Anf-03 iv.iv.xiv Pg 8
1 Cor. v. 10.
of course he does not so slacken those reins of conversation that, since it is necessary for us both to live and to mingle with sinners, we may be able to sin with them too. Where there is the intercourse of life, which the apostle concedes, there is sinning, which no one permits. To live with heathens is lawful, to die with them269 269 i.e., by sinning (Oehler), for “the wages of sin is death.”
is not. Let us live with all;270 270 There seems to be a play on the word “convivere” (whence “convivium,” etc.), as in Cic. de Sen. xiii.
let us be glad with them, out of community of nature, not of superstition. We are peers in soul, not in discipline; fellow-possessors of the world, not of error. But if we have no right of communion in matters of this kind with strangers, how far more wicked to celebrate them among brethren! Who can maintain or defend this? The Holy Spirit upbraids the Jews with their holy-days. “Your Sabbaths, and new moons, and ceremonies,” says He, “My soul hateth.”271 271
Anf-03 iv.iv.xxiv Pg 3
1 Cor. v. 10.
As if it were not as well worth while to go out, as to stand in the world as an idolater! Nothing can be easier than caution against idolatry, if the fear of it be our leading fear; any “necessity” whatever is too trifling compared to such a peril. The reason why the Holy Spirit did, when the apostles at that time were consulting, relax the bond and yoke for us,343 343
Anf-03 iv.xi.xxxv Pg 6
1 Cor. v. 10.
if it be not allowed us to have conversation with them. He bids us, therefore, show a kindly disposition to such a man. “Love your enemies,” says He, “pray for them that curse you,”1731 1731
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 5
VERSE (10) - 1Co 10:27
