Pelagius

Nicene & Post-Nicene · AD 325–500

465 passages across 8 books of the Bible · Who was this?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 1:1
    By calling Sosthenes his brother, Paul is both demonstrating his own humility and pointing out that Sosthenes is a fellow worker in the gospel.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 1

  2. 1 Corinthians 1:2
    Paul is writing to those who have preserved their sanctity, not to those who have lost it. The former he honors with his letter; the latter he admonishes with his authority.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 1

  3. 1 Corinthians 1:5
    When the Corinthians came to faith in Christ they were blessed with all grace. But now that they were no longer living according to their faith, they had made void the grace which they had received.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 1

  4. 1 Corinthians 1:7
    Christ’s second coming is described as a revelation, because now it is hidden from us.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 1

  5. 1 Corinthians 1:17
    Paul did not usurp the functions of the lower offices when he was able to exercise the higher ones. It would be as if nowadays a bishop or even a priest were to do the work of a deacon.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 1

  6. 1 Corinthians 1:22
    The Jews want signs, because that is what the prophets gave them, but even then they do not believe. The Greeks, on the other hand, want clever academic arguments.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 1

  7. 1 Corinthians 1:24
    Note that Paul does not say that the divinity of Christ is God’s power and wisdom, but rather the pattern of the cross.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 1

  8. 1 Corinthians 2:5
    Human wisdom is temporal. The power of God is eternal.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 2

  9. 1 Corinthians 2:8
    Pilate, Caiaphas and the rest were condemned by their ignorance, because they should have known the truth. There are two kinds of heretics who misinterpret this passage. The first are the Apollinarians, and the second are the Arians. The Apollinarians are wrong because they do not accept that Christ’s human nature was perfect. The Arians err because they claim that the Word of God can suffer. Arius did not believe that it was the Lord of glory who took on a human nature, and therefore he thought that the Word, being only human, could suffer.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 2

  10. 1 Corinthians 2:16
    We have the mind of Christ because we have the Holy Spirit.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 2

  11. 1 Corinthians 3:5
    If Paul and Apollos counted for nothing, what can we say about those who glory in the flesh?

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 3

  12. 1 Corinthians 3:8
    Paul points out that he and Apollos are merely hired hands on someone else’s farm. They have nothing apart from the payment they get for their labor.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 3

  13. 1 Corinthians 3:12
    The house does not build itself; somebody has to put the walls up. This is the role of teachers in the church. The gold, silver, etc., represent six different types of hearers. Gold stands for good respondents, silver for better ones (because silver is stronger than gold) and precious stones for the best of all. Similarly, wood stands for bad people, hay for those who are worse and straw for the worst of all.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 3

  14. 1 Corinthians 3:13
    Gold, silver and precious stones will survive the fire of judgment, but wood, hay and straw will be burned up.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 3

  15. 1 Corinthians 3:20
    The thoughts of the wise contribute nothing to a person’s salvation.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 3

  16. 1 Corinthians 4:17
    Paul’s behavior was completely consistent with his teaching.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 4

  17. 1 Corinthians 6:1
    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

  18. 1 Corinthians 6:6
    There is a double sin here. First, they were taking each other to court, and secondly, they were going to court before unbelievers.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 6

  19. 1 Corinthians 6:11
    The Corinthians were not to bother about the sins they committed before baptism. All that should concern them now was that they should not sin again in the future.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 6

  20. 1 Corinthians 6:18
    Fornication multiplies sins because two people are involved, and both perish together.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 6

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