ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 5 v10

IMMORAL BELIEVERS HARM THE CHURCH MORE THAN DO UNBELIEVERS. ORIGEN: Immoral unbelievers cannot harm the church, but immoral believers corrupt it from within, which is why they must be avoided and expelled. COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 2.26.23-26.

DO NOT MIX. AMBROSIASTER: Paul means that it would be better to die than to mix with fellow believers who sin like the fornicator in question, because death would put an end to it sooner rather than later. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

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