Severian of Gabala

Nicene & Post-Nicene · AD 325–500

135 passages across 12 books of the Bible · Who was this?

Commentary

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  1. 1 Corinthians 1:20
    The wise man is the Greek, the scribe is the Jew.

    Pauline Commentary from the Greek Church

  2. 1 Corinthians 2:9
    One should not think that God has indiscriminately revealed the mystery to some and allowed the rest to perish in ignorance. Rather one should know and be persuaded that by the foreknowledge of his power God prepared the right thing for each person according to his deserts, for he foresees what each one will choose even before it happens.

    PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

  3. 1 Corinthians 2:11
    God and the Holy Spirit are two persons, whereas a man and the spirit in him are not two persons but one man. What Paul means is that just as in the man there is a cohesion in knowing, so the knowledge of the Father and the Spirit is one. What the Spirit searches is therefore already known to him.

    PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

  4. 1 Corinthians 3:2
    By “milk” Paul means moral teaching and miracles. Solid food, by contrast, is the proclamation of the doctrines of God.

    PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

  5. 1 Corinthians 4:18
    It is clear from this that what was being said was that Paul and his companions were weak, while the Corinthians were strong.

    PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

  6. 1 Corinthians 4:19
    Paul promises to come, so that the Corinthians can prepare themselves for correction. On the one hand he was forced by his irritation to say “I shall come,” but on the other hand he added “if the Lord wills,” because of his sense of dependence on God.

    PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

  7. 1 Corinthians 4:21
    By “rod” Paul meant the compelling power of the Spirit, which he had used against Elymas and which God had used against him..

    PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

  8. 1 Corinthians 5:5
    When Paul says that this man must be delivered to Satan, he does not mean that he should be handed over to the power of the evil one. Rather, all the evils of this life, for example, diseases, sorrows, sufferings, and other circumstances, were attributed to Satan, and it is in this sense that Paul uses the term here. What he means is that this man should be exposed to the hardships of life.

    PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

  9. 1 Corinthians 6:2
    The twelve apostles will judge the twelve tribes of Israel, if they have not believed and for that reason rejected Christ. The other saints, that is to say, the Gentiles, will judge those who have not abandoned idols and believed in the true God.

    PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

  10. 1 Corinthians 6:3
    Paul is not talking here about real angels but about the priests and teachers of the people who will be judged by the saints because of their false teaching about Christ.

    PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

  11. 1 Corinthians 6:4
    The lowest person in the church is preferable in judgment to an unbeliever.

    PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

  12. 1 Corinthians 6:19
    The fornicator is also guilty of impiety, for by doing harm to his body he has corrupted the temple of the Holy Spirit.

    PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

  13. 1 Corinthians 7:1
    This is Paul’s reply to those who had written to him about this subject. He forbade fornication because it was against the law, but he allowed marriage as being holy and an antidote to fornication. However, he praised chastity as more perfect still.

    PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

  14. 1 Corinthians 7:10
    Paul did not intend this to apply to those who abandon their spouses for the service of Christ.

    PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

  15. 1 Corinthians 7:13
    Paul did not mean that a woman should marry an unbeliever, only that she should stay with him if she is already married.

    PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

  16. 1 Corinthians 7:14
    When the children are clean and holy, uncorrupted by unbelief, the faith of the parent has won.

    PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

  17. 1 Corinthians 7:19
    Circumcision means nothing by itself, but it was a command of God. On the other hand, uncircumcised is the way God made us, so there is no reward for that either.

    PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

  18. 1 Corinthians 7:20
    Paul says this because it makes no difference to God either way.

    Pauline Commentary from the Greek Church

  19. 1 Corinthians 7:25
    It is clear that Paul says this not because he has no command to teach about virginity but because God has not told him that these people should practice chastity themselves. That is why he writes to them giving his opinion and recommending chastity, without imposing it on them.

    PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

  20. 1 Corinthians 7:29
    If married people are supposed to live as if they were single, how is it possible not to prefer virginity?

    PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

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