ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 6 v1

GOING TO LAW. AMBROSIASTER: The Corinthians were wrong in two ways. First, they were unfaithful, and second, they were expounding God’s laws with a show of respect but in reality attributing their authority to idols. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

SUBMITTING TO UNBELIEVERS. CHRYSOSTOM: Paul says that Christians should not submit their disputes to outside arbitration. For how can it be anything other than absurd for a man who disagrees with his friend to choose their mutual enemy as their reconciler? How can you avoid feeling shame when a pagan sits in judgment on a Christian? And if it is not right to go to law before pagans about private matters, how can we submit other things of greater importance to them for a decision? Note too how Paul speaks. He calls the pagans not “unbelievers” but “unrighteous,” and the Christians he calls “saints,” using the appropriate description in order to deter them from getting involved with the secular courts. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 16.4.

NO CHRISTIAN JUDGES AT THE TIME. PELAGIUS: This proves that there were no Christian judges at that time, because Paul refers to them all as “unrighteous.” COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 6.

AVOID SCANDAL. THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: Paul did not want them to be judged by outsiders because he did not want the shortcomings of those who had been taught propriety and righteousness to become a scandal to those outside the church. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

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