ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 1 v8

SUSTAINED FOREVER. ORIGEN: Who sustains us? Christ Jesus, the Word and Wisdom of God. Moreover, he sustains us not merely for a day or two, but forever. COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1.2.52-54.16

GUILTLESS IN THE DAY OF OUR LORD. AMBROSIASTER: Paul is confident that the Corinthians will persevere in righteousness until the day of judgment. People who could not be shaken in spite of so many turmoils and disagreements proved that they would remain faithful to the end. In praising them, Paul is also challenging those who had been corrupted by the errors of the false apostles, for in proclaiming the faith of the former, he is calling the latter to repentance. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.17

HIDDEN REPROOF. CHRYSOSTOM: This is not praise but backhanded reproof, since the Corinthians were far from “guiltless,” as the rest of the epistle makes clear. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 2.7.18

IF NOW GUILTY, THEN GUILTLESS. THEODORET OF CYR: By saying that he hopes that they will be guiltless in the day of Christ Jesus, Paul is indicating that right now they are guilty. COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 167.19

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