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. See also 1 Corinthians 6:7. With a negative it has the sense of "not at all" as in 1 Corinthians... [ Continue Reading ]
AND YE ARE PUFFED UP (κα υμεις πεφυσιωμενο εστε). Emphatic position of υμεις (you). It may be understood as a question. Perfect passive periphrastic indicative of the same verb φυσιοω used already of the partisans in Corinth (1 Corinthians 4:6; 1 Corinthians 4:19; 1 Corinthians 4:20). Those of th... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR I VERILY (εγω μεν γαρ). Emphatic statement of Paul's own attitude of indignation, εγω in contrast with υμεις. He justifies his demand for the expulsion of the man.BEING ABSENT (απων) Although absent (concessive participle) and so of παρων though present. Each with locative case (τω σωματι,... [ Continue Reading ]
TO DELIVER SUCH AN ONE UNTO SATAN (παραδουνα τον τοιουτον τω Σατανα). We have the same idiom in 1 Timothy 1:20 used of Hymenius and Alexander. In 2 Corinthians 12:7 Paul speaks of his own physical suffering as a messenger (αγγελος) of Satan. Paul certainly means expulsion from the church (verse 1... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT GOOD (ου καλον). Not beautiful, not seemly, in view of this plague spot, this cancer on the church. They needed a surgical operation at once instead of boasting and pride (puffed up). Καυχημα is the thing gloried in.A LITTLE LEAVEN LEAVENETH THE WHOLE LUMP (μικρα ζυμη ολον το φυραμα ζυμο). T... [ Continue Reading ]
PURGE OUT (εκκαθαρατε). First aorist (effective) active imperative of εκκαθαιρω, old verb to cleanse out (εκ), to clean completely. Aorist tense of urgency, do it now and do it effectively before the whole church is contaminated. This turn to the metaphor is from the command to purge out the old... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE LET US KEEP THE FEAST (ωστε εορταζωμεν). Present active subjunctive (volitive). Let us keep on keeping the feast, a perpetual feast (Lightfoot), and keep the leaven out. It is quite possible that Paul was writing about the time of the Jewish passover, since it was before pentecost (1 Co... [ Continue Reading ]
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 preserved to us. What a "find" it would be if a bundle of papyri in Egypt should give it back to us?TO HA... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT ALTOGETHER (ου παντως). Not absolutely, not in all circumstances. Paul thus puts a limitation on his prohibition and confines it to members of the church. He has no jurisdiction over the outsiders (this world, του κοσμου τουτου).THE COVETOUS (τοις πλεονεκταις). Old word for the over-reacher... [ Continue Reading ]
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 did write unto you.IF ANY MAN THAT IS NAMED A BROTHER BE (εαν τις αδελφος ονομαζομενος η). Condition... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WHAT HAVE I TO DO? (τ γαρ μοι;). "For what is it to me (dative) to judge those without (τους εξο)?" They are outside the church and not within Paul's jurisdiction. God passes judgment on them.... [ Continue Reading ]
PUT AWAY THE WICKED MAN (εξαρατε τον πονηρον). By this quotation from Deuteronomy 17:7 Paul clinches the case for the expulsion of the offender (1 Corinthians 5:2). Note εξ twice and effective aorist tense.... [ Continue Reading ]