the expression, he who hath perpetrated [gtanpyadaiMivov] is again taken up in the expression, such a one [ rov ro/ourov]. — ug wapuv, as though I were present) It is construed with, to deliver , ver. 5. — rbv ovru rcuro) A triple demonstrative. — ouru, so) very shamefully, so, while he was called a brother.
4. ’ Ev tQj ovofian, in the name) It is construed with, to deliver. — rou s/xov mev/uurog, and my spirit) ver. 3. — dvv ry dvvu/xsi, with the power) The spirit and power are almost synonymous. Paul, speaking of himself, uses the word, spirit; of Christ, power, 2 Cor. xiii. 3 ; Matt, xxviii. 20, xviii. 20. A Hypotyposis,1 i.e. so that the power of the Lord may immediately exert itself.
5. TLapccdovvai, to deliver) This was the prerogative of the apostle, not of the Corinthians ; comp. 2 Cor. xiii. 10, note, and 1 Tim. i. 20, note. This is a specimen of the highest degree of punishment in the Christian republic, adapted to those early times. — oXsQpov, destruction) death although not sudden. The Hebrew word ri“D corresponds to it : comp. ch. xi, 30. — rr\g ffapxbg, of the flesh) with which he had sinned. [1 Pet. iv. 6 ; comp, as to the Spirit, Rom. viii. 10. — Y. g.]
6. Ou xaXbv, not good) The not, is directed against the careless indifference of the Corinthians. — rb xuv^ti/au, glorying) This in itself is something good and becoming, xv. 31 ; but wherever it is not anxiously watched, it is at fault, and comes very near to a puffing up of the spirit, ver. 2. — prApa — fy/u o?) an Iambic verse of six feet [Senarius], Gal. v. 9. — Xfim, leaven) even one sin and one sinner. — (pvpa/xa, lump) the assembly of Christians. — ZyphoT, leavens) with guilt and its example creeping on to a very wide extent. \_A las ! for how long a period of time, and in how great a degree, must the Christian world, if we except those por- tions of it which are renewed, he a lump, or collection of filth most thoroughly leavened! — Y. g.]
7. Triv KuXaiciv, the old) leaven of heathenism and natural corruption. — ha rjr s vsov (pvpapa, that you may he a new lump) the whole of you, evil being taken away. — naQug, even as) The third clause of this verse depends rather on the first, than on the second. — a^v/toi, unleavened) individuals among
1 A vivid presenting of a thing in words, as if before one’s very eyes. See Append.