ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 5 v1

SOME FORMS OF IMMORALITY ARE MORE DEMEANING. ORIGEN: We learn from this that there are different kinds of immorality, some of which are more serious than others. When God judges it, he will take extenuating factors into account and vary the punishment accordingly. In this case, Paul is teaching us that even when there has been a legal marriage ceremony, if it goes against the law of God, it is immoral and will be condemned accordingly. COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 2.23.15-20.

THOSE WHO LOOK THE OTHER WAY ARE NOT INNOCENT. AMBROSIASTER: This person was clearly deserving of death for his crime, but those who supported him were not innocent either. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

TOO INTOLERABLE TO DISCUSS PUBLICLY. CHRYSOSTOM: The extreme foulness of the deed causes Paul to shrink. He hurries over it with a sense of embarrassment, aggravating the charge by implying that even to speak about it was intolerable. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 15.2.

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