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Theodoret of Cyrus

Nicene & Post-Nicene · AD 325–500

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On 1 Corinthians

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  1. 1 Corinthians 1:1
    Paul is saying in effect: “You Corinthians have been called by men, but I have been called by God.” I think that Sosthenes was a Corinthian. He is mentioned in Acts [18:17], where Luke says that in the time of Gallio the Greeks arrested him and beat him.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 165

  2. 1 Corinthians 1:2
    Everything Paul mentions here is meant to be a remedy for the disease of schism. They are meant to heal division and display the church’s unity.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 165

  3. 1 Corinthians 1:3
    Paul says that Christ is their benefactor as well as the Father, demonstrating that the two are one.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 166

  4. 1 Corinthians 1:4
    Paul takes care to sweeten their ears before starting to admonish them. What he says is true, however: He gives thanks to God because of the gifts which have been given to them.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 166

  5. 1 Corinthians 1:8
    By saying that he hopes that they will be guiltless in the day of Christ Jesus, Paul is indicating that right now they are guilty.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 167

  6. 1 Corinthians 1:10
    Paul was right to add the name of Christ here, because that is what the Corinthians were really rejecting.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 167

  7. 1 Corinthians 1:11
    Perhaps there was a family at Corinth called Chloe, but Paul does not give any details so as not to reveal their identity and start more quarreling.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 168

  8. 1 Corinthians 1:12
    In reality the Corinthians called themselves after other teachers, but Paul uses his own name and that of Apollos and Peter in order to make his point. By adding the name of Christ to the rest, he showed them how ridiculous the whole conflict was.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 168

  9. 1 Corinthians 1:17
    Anyone can baptize if he is a priest, but preaching is a gift given to few, and it must not be confused with mere eloquence, which is purely superficial.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 169

  10. 1 Corinthians 1:19
    Paul speaks about the wisdom of this world and not merely the eloquence, for God has given it also. It was God who divided the languages and gave each one its own character. It was he who gave the Greek language its splendor. But those who abuse these gifts have prepared food for deception and have preached false tales. What Paul objects to is not their eloquence as such but the false teaching which lies behind it.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 170-71

  11. 1 Corinthians 1:21
    Paul enumerates two or even three different kinds of wisdom here. First there is what the world calls folly, wisdom greater than the others. Then there is the wisdom given to human beings by which we reason and act, by which we develop and invent things and by which we can know God. Finally, there is a third kind of wisdom, which is found in the contemplation of the creation. The wisdom which is folly to the world is given to us by the Savior, so that people who know God by natural wisdom and who are led to him by contemplating the created order may attain the salvation which neither of these kinds of wisdom can provide and be delivered from error.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 171

  12. 1 Corinthians 1:26
    Paul did not say that there was nobody like this in the church, only that there were not many.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 173

  13. 1 Corinthians 1:29
    If Paul had chosen only the most eloquent and gifted people as preachers they would have gloried in their own abilities and been damned for it, whether they preached the truth or not.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 173

  14. 1 Corinthians 2:7
    Paul does not mean that he is now communicating in secrets and riddles but that the message he preaches was once hidden.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 175

  15. 1 Corinthians 2:8
    God forgave Pilate, Herod, Annas, Caiaphas and the rest for their ignorance at the time of the crucifixion, but after Christ had risen and ascended into heaven, and the Holy Spirit had come, and the apostles had performed many miracles, he handed them over for punishment, because they persisted in their unbelief.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 176

  16. 1 Corinthians 2:10
    Whoever has received the revelation of the Spirit has also received the Spirit’s understanding.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 177

  17. 1 Corinthians 2:12
    Paul shows by saying this that the Holy Spirit is not a creature but has his own divine nature.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 178

  18. 1 Corinthians 2:13
    This does not mean that Paul did not have any human wisdom but that he preached in the wisdom of the Spirit.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 178

  19. 1 Corinthians 2:14
    The unspiritual man is one who is happy enough with his own ideas and who neither accepts nor understands the teaching of the Spirit.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 178

  20. 1 Corinthians 2:15
    The person who has received the Spirit’s gift is equipped to teach others. Otherwise what he says is of no value at all.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 179

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