Arrogant Deed Didn't Feeling Fellowship Filled Grief Instead Midst Mourn Mourned Mourning Order Ought Pleased Puffed Rather Removed Removing Self-complacency Shame Shouldn't Sorrow Yourselves
5:2 {2} And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
(2) There are none more proud than they that least know themselves.
5:2 And ye are puffed up. In the face of such a scandal, such a disgrace upon the church of which he is a member, ye are still puffed up, instead of being humiliated and covered with a sense of shame. To manifest sorrow was your duty, and to take such steps that the evil doer
might be taken away from among you by means of church discipline. The early church mourned those who fell into licentiousness or other grievous sins as dead (Origen), and if they repented, received then as risen from the dead.
5:2 Are ye puffed up? Should ye not rather have mourned - Have solemnly humbled yourselves, and at that time of solemn mourning have expelled that notorious sinner from your communion?
5:1-8 The apostle notices a flagrant abuse, winked at by the Corinthians. Party spirit, and a false notion of Christian liberty, seem to have saved the offender from censure. Grievous indeed is it that crimes should sometimes be committed by professors of the gospel, of which even heathens would be ashamed. Spiritual pride and false doctrines tend to bring in, and to spread such scandals. How dreadful the effects of sin! The devil reigns where Christ does not. And a man is in his kingdom, and under his power, when not in Christ. The bad example of a man of influence is very mischievous; it spreads far and wide. Corrupt principles and examples, if not corrected, would hurt the whole church. Believers must have new hearts, and lead new lives. Their common conversation and religious deeds must be holy. So far is the sacrifice of Christ our Passover for us, from rendering personal and public holiness unnecessary, that it furnishes powerful reasons and motives for it. Without holiness we can neither live by faith in him, nor join in his ordinances with comfort and profit.
Arrogant Deed Feeling Fellowship Filled Grief Instead Midst Mourn Mourned Mourning Order Ought Pleased Proud Puffed Rather Removed Removing Shame Shouldn't Sorrow You Yourselves
Arrogant Deed Feeling Fellowship Filled Grief Instead Midst Mourn Mourned Mourning Order Ought Pleased Proud Puffed Rather Removed Removing Shame Shouldn't Sorrow You Yourselves
