Theodoret of Cyrus

Nicene & Post-Nicene · AD 325–500

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  1. 1 Corinthians 5:11
    Obviously if we are not to eat ordinary food with such people, we are not to admit them to the Lord’s table either.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 194

  2. 1 Corinthians 6:3
    By “angels” here, Paul means demons who once were angels.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 195

  3. 1 Corinthians 6:6
    This in no way contradicts Romans [13], where Paul tells people to respect the magistrates. He is not telling us to resist secular authorities, but rather we should not appeal to them.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 195

  4. 1 Corinthians 6:7
    By saying all this Paul is showing that the Corinthians were doing the exact opposite.

    COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 196

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

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