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Pride Blinds the Church
Commentators unanimously point out that the Corinthians' boasting was dangerously misplaced. They were proud of their spiritual status while tolerating a grievous sin. This pride blinded them to their true spiritual condition, showing that boasting is often a sign that we are overlooking serious faults that require humility and repentance.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 5:6
18th Century
Theologian
Your glorying. Your boasting; or confidence in your present condition as if you were eminent in purity and piety.
Is not good
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 5:6
Not good (ου καλον). Not beautiful, not seemly, in view of this plague spot, this cancer on the church. They needed a surgical ope…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 5:6
19th Century
Bishop
Your glorying is not good.—This possibly refers to some boasting about their spiritual state in the letter that had reach…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 5:6
Paul illustrates Christian holiness and discipline by the OT teaching that no yeast was allowed in the bread eaten at the Passover feast. Yeast in …
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 5:6
16th Century
Theologian
Your glorying is not good. He condemns their glorying, not simply because they exalted themselves beyond what is lawful for humans, but be…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 5:6
17th Century
Pastor
Your glorying is not good
Their glorying in their outward flourishing condition, in their riches and wealth, and in …
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…