Tuesday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time

PELAGIUS:

This proves that there were no Christian judges at that time, because Paul refers to them all as “unrighteous.”¹

ORIGEN:

We have rulers of the church to whom we should take our disputes, so that we will not be summoned before the law courts of unbelievers. ²

THEODORET OF CYR:

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.³

IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH:

Do not be deceived, my brothers. Corrupters of houses will not inherit the kingdom of God.⁴

AMBROSIASTER:

Paul indicates that they are not sinning unknowingly, and so it is that much harder to excuse them.⁵

1. COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 6.  Bray, G. L. (Ed.). (1999). 1–2 Corinthians (p. 50). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
2. COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 2.27.27–28.  Bray, G. L. (Ed.). (1999). 1–2 Corinthians (p. 52). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
3. COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 195.  Bray, G. L. (Ed.). (1999). 1–2 Corinthians (p. 52). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
4. EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS 16.  Bray, G. L. (Ed.). (1999). 1–2 Corinthians (p. 53). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
5. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.  Bray, G. L. (Ed.). (1999). 1–2 Corinthians (p. 53). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.