1 Corinthians 1:8

ὃς καὶ βεβαιώσει ὑμᾶς echoes ἐβεβαιώθη (1 Corinthians 1:6); cf. the thanksgiving of Philippians 1:6. ἕως τέλους (see parls.) points to a consummation, not a mere termination of the present order; cf. Romans 6:21 f. ἀνεγκλήτους, “unimpeached,” synonymous with ἀμέμπτους (unblamed), but judicial in significance, in view of the ἡμέρα τοῦ Κυρίου : “free from charge when the day of the Lord shall come”; cf. Romans 8:33, τίς ἐγκαλέσει; ὅς refers to the foregoing κύριος Ἰ. Χ., not to the distant Θεὸς of 1 Corinthians 1:4; the Saviour “who will make sure” the innocence of the Cor [106] on that day is the Judge who will pronounce upon it (cf. Colossians 1:22; Ephesians 5:27, where Christ is to “present” the Church “unblemished and unimpeached” before Himself): He will then confirm them and vindicate their character, as they have confirmed the testimony about Him (cf. Luke 9:26). P. does not say the Cor [107] are ἀνέγκλητοι now; he hopes that they will prove so then. “The day of our Lord Jesus Christ” (cf. note on 1 Corinthians 3:13) is the O.T. “day of Jehovah” (LXX, τ. Κυρίου), translated into the “day of Christ,” since God has revealed His purpose to “judge through Jesus Christ” (Romans 2:16; Acts 17:31). ἐν τ. ἡμέρᾳ = ἐν τ. παρουσίᾳ τ. κυρ. Ἰ. Χ. (1 Thessalonians 5:23, etc.), with the added connotation of judgment, to which the ἀποκάλυψις of 1 Corinthians 1:7 leads up: for this connexion of thought, see Romans 2:5; 2 Thessalonians 1:7 ff. P. does not say “ His day,” though ὅς recalls ὁ κύρ. Ἰ. Χ.: Christ's name is repeated ten times in the first ten vv. six times, as here, in full style with sustained solemnity of emphasis (cf. the repetition of “God” in 20 29); “P. thus prepares for his exhortations these Cor [108], who were disposed to treat Christianity as a matter of human choice and personal liking, under the sense that in a Christian Church Christ is the one thing and everything” (Hf [109]).

[106] Corinth, Corinthian or Corinthians.

[107] Corinth, Corinthian or Corinthians.

[108] Corinth, Corinthian or Corinthians.

[109] J. C. K. von Hofmann's Die heilige Schrift N.T. untersucht, ii. 2 (2te Auflage, 1874).