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Pride's Blinding Effect
Commentators explain the Corinthians were not proud of the incest itself, but were 'puffed up' with party rivalries and a general spiritual arrogance. This pride blinded them to the severity of the sin in their midst, preventing them from taking necessary action. It serves as a warning that internal divisions and self-satisfaction can make a church tolerate what it should condemn.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 5:2
18th Century
Theologian
And ye are puffed up.
You are filled with pride, and with a vain conceit of your own wisdom and purity, despite the existence of th…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 5:2
And ye are puffed up (κα υμεις πεφυσιωμενο εστε). Emphatic position of υμεις (you). It may be understood as a question. Perfect pa…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 5:2
19th Century
Bishop
And you are puffed up.—Better, And are you puffed up? etc. We have instances of similar sentences beginning with…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 5:2
Paul again alludes to the pride of the Corinthians. This time it was a pride that, rather than causing them to mourn over the shocking sin, allowed…
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 5:2
16th Century
Theologian
And you are puffed up. “Are you not ashamed,” he says, “to glory in what affords so much occasion for humiliation?” He had observ…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 5:2
17th Century
Pastor
And you are puffed up
Either with the gifts, learning, and eloquence of their preachers, and particularly of this ma…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 5:1–8
17th Century
Minister
The apostle notices a flagrant abuse, ignored by the Corinthians. Party spirit and a false notion of Christian liberty seem to have saved the offen…