1 Corinthians 5:5

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:2-5

Right feeling towards erring brethren. There have been a great variety of forms in which men have attempted to associate religion and immorality. Multiplied explanations and excuses have been given, if so be the indulgence of the immoral may be maintained; but it remains as searchingly true as ever it was, that into the kingdom of our Lord and Saviour—here or yonder—nothing entereth that "defileth, or worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: and that every Christian man should know how to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:5

To deliver such a one unto Satan. Scripture nowhere defines the character and limits of such a sentence as this. By cutting off an offender from Church communion ( 2 Thessalonians 3:14 , 2 Thessalonians 3:15 ), that is, from all the visible means of grace, he was for the time separated from spiritual influences, and was, therefore, so far handed over to Satan. The phrase is also applied to Hymenaeus and Alexander, in 1 Timothy 1:20 . It is very doubtful whether it was necessarily meant... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:5

The very sufferings of Christian sinners may be overruled unto sanctifying. On the precise meanings and references of the terms and figures used in this verse, the exegetical portion of the Commentary should be consulted. Some suppose that a temporal judgment, sickness, or loss, followed on the excommunication of this offender (as in the cases of Ananias, Elymas, etc.), and that such suffering became disciplinary, and resulted in the man's full moral recovery. "As a man soweth, thus shall... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:5

To deliver - This is the sentence which is to be executed. You are to deliver him to Satan, etc.Unto Satan - Beza, and the Latin fathers, suppose that this is only an expression of excommunication. They say, that in the Scriptures there are but two kingdoms recognized - the kingdom of God, or the church, and the kingdom of the world, which is regarded as under the control of Satan; and that to exclude a man from one is to subject him to the dominion of the other. There is some foundation for... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 5:3-5

1 Corinthians 5:3-5. I verily, as absent Or though absent; in body, but present in spirit Having a full (it seems a miraculous) view of the whole fact; have judged already Passed sentence upon him by my apostolical authority, since you have neglected doing it; as though I were present As deliberately, justly, and authoritatively; that hath so done Hath acted in such a scandalous manner. In the name of our Lord Jesus By his authority and command; when ye are gathered together In... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:1-13

5:1-6:20 MORAL FAULTS IN THE CHURCHAdulterous living (5:1-13)Paul now turns to the second difficulty that had been reported. In this case the sin was one that would hardly be found even among the pagan Greeks. A man was living in adultery with his father’s wife, probably a minor wife or the wife of a remarriage. Yet the Christians did nothing about the shameful situation. They thought they were so advanced in their Christian experience that there was no need to restrict the freedom of the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 5:5

To deliver . i.e. That ye should deliver. Greek. paradidomi. See John 19:30 . This clause depends on "judged" in 1 Corinthians 5:3 . unto = to. Satan . Compare 1 Timothy 1:20 . Satan is regarded as inflicting bodily suffering. See Luke 13:16 . 2 Corinthians 12:7 . for . App-104 . the . Omit. destruction . Greek. olethros. Elsewhere, 1 Thessalonians 5:3 . 2 Thessalonians 1:9 . 1 Timothy 6:9 . spirit . App-101 . day . The day of resurrection, when the spirit which returns to God at... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:5

To deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.Deliver ... to Satan ... This was the apostolic sentence; but the full meaning of it is not fully clear, there being a great many things that people simply do not know concerning what is here revealed.Some things are crystal clear. Paul denounced this sin in the strongest language found in the New Testament; and such a judgment could have been pronounced and executed only... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:4-5

1 Corinthians 5:4-5. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ— That ye, being gathered together in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 1Co 5:5 do deliver such a one to Satan, &c. Some think, that as Satan is considered as the head of all who are not under Christ, as their head, (that is, in the church of Christ) every one who was cut off from the church must of course be delivered over to Satan; but it seems much more reasonable to believe,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:5

5. Besides excommunication (of which the Corinthians themselves had the power), Paul delegates here to the Corinthian Church his own special power as an apostle, of inflicting corporeal disease or death in punishment for sin ("to deliver to Satan such an one," that is, so heinous a sinner). For instances of this power, see Acts 5:1-11; Acts 13:11; 1 Timothy 1:20. As Satan receives power at times to try the godly, as Job (1 Timothy 1:20- :) and Paul (2 Corinthians 12:7; compare also as to Peter,... read more

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