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Grace Changes Your 'Were' to 'Was'
Commentators emphasize that Paul's reminder of the Corinthians' sinful past ("such were some of you") was not to shame them, but to foster humility and magnify the power of God's grace. It highlights that no one is beyond saving and that a believer's former identity is decisively in the past.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 6:11
18th Century
Theologian
And such. Such drunkards, lascivious, and covetous persons. This shows:
- The exceeding grace of God, that could recover even s…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 6:11
And such were some of you (κα ταυτα τινες ητε). A sharp homethrust. Literally, "And these things (ταυτα, neuter plural) were ye (s…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 6:11
19th Century
Bishop
Such were some of you.—The Greek for “such” is in the neuter, and implies “of such a description were some of you.”
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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Corinthians 6:5–11
19th Century
Preacher
I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brothers? But brot…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 6:11
Some of the Corinthians at one time participated in such sins. In describing their conversion, the apostle lists three transactions that occurred a…
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 6:11
16th Century
Theologian
And such were you. Some add a term of specificity: Such were some of you, as the Greek word τινὲς is added. However, I a…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 6:11
17th Century
Pastor
And such were some of you
Not all, but some of them; and of these everyone was not guilty of all these crimes; but some had be…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 6:9–11
17th Century
Minister
The Corinthians are warned against many great evils, of which they had previously been guilty. There is much force in these inquiries when we consi…