ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 5 v5

THE CONTAMINATION INFECTED OTHERS. AMBROSIASTER: If this man were not thrown out, the spirit of the church would not be saved on the day of judgment, because the source of the contamination was infecting them all. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

DELIVER THE SINNER TO SATAN. JEROME: Paul has delivered over to Satan those who had already blasphemed of their own free will. AGAINST RUFINUS 7.

THE RECONCILING INTENT. THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: This is not to be taken literally. What Paul means is that the person concerned should be put out of the church and forced to live in the world, which is ruled by Satan. That way he will learn to fear God and escape the greater punishment that is to come. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

EXPOSURE TO LIFE’S HARDSHIPS. SEVERIAN OF GABALA: When Paul says that this man must be delivered to Satan, he does not mean that he should be handed over to the power of the evil one. Rather, all the evils of this life, for example, diseases, sorrows, sufferings, and other circumstances, were attributed to Satan, and it is in this sense that Paul uses the term here. What he means is that this man should be exposed to the hardships of life. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

SEPARATION FROM THE BODY OF CHRIST. THEODORET OF CYR: We are taught by this that the devil invades those who are separated from the body of the church because he finds them deprived of grace. COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 193.

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