Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
1 Corinthians 5:9
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
SIN AND COMPLACENCY (1 Corinthians 5:1-8)...
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...
AN. the, i.e. the present one. COMPANY. Literally mix together. Greek. _sunanamignumi._ Elsewhere, 1 Corinthians 5:11 and 2 Thessalonians 3:14....
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...
APPLICATION OF THE SAME PRINCIPLE TO OFFENDERS GENERALLY....
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...
_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...
ΈΓΡΑΨΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125) писать. Это не эпистолярный _aor._, но ссылка на другое письмо (RP). ΈΝ ΤΉ ΈΠΙΣΤΟΛΉ (G1992) в письме. Артикль означает, что это письмо Павла было широко извес...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
§ 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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
“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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
_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...
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...
Explaining a misunderstood term:...
I WROTE UNTO YOU IN AN EPISTLE NOT TO COMPANY WITH FORNICATORS;...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I wrote unto you in my epistle [see introduction] _to have no company with fornicators_;...
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...
1 Corinthians 5:9 wrote G1125 (G5656) you G5213 in G1722 epistle G1992 not G3361 company G4874 (G5733) peop
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
_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...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 5:9 MY LETTER. An otherwise unknown letter to the Corinthians, written prior to 1 Corinthians 1:1....
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 ...
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...
_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
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
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...
1 Corinthians 5:2; 1 Corinthians 5:7; 2 Corinthians 6:14; 2 Corinthians 6:17;...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...