ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 6 v8

DEFRAUDING BROTHERS. AMBROSIASTER: Paul is rebuking the people whose wrongful behavior has started the quarrels. Not only are they liable to be charged for the fraud which they have committed; they also share in the fault of those who, compelled by their injurious or fraudulent actions, call upon unbelievers to pass judgment. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

MULTIPLYING GUILT. CHRYSOSTOM: Here there may be as many as four crimes involved. The first is not knowing how to bear being wronged. The second is to do wrong. The third is to reserve settlement of the matter to the unrighteous. And the fourth is that this kind of thing is being done to a fellow believer. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 16.7.

WHAT MAKES CHRISTIANS DIFFERENT 1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-11

OVERVIEW: Paul was not teaching the Corinthians something they did not already know (AMBROSIASTER). Rather he was readying them for the righteousness that pervades the kingdom of God (IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH, AMBROSIASTER). Sex belongs within marriage (ORIGEN). Adultery corrupts whole families (IGNATIUS). These sins are committed voluntarily, and hence they are harder to excuse (AMBROSIASTER). Paul is not here giving a short list of particular sins but calling all to repentance (CHRYSOSTOM). One who is found unworthy to reign with Christ will perish with the devil (CAESARIUS OF ARLES). In faithful baptism the believer is washed clean from all sins, made righteous in the name of the Lord, and through the Spirit adopted as God’s child (AMBROSIASTER). After baptism one must avoid continuing sin (PELAGIUS). After baptism there is not a loss of concupiscence but a new reception of grace that does not obey its desires (AUGUSTINE), out of which come countless blessings (CHRYSOSTOM).

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