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

Footnotes

  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.
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