes to the second division of his Epist...
§ 16. A PREVIOUS LETTER MISREAD. The Cor [850] Church were taking no action against the offender of § 15; in this neglect they disregarded the Apostle's instructions conveyed by some recent letter. Th...
νῦν δὲ ἔγραψα, “But now I have written” in contrast to the Εγραψα … ἐν τῇ ἐπιστ. of 1 Corinthians 5:9 : “If any one doubted the purport of the former letter, it shall be impossible to mistake my meani...
REMOVING GERMS OF EVIL 1 Corinthians 5:1 The sin referred to in this chapter has been condoned by the Corinthian church, and this proved that the prevalent standard of morals was low. A man had marri...
The apostle now passed to derelictions. The first was lack of discipline. A case of immorality had brought no sense of shame to the church, and no action had been taken. The woman was called to immedi...
Christians Must Judge Those Within the Church It was specifically those Christians in sin that Paul warned the brethren not to keep company with. McGarvey says, "Have no interchange of hospitality whi...
“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,...
(9) I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: (10) Yet not altogether the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye ne...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
11._If he who is called a brother _In the Greek there is a participle (300) without a verb. (301) Those that view this as referring to what follows, bring out here a forced meaning, and at variance wi...
He begins to treat the details of conduct and of discipline; and, first of all, the carnal defilement carried on in their midst to the last degree of hardness of conscience. Those who sought their own...
BUT NOW HAVE I WRITTEN UNTO YOU,.... Which shows, that what he had written before was at another time, and in another epistle; but not that what he was now writing was different from the former, only...
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 n...
_I wrote to you in a_ former _epistle_ Doubtless both Paul and the other apostles wrote many things which are not extant now; _not to company_ Μη συναναμιγνυσθαι, _not to be intermixed_, not to associ...
Explaining a misunderstood term:...
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 N...
The emphasis on human wisdom in Corinth was sadly accompanied by a case of revolting moral corruption. Philosophy is far removed from spiritual power, very commonly. Paul speaks here of a case well kn...
BUT AS IT IS,. WROTE UNTO YOU NOT TO KEEP COMPANY, IF ANY MAN THAT IS NAMED. BROTHER BE. FORNICATOR, OR COVETOUS, OR AN IDOLATER, OR. REVILER, OR. DRUNKARD, OR AN EXTORTIONER; WITH SUCH. ONE NO, NOT T...
9-13 Christians are to avoid familiar converse with all who disgrace the Christian name. Such are only fit companions for their brethren in sin, and to such company they should be left, whenever it is...
Of late there have been some disputes what eating is here intended, whether at the Lord's table, or at our common tables. Intimacy of communion is that which undoubtedly is here signified by eating; a...
but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater [Colossians 3:5],_ or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; w...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians a destroyer of the vineyard of Christ. Have no fellowship[17] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV And we have the precept: "If any man that is called a broth...
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‘But now I write to you not to keep company if any man who is named a brother is a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner, with such a one not to eat.'...
IMPORTANT SCANDALS THAT HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH (5:1-6:20). Having dealt with the central spiritual concern which has been to do with their divisiveness over secondary matters, over ‘the wisdom of words...
1 Corinthians 5:11. BUT NOW I WRITE ONTO YOU I did it before in a general way, but “now” I do it more fully, NOT TO KEEP COMPANY, IF ANY MAN THAT IS NAMED A BROTHER one in full standing as a member....
BUT NOW I WRITE UNTO YOU (νυν δε εγραψα υμιν). This is the epistolary aorist referring to this same epistle and not to a previous one as in verse 1 Corinthians 5:9. As it is (when you read it) I di...
CONTENTS: Immorality rebuked and discipline enjoined. CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul, Satan. CONCLUSION: The heinous sins of professed Christians are quickly noted and noised abroad to the injury of Chris...
1 Corinthians 5:1. _There is fornication among you._ Πορνεια designates every species of illicit intercourse between the sexes. Our Saxon word _forliggian_ properly expresses fornication, but here adu...
_I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators._ AVOID THE COMPANY OF SINNERS I. Is this practicable? 1. Not absolutely: we must have intercourse with the world. 2. Yet practicall...
_Your glorying is not good._ THE TRUE CHURCH A FEAST These verses lead us to look upon the true Church-- I. In its internal enjoyments. The association of Christly men is a “feast,” because it cont...
_It is reported that there is fornication among you._ GROSS SCANDALS 1. May arise within the Church. 2. Occasion grievous reproach. 3. Should be instantly investigated and removed. (_J. Lyth, D. D...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 5:11 NOT TO ASSOCIATE. See 2 Thessalonians 3:6,...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 5:1 A Report of Sexual Immorality and Lawsuits. Paul has heard of several problems in Corinth. There is a bizarre case of sexual misconduct ...
CHAPTER V. SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. The Apostle proceeds from the schism of the Corinthians to deal with the scandal caused by incest among them: he blames them for allowing one living openly in i...
_If any man that is called a brother be a fornicator._ This admits of being rendered, "If any man that is a brother be called a fornicator." Hence S. Augustine (_contra Parmen._ lib. iii. c. 2) says:...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ THE CASE OF SHAMEFUL SIN (Also in 2 Corinthians 2:5; 2 Corinthians 7:8.) 1 Corinthians 5:1. COMMONLY.—“_Actually_” (; widely accepted). AMONG YOU.—Joi
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 5:1 _Excommunication of an incestuous offender._ 1 CORINTHIANS 5:1 IT IS REPORTED. The abruptness with which the subject is introduced shows THE intensity of St. Pa
Let's turn in our Bibles now to I Corinthians, chapter 5. The Corinthian letter of Paul was mainly corrective. The Corinthian church had innumerable problems. Those from the house of Chloe had reporte...
1 Corinthians 10:14; 1 Corinthians 10:18; 1 Corinthians 10:7; 1 Corinthians 10:8;...
ADMONITIONS TO A WORLDLY CHURCH 1 Corinthians 5:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. How quickly bad reports fly. The Apostle wrote, "It is reported commonly." Just so. Evil deeds usually travel on the wings of...
Who is named a brother — That is, a Christian; especially if a member of the same congregation. Rapacious — Guilty of oppression, extortion, or any open injustice. No, not to eat with him — Which is t...