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CHAPTER V.
_Account of the incestuous person, or of him who had married his_
_father's wife_, 1.
_The apostle reproves the Corinthians for their carelessness in_
_this matter, and orders them to e...
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IT IS REPORTED - Greek It is heard. There is a rumor. That rumor had
been brought to Paul, probably by the members of the family of Chloe,
1 Corinthians 1:11.
COMMONLY - Ὅλως Holōs. Everywhere. It...
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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...
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1 CORINTHIANS 5. THE CASE OF INCEST. Paul now passes from the parties
to a case of immorality exceptionally hideous and, so far as his
knowledge goes, unprecedented even among the heathen. It is every...
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It is actually reported that there is unchastity among you, and
unchastity so monstrous that it does not even exist among the heathen,
unchastity the consequence of which is that a certain man has for...
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SIN AND COMPLACENCY (1 Corinthians 5:1-8)...
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REPORTED. heard. Compare Matthew 2:3; Matthew 4:12.Galatians 1:1;
Galatians 1:23.
COMMONLY. altogether. Greek. _holos._ Elsewhere,
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1 Corinthians 5:1-8. The case of the incestuous person
1. _It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you_ This
explains the mention of the -rod" in the last verse.
_and such fornication...
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1. [ὀνομάζεται] after ἜΘΝΕΣΙΝ. All the best uncials
omit this. So Vetus Lat. and Vulg. Also Origen. But it is found in the
Peshito.
1. ὍΛΩΣ. There is a difficulty in the translation of this word.
It u...
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THE CASE OF THE INCESTUOUS PERSON....
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_ THE NEED FOR CHURCH DISCIPLINE 1 CORINTHIANS 5:1-2:_ There was a
terrible sin that was destroying the church at Corinth. Paul said, "It
is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and...
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IT IS REPORTED COMMONLY— Whoever reads attentively 2 Corinthians
1:20.—ii. 11 will easily perceive that the last verse of the
preceding chapter is an introduction to the just act of discipline
which S...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_The Matter of Moral Discipline_ (1-8)
_Text_
1 Corinthians 5:1-8. It is actually reported that there is fornication
among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gen...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 1
Atrocious Sin (1 Corinthians 5:1-2)
5 It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and of a
kind that is not found even among pagans; for a man is living...
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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.
As a puffed-up spirit caused...
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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...
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5:1 reported (d-4) This does not quite give the sense. It was the
reputation they had by common report....
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_(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...
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PARAPHRASE. 'A rumour has reached me that unchastity exists among you,
and that one of your number has taken his stepmother as his wife, an
act which the very heathen abhor. (2) How can you maintain y...
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IT IS REPORTED COMMONLY] RV 'It is actually reported.' HIS FATHER'S
WIFE] The father may have been dead or separated from his wife: the
stepson had then married her. The Corinthian Church was evidentl...
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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...
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IT IS REPORTED COMMONLY. — Better, _There is absolutely said to be
fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the
Gentiles._ All the best MSS. omit the word “named.” The force of...
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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...
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Ὅλως ἀκούεται κ. τ. λ.: “There is actually
fornication heard of amongst you!” No wonder that the father of the
Church is compelled to show the “rod” (1 Corinthians 4:21). Not
ἀκούω, as in 1 Corinthian...
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§ 15. THE CASE OF INCEST. About the party-strifes at Cor [801] P. has
been informed by the members of a particular family (1 Corinthians
1:11); the monstrous case of incest, to which he turns abruptly...
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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...
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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...
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Tolerating Sin in the Church
Fornication was a part of the worship of Aphrodite. A thousand
priestesses of the goddess served as prostitutes who were available
for the free use of temple visitors. Yet...
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It is (1) 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.
(1) They are greatly to...
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As the like is not among the heathens. This seems to have been the
crime of incest, that he took the wife of his father yet living. See 2
Corinthians vii. 12. (Witham) --- St. John Chrysostom, Theod....
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“In general, it is reported that there is fornication among you, and
such fornication as is not found even among the Gentiles, that one
hath his father's wife.”
The first word, ὅλως, has been variousl...
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CONTENTS
The Apostle here enters upon the Subject of Reproof. He very sweetly
introduceth the Example of Christ, and speaks of Him as the Passover.
The Chapter concludes with Exhortations....
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(1) 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. (2) And ye are puffed up, a...
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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...
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1._It is generally reported that there is among you. _Those
contentions having originated, as has been observed, in presumption
and excessive confidence, he most appropriately proceeds to make
mention...
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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...
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IT IS REPORTED COMMONLY THAT THERE IS FORNICATION AMONG YOU,.... The
apostle having reproved the Corinthians for their schisms and
divisions about their ministers, proceeds to charge them with
immoral...
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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.
Ver. 1. _As is not so much a...
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_It is_, &c. As if he had said, I have spoken of coming to you with a
rod of correction, and it is too probable I maybe laid under a
necessity of using it, though it be an unwilling necessity: for _it...
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NOT SO MUCH AS NAMED; except with abhorrence, as a rare crime. Members
of the church who, in opposition to their profession and to all the
light which they enjoy, live in sin, are sometimes suffered t...
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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....
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THE NECESSITY OF CHURCH DISCIPLINE.
A case of incest:...
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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...
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IT IS ACTUALLY REPORTED THAT THERE IS FORNICATION AMONG YOU, AND SUCH
FORNICATION AS IS NOT EVEN AMONG THE GENTILES, THAT ONE OF YOU HATH
HIS FATHER'S WIFE.
'actually' -lit., wholly, altogether, gene...
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1-8 The apostle notices a flagrant abuse, winked at by the
Corinthians. Party spirit, and a false notion of Christian liberty,
seem to have saved the offender from censure. Grievous indeed is it
that...
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1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 5 1 CORINTHIANS 5:1,2 Paul reproveth a
scandalous incest committed and protected from censure in the church
at Corinth, 1 CORINTHIANS 5:3 and by his authority in Christ
excommuni...
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It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such
fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that one of you hath
his father's wife. [i. e., his step-mother. She was probably a...
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Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
the man was an offender" who had his father's wife."[290]
Tertullian On Modesty
Thus He has not prohibited judging, but taught (how to do it). Whence
the apostle w...
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1 Corinthians 5:1 actually G3654 reported G191 (G5743) immorality
G4202 among G1722 you G5213 and G2532 such G51
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THE CORINTHIANS MUST DEAL WITH THE IMMORALITY IN THEIR MIDST (5:1-13).
The Great Sin Among Them (5:1-2)
‘It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and
such fornication as is not e...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 5:1. IT IS ACTUALLY REPORTED THAT THERE IS FORNICATION
AMONG YOU. The word is used here in its widest sense for all
violations of the seventh commandment.
AND SUCH FORNICATION AS IS NOT...
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ACTUALLY
(ολως). Literally, wholly, altogether, like Latin _omnino_ and
Greek παντως (1 Corinthians 9:22). So papyri have it for
"really" and also for "generally" or "everywhere" as is possible here...
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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...
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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...
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THAT THERE IS SEXUAL IMMORALITY. Immorality [fornication] was the
_normal_ way of life among the Gentiles. The temple of Venus at
Corinth had 1,000 prostitutes who served as "priestesses" in worship
w...
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_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...
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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 ...
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_It is reported commonly among you._ It is no vague rumour, but a
well-ascertained fact.
1. The Gentiles who were not barbarians, but living civilised and
honest lives, by natural instinct rejected al...
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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...
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_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
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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
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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...
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1 Chronicles 5:1; 1 Corinthians 1:11; 1 Corinthians 5:11; 1
Corinthians 6:13;...
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Commonly [ο λ ω ς]. Better, absolutely or actually, as Rev.
Should have. Opinions are divided as to whether the relation was that
of marriage or concubinage. The former is urged on the ground that
ece...
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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...
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Fornication — The original word implies criminal conversation of any
kind whatever. His father's wife — While his father was alive....
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Observe here, 1. The persons, or the people blamed. The famous church
of Corinth has fornication, nay, incest, charged upon her. Heinous
sins may creep into the best and purest churches, yet doth not....