ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 11 v13

GOD’S JUST JUDGMENT. ORIGEN: Here then we see the just judgment of God’s providence, that diversity of conduct is taken into account and that each is treated according to the deserts of his departure and defection from goodness. ON FIRST PRINCIPLES 1.7.

APPEAL TO TRADITION AND NATURE. AMBROSIASTER: This was the church’s tradition, but since the Corinthians were ignoring it, Paul made his appeal to nature. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

JUDGE FOR YOURSELVES. CHRYSOSTOM: Paul has a habit of referring to ordinary everyday things in order to shame his hearers. After all, if even barbarians know these things, what is wrong with them? Can they not see the obvious? HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 26.5.

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