ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 6 v7

BRING THE CASE TO THE CHURCH. AMBROSIASTER: A Christian ought not to engage in litigation at all, but if the matter is too serious to be disregarded he should bring the case to the church, so as not to incur an immediate penalty and personal downfall. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

PREVENTING EVIL CONSEQUENCES. BASIL: In this manner we shall save our adversary also, even against his will, from evil consequences, and we ourselves will not violate the commandment of God, being as his ministers neither contentious nor avaricious, steadily intent upon the manifestation of truth and never overstepping the appointed limits of zeal. THE LONG RULES 9.

HANDLING CONFLICT WITH RESTRAINT. CHRYSOSTOM: The just man handles everything with restraint, demonstrating the remarkable degree of his own good sense and teaching not only those present at the time but also everyone in the future never to settle our differences with our relatives by feuding. HOMILY 33.8.

WHAT WERE THEY DOING? THEODORET OF CYR: By saying all this Paul is showing that the Corinthians were doing the exact opposite. COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 196.

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