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Nov r 1815 Paul’s Epistles to Corinthians
Nov r 1815

Paul’s Epistles to Corinthians

I. Cor. Ch. 1

1

Verses 31. 1 to 9. Compliments and laud— Addresses ‘enriched by (God) in every thing — in all utterance and all knowledge’.

Schisms Paul’s Rivals

2

10 to 13. Yet they are all divided — between Paul, Apollos, Cephas (Peter) and Christ. III. 1 to 11 Envying, and striving. 3.

3.

14 to 17. Merit taken for not having baptized, except the few specified.

Folly is wisdom.

4

17 to 28. All Christians are fools: but their folly is better than wisdom) III. 18. 19. 20. IV. 10)

5

Among these proselytes (the addressees) few ‘were mighty or noble’. 26.

Glorying

6

‘No flesh should glory in God’s presence.’ (When is God not present?) 29. ‘He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord’ 31.

Nonsense

7

v. 30 unintelligible.

Boasting

Ch. II.

Verses 16. 1 to 13. Paul’s is the wisdom not of men but Gods. Self magnification superlative preceded by much sham modesty.

2

To the natural man, the things of the spirit of God are folly.

3

A spiritual man judgeth all things: but must not be judged. 15. 16. (viz. he and they)

I. Cor. Ch. III

Verses 23. 1 to 11 Addressees are full of division, envying and strife and carnality.

2 Nonsense

13 14 15 Nonsense about manifestation of man’s every man’s work, and rewarding for its abiding, and loss by burning, and saving by fire:

3

If any man defile them, God will destroy him: for they are the temple of God. 16. 17.

4 Nonsense

Nonsense about all things being theirs: they Christ’s and Christ God’s. 21. 22. 23.

Ch. IV.

1 Judges of Judges

Verses 21. 1 to 5. That he &c. are stewards of the mysteries of God, yet, as he does not judge himself, nobody should judge him.

2 Paul’s rivals

6. 7. Unintelligible about himself and Apollos.

3 Paul jealous

8 ‘Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.’ Self contradictory nonsense or jealousy? Serious or ironical?

Cor. Ch. IV.

4 Paul craving

Contrast between his bad circumstances, and their good ones —exaggerated — this not to shame them but to warn them. In the plural he speaks quere whether he means? 9 to 14.

5 Paul jealous

Instructors they have ten thousand:he their only father. ‘Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me’. 15. 16. Jealousy

6

Therefore Sends Timothy to make them remember him. 17.

7

Power exercising

He will soon visit them and see whether it is to be with a rod or to love.

Nonsense about ‘ puffing up’ and speech and power, and kingdom of God which is not in word but in power. 19. 20. 21.

Guttling allowed

Sexuality condemned

Ch. VI. continued.

6

The belly is for meats but the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord. 13. A man and a harlot are one body: do and the Lord one spirit .. 16. 17.

7

No fornication, because their bodies are members of Christ and temples of the Holy Ghost 15. 19.

I. Cor. Ch. V.

1 Verses 13. Principal matter, exhortation to excommunicate a man who fornicated with his father’s wife.

2 Sins

Incidentally lists of sins. v. 10. 1. Fornication. 2. covetousness 3. extortion. 4 idolatry. added v. 11. 5 railing 6. Drunkenness. VI. 9. 10. 7. effeminacy: 8 self—abuse with mankind. VI. 11. 9. Theft. None of these shall inherit the kingdom of God. 10. He will not judge any &c. Let the believers judge believers, unbelievers God will judge.

12, 13.

Ch. VI Litigation forbidden

1

Verses 20. No litigation before the unjust (1.) unbelievers (6).

2

1 to 7. Litigation before the official judicature forbidden.

3

They will judge the world and Angels. 2. 3.

4

For judges, take those among you who are least esteemed in the Church. 4.

5

Some of those were &c. as per No 2 Ch. V. but they are sanctified and justified by Jesus and the Spirit of God. 10. 11

6

12 To him (Paul) all things are lawful but all things are not expedient.
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