_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 is commonly reported that there is fornication_ practised _among you_ The original word, πορνεια, i... [ Continue Reading ]
_I verily, as absent_ Or though absent; _in body, but present in spirit_ Having a full (it seems a miraculous) view of the whole fact; _have judged already_ Passed sentence upon him by my apostolical authority, since you have neglected doing it; _as though I were present_ As deliberately, justly, an... [ Continue Reading ]
_Your glorying_ Of the flourishing state of your church, or of your gifts, at such a time as this; _is not good_ Is very unseasonable, your church being defiled by tolerating such vices, and thereby exposed to God's judgments, and also in danger of infection from such an example. _Know ye not_ Who b... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 associate with fornicators, and such scandalous sinners; not to contract any intimacy or acquaintance with... [ Continue Reading ]
_For_, &c. I speak of Christians only: for _what have I to do to judge them that are without_ Namely, heathen: _do not ye judge them that are within?_ Ye, as well as I, judge those of your own community: _them that are without, God judgeth_ The passing sentence on these God hath reserved to himself,... [ Continue Reading ]