The Corinthian Scandal
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Introduction
Introduction
Scandal - an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage.
A. (1) By Definition
Scandal - an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage.
Synonyms of Scandal - outrageous wrongdoing, outrageous behavior, immoral behavior, unethical behavior, discreditable behavior, shocking incident/series of events, impropriety, misconduct, wrongdoing
Synonyms of Scandal - outrageous wrongdoing, outrageous behavior, immoral behavior, unethical behavior, discreditable behavior, shocking incident/series of events, impropriety, misconduct, wrongdoing
The Hamilton-Reynolds Affair - The nation’s first major sex scandal began in 1791, when Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton started an affair with a married woman named Maria Reynolds. Unbeknownst to Hamilton, Reynolds’ husband James had full knowledge of the dalliance, and he eventually contacted the founding father and demanded more than $1,000 in hush money, which Hamilton paid. The affair continued for several more months, but in late-1792 James Reynolds finally exposed it to government investigators after being implicated in an unrelated financial scandal. He even claimed that Hamilton had been involved in illegal financial speculation.
The Watergate Scandal - began early in the morning of June 17, 1972, when several burglars were arrested in the office of the Democratic National Committee, located in the Watergate complex of buildings in Washington, D.C. This was no ordinary robbery: The prowlers were connected to President Richard Nixon’s reelection campaign, and they had been caught wiretapping phones and stealing documents. Nixon took aggressive steps to cover up the crime afterwards, and in August 1974, after his role in the conspiracy was revealed, Nixon resigned. The Watergate scandal changed American politics forever, leading many Americans to question their leaders and think more critically about the presidency.
The nation’s first major sex scandal began in 1791, when Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton started an affair with a married woman named Maria Reynolds. Unbeknownst to Hamilton, Reynolds’ husband James had full knowledge of the dalliance, and he eventually contacted the founding father and demanded more than $1,000 in hush money, which Hamilton paid. The affair continued for several more months, but in late-1792 James Reynolds finally exposed it to government investigators after being implicated in an unrelated financial scandal. He even claimed that Hamilton had been involved in illegal financial speculation.
The New International Version Chapter 22
30 A man is not to marry his father’s wife; he must not dishonor his father’s bed.
The New International Version Chapter 27
20 “Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he dishonors his father’s bed.
The New International Version Chapter 27
Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he dishonors his father’s bed.
Eerdmans Bible Dictionary IMMORALITY
IMMORALITY (Gk. porneía).† Sexual activity contrary to biblical principles. The RSV also translates the Greek term as “fornication” (so KJV throughout), “unchastity,” and “impurity.”
Paul is particularly concerned with such behavior, listing it among the works of the flesh (Gal. 5:19). He views it as a deterrent to participation in the kingdom of God (1 Cor. 6:9–10; Gal. 5:19–21) and suggests marriage as a proper preventative to immoral sexuality (1 Cor. 7:2). Specific concerns include incest (5:1) and prostitution (6:12–20; cf. 2 Cor. 12:21).
In the book of Revelation, immortality is used figuratively with regard to pagan practices, including idolatry and sacred prostitution (Rev. 2:14, 20–21).
Eerdmans Bible Dictionary IMMORALITY
IMMORALITY (Gk. porneía).† Sexual activity contrary to biblical principles. The RSV also translates the Greek term as “fornication” (so KJV throughout), “unchastity,” and “impurity.”
Paul is particularly concerned with such behavior, listing it among the works of the flesh (Gal. 5:19). He views it as a deterrent to participation in the kingdom of God (1 Cor. 6:9–10; Gal. 5:19–21) and suggests marriage as a proper preventative to immoral sexuality (1 Cor. 7:2). Specific concerns include incest (5:1) and prostitution (6:12–20; cf. 2 Cor. 12:21).
In the book of Revelation, immortality is used figuratively with regard to pagan practices, including idolatry and sacred prostitution (Rev. 2:14, 20–21).
Immorality (Gk. porneía).† Sexual activity contrary to biblical principles. The RSV also translates the Greek term as “fornication” (so KJV throughout), “unchastity,” and “impurity.”
Paul is particularly concerned with such behavior, listing it among the works of the flesh (). He views it as a deterrent to participation in the kingdom of God (; ) and suggests marriage as a proper preventative to immoral sexuality (). Specific concerns include incest (5:1) and prostitution (6:12–20; cf. ).
In the book of Revelation, immorality is used figuratively with regard to pagan practices, including idolatry and sacred prostitution (, ). († Major revision, RSV Revised Standard Version, KJV King James Version; Myers, Allen C. The Eerdmans Bible dictionary 1987 : 518. Print.)
† Major revision
RSV Revised Standard Version
KJV King James Version
Myers, Allen C. The Eerdmans Bible dictionary 1987 : 518. Print.
I. Admit It (5:1-2a)
I. Admit It (5:1-2a)
Scandal - an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage.
Synonyms of Scandal - outrageous wrongdoing, outrageous behavior, immoral behavior, unethical behavior, discreditable behavior, shocking incident/series of events, impropriety, misconduct, wrongdoing
A. (1) On the Surface
Immorality (Gk. porneía).† Sexual activity contrary to biblical principles. The RSV also translates the Greek term as “fornication” (so KJV throughout), “unchastity,” and “impurity.”
Paul is particularly concerned with such behavior, listing it among the works of the flesh (). He views it as a deterrent to participation in the kingdom of God (; ) and suggests marriage as a proper preventative to immoral sexuality (). Specific concerns include incest (5:1) and prostitution (6:12–20; cf. ).
In the book of Revelation, immorality is used figuratively with regard to pagan practices, including idolatry and sacred prostitution (, ). († Major revision, RSV Revised Standard Version, KJV King James Version; Myers, Allen C. The Eerdmans Bible dictionary 1987 : 518. Print.)
B. (2a) Beneath the Surface (It’s Deeper)
The case of the man having his father’s wife seems to be a dramatic shift from the preceding discussion, but it should not be disconnected from what precedes as something completely unrelated (Meeks 1983: 128). Paul is not moving from one topic to another. The scornful exclamation “And you are puffed up!” (5:2) recalls 4:6, 18, 19 where the verb φυσιοῦν (physioun) occurs (cf. 8:1; 13:4; elsewhere in the NT it appears only in ). The Corinthians appear to take undue pride in identifying themselves as πνευματικοί (pneu-matikoi, spiritual ones; 2:13, 15; 3:1; 14:37). When we remember that the word πνευματικοί derives from πνεῦμα (pneuma), which also means “wind,” the image of them being “puffed up” may be seen as a droll putdown. Paul’s discussion of this case of incest is interwoven with his concern about the spiritual swaggering of the Corinthians (4:18; 5:2).
The root problem is their spiritual arrogance combined with moral laxity.
II. Address It (5:2b-5)
II. Address It (5:2b-5)
The root problem is their spiritual arrogance combined with moral laxity.
(2b) Discipline — Training or punishment, whether it is exercised on people by others or themselves.
NT New Testament
Discipline — Training or punishment, whether it is exercised on people by others or themselves.
The root problem is their spiritual arrogance combined with moral laxity.
Related Topics
Asceticism, Discipline, Excommunication, Gentleness, Punish, Punishments, Rebuke, Self-control, Self-denial, Sober
Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament: 1 Corinthians Exegesis and Exposition
The implication is that with such a pestilent moral virus infecting their fellowship, they of all people have no justification to be boastful.11 In Scripture, pride, dishonorable acts, and destruction are assumed to be somehow intertwined (2 Chron. 26:16; 32:24–25; Ps. 10:4; Prov. 8:13; 11:2; 21:4). In this case, Paul warns that the deadly combination of pride and the toleration of dishonorable acts threatens the entire community’s destruction.
(2b) The implication is that with such a pestilent moral virus infecting their fellowship, they of all people have no justification to be boastful.
The implication is that with such a pestilent moral virus infecting their fellowship, they of all people have no justification to be boastful.11 In Scripture, pride, dishonorable acts, and destruction are assumed to be somehow intertwined (; ; ; ; ; ). In this case, Paul warns that the deadly combination of pride and the toleration of dishonorable acts threatens the entire community’s destruction.
In Scripture, pride, dishonorable acts, and destruction are assumed to be somehow intertwined (; ; ; ; ; ). In this case, Paul warns that the deadly combination of pride and the toleration of dishonorable acts threatens the entire community’s destruction. [Robertson and Plummer (1914: 96) translate it, “You, among whom this enormity has taken place and is notorious, you are puffed up.”-Garland, David E. 1 Corinthians. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2003. Print. Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament.]
11 Robertson and Plummer (1914: 96) translate it, “You, among whom this enormity has taken place and is notorious, you are puffed up.”
Garland, David E. 1 Corinthians. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2003. Print. Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament.
III. Amend It (5:6-8)
III. Amend It (5:6-8)
(6-8) “get rid of” - PURGE - to clean out (ritually) v. — to remove something ritually impure from one’s environment or presence.
(7) The image is taken from the extreme care of the Jews in searching every corner of their houses, and “purging out” every particle of leaven from the time of killing the lamb before the Passover (, ). So Christians are continually to search and purify their hearts (, ). [Jamieson, Robert, A. R. Fausset, and David Brown. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible. Vol. 2. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1997. Print]
The image is taken from the extreme care of the Jews in searching every corner of their houses, and “purging out” every particle of leaven from the time of killing the lamb before the Passover (, ). So Christians are continually to search and purify their hearts (, ).
Jamieson, Robert, A. R. Fausset, and David Brown. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible. Vol. 2. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1997. Print.
Purge the pride/boasting
to clean out (ritually) v. — to remove something ritually impure from one’s environment or presence.
Purge the person(s)
(8) One persistent, flagrant sinner who remains accepted without discipline within the Christian fellowship taints the whole body. Just as the Jews had to celebrate their deliverance from bondage with no leaven, so Christians must continually celebrate their deliverance from sin without any compromise with the very things from which they have been set free. Otherwise, the whole worship and community-life of the Christian church becomes a charade, full of insincerity and falsehood. [Prior, David. The Message of 1 Corinthians: Life in the Local Church. Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1985. Print. The Bible Speaks Today]
One persistent, flagrant sinner who remains accepted without discipline within the Christian fellowship taints the whole body. Just as the Jews had to celebrate their deliverance from bondage with no leaven, so Christians must continually celebrate their deliverance from sin without any compromise with the very things from which they have been set free. Otherwise, the whole worship and community-life of the Christian church becomes a charade, full of insincerity and falsehood.
Prior, David. The Message of 1 Corinthians: Life in the Local Church. Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1985. Print. The Bible Speaks Today.