Pelagius — Commentary on Scripture

1 Corinthians 15:15

Our preaching would not just be pointless, it would be downright false, if this were the case.

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1 Corinthians 15:16

In other words, if you accept that Christ rose from the dead, believe that we shall rise again also.

COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 15

1 Corinthians 15:17

If Christ lied about his resurrection, then he lied about his claim to forgive our sins also.

COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 15

1 Corinthians 15:18

Paul has the martyrs in mind above all. They would have lost their lives in vain if there was no other life to look forward to.

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1 Corinthians 15:20

If the head has risen, then the rest of the body will follow in due course.

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1 Corinthians 15:35

Everything wrong with our bodies in this life will be healed in the resurrection.

COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 15

1 Corinthians 15:40

If God could make the sun, moon and stars, what problem will he have in making new bodies for us?

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1 Corinthians 16:16

Paul says this, because the people he is referring to dwell among the Corinthians, who can profit greatly from their presence.

COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 16

1 Thessalonians 1:5

The reception of the gospel by the Thessalonians “in power” may mean that Paul’s preaching was accompanied by miraculous signs, but it may also mean that it strengthened the Thessalonians for much endurance in suffering.

PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST LETTER TO THE THESSALONIANS

1 Thessalonians 2:11

Just as a nurse cherishes small children, now also as a father Paul instructs the Thessalonians to increase their abilities and effectiveness as Christians.

PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST LETTER TO THE THESSALONIANS

1 Thessalonians 2:19

Good teachers are accustomed to locate every hope and joy and crown in the progress of their students.

PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST LETTER TO THE THESSALONIANS

1 Timothy 1:1

Timothy is a son in faith, not in flesh.

PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY

1 Timothy 2:15

When Paul speaks of the salvation that comes through childbearing, he refers to the baptism and rebirth to which their children are led by the believing mother.

PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY

1 Timothy 3:3

This could range widely in meaning from not delivering blows to the point of death to not striking the consciences of the weak with a bad example.

PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY

1 Timothy 3:9

The mystery of faith is the passion of Christ, out of which comes the redeeming process by which our salvation is won. “The clear conscience” refers to the fact that the person who knows this mystery purely is not confounded by the spectacle of Christ’s humiliation, or, it means that this mystery should be preached straightforwardly, piety not requiring anything beyond the statement itself.

PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY

1 Timothy 5:9

What is being said here applies in particular to the women who are being considered for ordination as deaconesses.

PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY

2 Corinthians 1:1

People ask why it is that Paul puts his own name first, when the normal custom in letters is to put the name of the addressee at the beginning. The reason for this is that he is an apostle who is writing to those who are accountable to him. This is why he adopts the custom of secular judges, who do the same thing when they write to those over whom they exercise authority. Note too that he did not say “Paul and Timothy,” because they were not both apostles. But in writing to the Philippians Paul did say that, because it was not so necessary for him to stress his authority in that case..

COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 1

2 Corinthians 1:8

Paul recounts his own sufferings so that the Corinthians will realize that what they are going through is nothing by comparison. The disciple who grieves over his own hurt will be comforted when he sees that his master is suffering far more.

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2 Corinthians 1:9

Death itself teaches us that all human help is inadequate and that our only hope is to rely on him who can raise us from the dead.

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2 Corinthians 2:8

Through your love the offender will know that he has received forgiveness.

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