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Origen of Alexandria

Ante-Nicene · to AD 325

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On 1 Corinthians

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  1. 1 Corinthians 1:2
    Why did Paul write “to those called to be saints” as well as to those who are already “sanctified” and in the church? Surely this means that the letter is addressed not only to those who are already cleansed from their sins but also to those who still await cleansing, though they are among those whom God has called.

    COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1.1.7

  2. 1 Corinthians 1:4
    Paul does not just give thanks for the Corinthians some of the time, nor only when they do good. He puts himself in the position of a father, who is thankful for his children all the time, whatever they may have done.

    COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1.2.1-15

  3. 1 Corinthians 1:5
    Knowledge shows what there is to know. Speech goes further and explains it.

    COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1.2.29-30

  4. 1 Corinthians 1:6
    The testimony of Christ is confirmed in us if we can say, like the apostle Paul, “I am persuaded that neither life nor death etc. can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord” [Rom 8:38-39]. But if we are upset by every little thing that happens, then Christ’s testimony has not been confirmed in us at all.

    COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1.2.35-40

  5. 1 Corinthians 1:7
    In this life the righteous person does not yet enjoy what he hopes for but rather endures suffering and danger. He is waiting for the revelation of Christ to come.

    COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1.2.48-51

  6. 1 Corinthians 1:8
    Who sustains us? Christ Jesus, the Word and Wisdom of God. Moreover, he sustains us not merely for a day or two, but forever.

    COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1.2.52-54

  7. 1 Corinthians 1:9
    Believe in Christ always, because you were called for no other purpose than to be one with us in him.

    COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1.3

  8. 1 Corinthians 1:10
    The visible church is a mixed body, consisting of both righteous and unrighteous people. This is why Paul praises some of its members and criticizes others. The person who agrees with the right doctrine and the church’s teaching concerning the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, as well as with the dispensation concerning us, with resurrection and judgment, and who follows the rules of the church is not in schism.

    COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1.4

  9. 1 Corinthians 1:18
    Who was capable of destroying the plague of ignorance, darkness and destruction? Not a prophet, nor an apostle, nor any other righteous man. Rather there had to be a divine power coming down from heaven, capable of dying on behalf of us all, so that by his death there might be a defense against the devil.

    COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1.6.8-12

  10. 1 Corinthians 1:20
    The wisdom of this world and the wisdom of God are not the same thing. God’s wisdom is the true one, without any additives to corrupt it. The world’s wisdom is foolish, even though the simplicity of God’s wisdom makes those who have it appear foolish in the eyes of the world. Believers have received this divine wisdom and thus in this world appear to be fools.

    COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1.7.1-7

  11. 1 Corinthians 1:23
    What has empowered us is belief in Christ crucified. To the extent that we are lacking something in our faith, then we are missing out on what the power of God has to offer us.

    COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1.8.1-4

  12. 1 Corinthians 2:4
    If our Scriptures had persuaded people to believe because they had been written with rhetorical art or philosophical skill, there is no doubt that our faith would be said to depend on the art of words and on human wisdom rather than on the power of God.

    ON FIRST PRINCIPLES 4.1.7

  13. 1 Corinthians 2:6
    When Paul talks about the wisdom of the rulers of this world he seems to be talking not about one wisdom common to them all but about different kinds of wisdom which are peculiar to each.

    ON FIRST PRINCIPLES 3.3.1

  14. 1 Corinthians 2:9
    From this we may gain an idea of how great the splendor, the beauty and the brightness of a spiritual body is.

    ON FIRST PRINCIPLES 3.6.4

  15. 1 Corinthians 2:10
    Only the Spirit can search everything. The human soul cannot do this, which is why it needs to be strengthened by the Spirit if it is ever going to penetrate the depths of God.

    COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1.10.6-10

  16. 1 Corinthians 2:15
    The spiritual man is able to judge everything, whether it is Greek or barbarian, wise or foolish. He cannot be judged by anyone because of the depth of his understanding and his responses.

    COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1.11.44-45

  17. 1 Corinthians 3:2
    In spiritual matters, “solid food” means the teaching about the Father and the Son. In the Old Testament, solid food appears under the guise of typology, as, for example, when we read about the serpent which Moses lifted up in the wilderness. This serpent was a picture, or type, of Christ, which explains why it was that the people were saved when they looked at it.

    COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1.12.17-23

  18. 1 Corinthians 3:10
    This warning applies to you and me as well. If I do not build properly on the foundation already laid for me, then the fire will consume my work on the day of judgment.

    COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1.15.18-20

  19. 1 Corinthians 3:11
    The other apostles laid this foundation among the Jews, while Paul and Barnabas laid it among the Gentiles.

    COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1.15.41-42

  20. 1 Corinthians 3:12
    If we think what is right and good, then we are building on a foundation of gold. If we repeat every holy word that has been spoken without corrupting it, then we are building on a foundation of silver. If all our works are good, then we are building on precious stones. But if I sin after laying the foundation, then I am building on wood; if I continue, I am building on hay, and finally, if I still go on, I am building on straw.

    COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1.15.46-55

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