1 Corinthians 5:1 (WEB)
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father’s wife.
Catechism · 1
“In the name of the Lord Jesus ... you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh...."” — Catechism footnote: 1 Cor 5:1, 4-5.
Fathers and councils · 9
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VI.80Book VI
“The Persians, moreover, who marry their own mothers, and have intercourse with their own daughters, are, in the opinion of Celsus, an inspired race; nay, even the Indians are so, some of whom, in the preceding, he mentioned as eaters of human flesh.” — editor's note: [On the manners of heathen nations, note this. See 1 Cor. v. 1.]
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Ambrose of Milan
“What the Apostle means by the rod is shown by his invective against fornication, his denunciation of incest, his reprehension of pride, because they were puffed up who ought rather to be mourning, and lastly, his sentence on the guilty…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 1 ff.
Read the whole comment“The house of Corinth stank, when it was written concerning it: “It is reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 1.
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Jerome
“And ye are puffed up and have not rather mourned that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment“…for him; and again, when Paul heard that there was fornication among the Corinthians and such fornication as was not so much as named among the gentiles, he besought them to repent with these tearful words: “lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you and that I shall bewail many which have sinned…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 1.
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Tertullian
“Whence the apostle withal judges, and that in a case of fornication, that “such a man must be surrendered to Satan for the destruction of the flesh;” chiding them likewise because “brethren” were not “judged at the bar of the…” — editor's note: Or rather incest, as appears by 1 Cor. v. 1.
Read the whole comment“I quite admit, that, according to the Creator’s law, the man was an offender “who had his father’s wife.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. v. 1.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- OrigenCatena Aurea on Matthew
“So the man who had married his father’s wife afterwards repented him of this sin, [1 Cor 5:1] but again the Devil resolved so to augment this very sorrow of repentance, that his sorrow being made too abundant might swallow up the sorrower.” — the author cites it
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Gregory the Great
“And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you (1 Cor. v. 1, 2).” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 22
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.9.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.9.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.9.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 27:1–5 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 27:1–5 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 27:1–5 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.80.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.80.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.9.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.9.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.