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Verse 1 Corinthians 5:9. _I WROTE UNTO YOU IN AN EPISTLE_] The wisest
and best skilled in Biblical criticism agree that the apostle does not
refer to any other epistle than _this_; and that he speaks...
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I WROTE UNTO YOU - I have written ἔγραψα egrapsa. This word
may either refer to this Epistle, or to some former epistle. It simply
denotes that he had written to them, but whether in the former part...
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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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SIN AND COMPLACENCY (1 Corinthians 5:1-8)...
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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...
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AN. the, i.e. the present one.
COMPANY. Literally mix together. Greek. _sunanamignumi._ Elsewhere, 1
Corinthians 5:11 and 2 Thessalonians 3:14....
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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...
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ἜΓΡΑΨΑ. This is probably not the epistolary aorist, but refers
to a lost epistle. See next note. From the particular case, and the
reflections it suggested, we now come to general rules of conduct on...
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APPLICATION OF THE SAME PRINCIPLE TO OFFENDERS GENERALLY....
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_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...
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I WROTE, &C.— _I have written unto you in an_ [_this_] _Epistle._
Instead of _fornicators,_ in this and the following verses, some very
properly render the original word πορνοι, by _lewd persons,_ as...
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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...
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I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
I WROTE UNTO YOU IN AN LETTER - Greek, 'in THE letter:' a former one
not now extant. That Paul does not refer to the present letter i...
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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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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,...
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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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IN AN EPISTLE] This clearly refers to a previous letter no longer
extant and prior to any of our Epistles to the Corinthians. See Intro....
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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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I WROTE UNTO YOU IN AN EPISTLE. — These words have given rise to
some controversy as to whether the Apostle here refers to some former
Epistle addressed to the Corinthian Church, and which has not bee...
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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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§ 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...
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“I wrote to you in the (my) letter” the last the Cor [851] had
received from P., which is recalled by the matter just discussed. The
Ff [852], except Ambrosiaster (? Hilary of Rome, prob. Isaac, a
con...
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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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Disciplining Sinners in the Church
Christ's apostle to the Gentiles had warned them in some previous
epistle not to "keep company with sexually immoral people." Those
included in such a description co...
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(9) I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
(9) Now he speaks more generally: and that which he spoke before of
the incestuous person he shows that it pertains to others, who a...
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I wrote to you in an epistle. If he does not mean what he has said
already in this epistle, it must have been in some other, which he had
written to them before, (as some conjecture) and which is not...
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“I wrote unto you in my epistle not to company with fornicators; 10.
not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the
covetous and extortioners or with idolaters; for then must ye needs...
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(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...
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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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9._I wrote to you in an epistle. _The epistle of which he speaks is
not at this day extant. Nor is there any doubt that many others are
lost. It is enough, however, that those have been preserved to u...
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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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I WROTE UNTO YOU IN AN EPISTLE,..... Not in this same epistle, and in
1 Corinthians 5:2 as some think; for what is here observed is not
written in either of those verses, but in some other epistle he...
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I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
Ver. 9. _Not to company with fornicators_] Dion Chrysostom saith,
that Corinth was the most luxurious and lascivious city in the world,...
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_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...
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IN AN EPISTLE; generally supposed to refer to an epistle not handed
down to us. As the apostle delivered many inspired discourses which it
did not please the Holy Ghost to have recorded, so he may hav...
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I WROTE UNTO YOU IN AN EPISTLE NOT TO COMPANY WITH FORNICATORS;...
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Explaining a misunderstood term:...
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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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1 CORINTHIANS 5:9. WROTE UNTO YOU IN MY EPISTLE TO HAVE NO COMPANY
WITH FORNICATORS;
'I wrote unto you in my epistle' -'Paul mentions. letter to the
Corinthians we don't have. We don't have it becaus...
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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...
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It should seem that Paul had wrote so in some former epistle which he
had directed to this church, which is lost; for we must think that
Paul wrote more epistles to the several churches than those lef...
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I wrote unto you in my epistle [see introduction] _to have no company
with fornicators_;...
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Tertullian On Modesty
But now I write to you, if any is named a brother among you, (being) a
fornicator, or an idolater" (for what so intimately joined?), "or a
defrauder" (for what so near akin?), a...
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1 Corinthians 5:9 wrote G1125 (G5656) you G5213 in G1722 epistle G1992
not G3361 company G4874 (G5733) peop
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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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‘I wrote to you in my letter to have no company with fornicators.'
Corinth was famous for its licentiousness and this had permeated the
Christian church, helped on by false teaching. Paul had written...
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1 Corinthians 5:9. I WROTE UNTO YOU IN MY EPISTLE NOT TO COMPANY WITH
FORNICATORS. This statement raises a question which has occasioned not
a little discussion What Epistle is here referred to? ‘The...
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I WROTE UNTO YOU IN MY EPISTLE
(εγραψα υμιν εν τη επιστολη). Not the epistolary
aorist, but a reference to an epistle to the Corinthians earlier than
this one (our First Corinthians), one not prese...
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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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IN THE LETTER. He had written a short letter, which we do not have.
NOT TO ASSOCIATE WITH IMMORAL PEOPLE. The Corinthians thought he meant
the people of the world only, and they did associate with the...
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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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_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...
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_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...
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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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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 5:9 MY LETTER. An otherwise
unknown letter to the Corinthians, written prior to 1 Corinthians 1:1....
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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 Corinthians 5:2; 1 Corinthians 5:7; 2 Corinthians 6:14; 2
Corinthians 6:17;...
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I write - in my epistle. American Rev., as it is I wrote. The
reference is probably to a former letter now lost. Some explain egraya
I wrote as the epistolary aorist (see on 1 John 2:13); but the word...
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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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I wrote to you in a former epistle — And, doubtless, both St. Paul
and the other apostles wrote many things which are not extant now. Not
to converse — Familiarly; not to contract any intimacy or
acqu...
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If Paul wrote an inspired epistle, how could God allow it to be lost?
PROBLEM: Paul refers to a previous epistle he “wrote” to the
Corinthians which is not in existence. But since it was written by a...
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Here our apostle tells them, that he had written to them in this, or
some other epistle, before he was fully acquainted with their affairs,
not to company with fornicators; that is, to shun all intima...