1 Corinthians 2:8 — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

This applies to Herod and Pilate. It does not apply in the same way to the high priests and scribes, because they knew that Jesus was the Christ. They were more like the workers in the vineyard who said: "This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the vineyard will be ours.".

1 Corinthians 2:12 — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

I think that by "spirit of the world" Paul means human wisdom and learning.

1 Corinthians 2:16 — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

The "mind of Christ" refers to the Father. Paul is saying that we have the Father of Christ in us.

1 Corinthians 6:14 — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

Paul did not write this because of Christ's resurrection, which had already taken place, but because of ours, so that we might believe and silence our opponents.

1 Corinthians 6:15 — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

Other sins like anger and greed come from the soul, but fornication has its roots in the flesh. Paul makes special mention of it here because it was the problem which he had to deal with at the time. Fornication is not self-evidently the worst sin of all.

1 Corinthians 6:16 — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

A man guilty of fornication and the impurity which comes from it insults his marriage and his wife. He sins against his own body and consequently against his wife, because the two are one flesh.

1 Corinthians 7:22 — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

Paul wants to show that slave and master are equal. We are all freedmen of Christ because he has set us free from the tyranny of Satan, and we are voluntary slaves of Christ because, having set us free, he led us into his own kingdom.

1 Corinthians 7:25 — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

Paul is coming here to a higher wisdom, but he is hesitant to impose it directly because that might show up the inadequacy of his hearers. Therefore he sets it out as an opinion rather than as a command.

1 Corinthians 7:32 — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

To be concerned about the things of the Lord is not anxiety but salvation. Paul has just told them that he wants them to be free of anxiety.

1 Corinthians 7:37 — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

It is clear from this that someone who has been overcome by apparent impropriety, even if married, is not yet firmly established in the work of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 10:24 — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

The question is not merely whether you are eating with a clear conscience. It is whether what you are doing is of benefit to your brother.