Theodore of Mopsuestia

In his own words on 1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 1:24

  The power and wisdom of God is not the divinity of Christ as such but the preaching of the cross.

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• 1 Corinthians 1:28

  Paul uses the expression "things that are not" differently here from the way he uses it in his epistle to the Romans. Here it means simply that which is vile and contemptible, as opposed to "things that are," which are beautiful, powerful and respected.

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• 1 Corinthians 1:29

  Boasting, even if it is of good works, harms the soul of the boaster. Anyone who boasts of worldly achievements is highly worldly himself.

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• 1 Corinthians 2:7

  By wisdom Paul means the cross and the whole dispensation of salvation.

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• 1 Corinthians 3:9

  Paul calls us God's fellow workers, not his servants or slaves.

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• 1 Corinthians 3:16

  The one who believes in Christ receives the Holy Spirit, who dwells in him by the washing of rebirth, and thus he is spiritual. But if such people then turn around and serve worldly passions, in that respect they are carnal. Paul says that those who have become spiritual according to their confession of faith may nevertheless still live as though they were carnal so as to become an insult to the Holy Spirit who dwells in them.

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• 1 Corinthians 5:5

  This is not to be taken literally. What Paul means is that the person concerned should be put out of the church and forced to live in the world, which is ruled by Satan. That way he will learn to fear God and escape the greater punishment that is to come.

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• 1 Corinthians 6:1

  Paul did not want them to be judged by outsiders because he did not want the shortcomings of those who had been taught propriety and righteousness to become a scandal to those outside the church.

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• 1 Corinthians 6:15

  You are all members of Christ because you have been united to him by being born again of the Spirit. You have the hope that you will rise again, just as he rose.

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• 1 Corinthians 7:17

  It is wrong to suppose that the circumstances which prevailed when a person was converted stand in the way of his becoming holy.

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• 1 Corinthians 7:18

  It is not possible to replace flesh which has been cut off in this way, although the blessed Epiphanius of Cyprus says that it is. Those who want to know more about the subject can consult what he has to say about it.

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• 1 Corinthians 8:5

  Paul says "so-called" here because he is showing that they do not really exist.

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• 1 Corinthians 9:21

  Paul states, somewhat surprisingly, that he is under the law of Christ, lest anyone think that he is under the law of Moses.

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• 1 Corinthians 9:26

  The "air" here refers to the powers of evil.

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• 1 Corinthians 10:2

  The sea is a figure of baptism with water; the cloud of the grace of baptism in the Spirit.

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• 1 Corinthians 10:3

  Paul calls the food supernatural because it gave those who ate it the power of the Holy Spirit. However, it did not of itself make them spiritual people.

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• 1 Corinthians 13:13

  Paul tells the Corinthians that love is the greatest of all because there was jealousy and strife among them, and the church was in danger of being divided.

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• 1 Corinthians 15:14

  Forgiveness of sins comes through the resurrection.

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• 1 Corinthians 15:39

  In the resurrection a better body is constructed, one which is no longer flesh and blood as such but which is an immortal and indestructible living being.

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• 1 Corinthians 15:56

  By "law" here Paul simply means either what inheres in the flesh or what is added to it. His point is that sin is taken away along with death and that the law ceases to exist once we have become immortal and are governed by the grace of the Spirit.

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