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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 6:12
    Now that we are no longer under the law, we have the freedom to make choices, but we need to realize that some choices are right and others wrong.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 19.7

  2. 1 Corinthians 6:18
    Note that Paul did not say that we should hate immorality, but that we should shun it as people who are aware of the perniciousness of evil.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 198

  3. 1 Corinthians 7:1
    The Corinthians were asking Paul whether it was right for lawfully married Christians, once they were baptized, to enjoy sexual relations with each other. Paul answered by praising chastity, condemning fornication and allowing conjugal relations.

    Commentary on the First Epistle to the Corinthians 200

  4. 1 Corinthians 7:3
    Human laws demand that women be chaste and if they are not they are punished for it, but they do not demand the same from men. Since it was men who made the laws, they did not make themselves equal with woman but allowed themselves extra indulgence. The holy apostle, however, inspired by divine grace, was the first one who made the law of chastity apply to men as well.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 201

  5. 1 Corinthians 7:5
    If a woman stays away from her husband, she will make him angry, and vice versa. That is why Paul insists that it must be by mutual consent.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 201

  6. 1 Corinthians 7:7
    Paul comforts those who are married by saying that marriage is a gift of God.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 202

  7. 1 Corinthians 7:10
    Here Paul recalls the words of the Lord [in Matthew 5:32]: “Whoever puts away his wife, except for fornication, makes her an adulteress.”

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 204

  8. 1 Corinthians 7:15
    The believing partner is not to be the cause of the divorce. But if the unbelieving partner wants to separate, the believing partner is innocent and free from any accusation.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 205

  9. 1 Corinthians 7:21
    Paul is saying that no slave should run away, using religion as his excuse.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 207

  10. 1 Corinthians 7:40
    Note that Paul does not say that a woman who contracts a second marriage will be unhappy. Rather he says that she will be happier if she remains single. It is all a matter of degree.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 212

  11. 1 Corinthians 8:2
    Paul shows not only that they have no love but that they have no knowledge either.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 215

  12. 1 Corinthians 8:6
    Note once more the apostle’s wisdom. For having first demonstrated that the words Lord and God are synonymous, he then splits them up, calling the Father one and the Son the other.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 215

  13. 1 Corinthians 8:11
    Paul magnifies the accusation in order to prevent people from committing the crime.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 217

  14. 1 Corinthians 9:3
    Paul says that if anyone wants to examine his works, let him look at the Corinthians, for they are a sufficient witness to his labors.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 219

  15. 1 Corinthians 10:1
    The cloud is the grace of the Holy Spirit, while the sea represents baptism.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 226

  16. 1 Corinthians 10:10
    Some of the Corinthians were grumbling that they had only received the lesser spiritual gifts, when they wanted them all.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 227

  17. 1 Corinthians 10:19
    Paul does not want anyone to think that sacrifices as such have any power or that they can corrupt the one who eats them afterward.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 229

  18. 1 Corinthians 11:8
    Man has the first place because of the order of creation.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 234

  19. 1 Corinthians 11:9
    This is all that is needed to demonstrate the primacy of the man, for the woman was created to serve him, not the other way round.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 234

  20. 1 Corinthians 11:20
    The Lord’s Supper is the sacrament of the Lord. Everyone participates equally in it, whether they are poor or rich, slaves or lords, rulers or ruled. Common tables must at all costs be truly common so as to imitate the table of the Lord, which is open to all equally.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 236-37

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