Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 5:1

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1. commonly —rather, "actually" [ALFORD]. Absolutely [BENGEL]. "It is reported," implies, that the Corinthians, though they "wrote" ( 1 Corinthians 7:1 ) to Paul on other points, gave him no information on those things which bore against themselves. These latter matters reached the apostle indirectly ( 1 Corinthians 7:1- : ). so much as named —The oldest manuscripts and authorities omit "named": "Fornication of such a gross kind as (exists) not even among the heathen, so that one (of you) hath (in concubinage) his father's wife," that is, his stepmother, while his father is still alive ( 2 Corinthians 7:12 ; compare 2 Corinthians 7:12- : ). She was perhaps a heathen, for which reason he does not direct his rebuke against her (compare 1 Corinthians 5:12 ; 1 Corinthians 5:13 ). ALFORD thinks "have" means have in marriage: but the connection is called "fornication," and neither Christian nor Gentile law would have sanctioned such a marriage, however Corinth's notorious profligacy might wink at the concubinage. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-2" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

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Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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