PAUL WILL ACCEPT NO JUDGMENT BUT CHRIST'S. THE FORTUNATE LOT OF THE
CORINTHIANS CONTRASTED WITH THE MISERABLE CONDITION OF THE APOSTLES.
This section is concerned with the attitude of the Corinthians to
Paul. Some were critical, there may have been a suggestion to put him
on his trial before the chu... [ Continue Reading ]
FATHERLY ADMONITION, ENTREATY, AND WARNING. The tone of mingled
severity, irony, and pathos disappears; yet the affection is combined
with sternness, and he warns them not to presume on his mildness. He
has no desire to shame them, but only to give them his paternal
admonition. For he is their only... [ Continue Reading ]