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6 Sec vii. 17. 2 Statazwpar, ADG, 37.
stated meetings, as in ver. 18, etc. This warning (ἵνα µ.ή) closes the παραγγελία introducedin νετ. 17. Fora clear andim- partial account of the ‘various doctrines of the Lord’s Supper connected with this passage, see Bt., pp. 206 ff.
Ver. 34b. τὰ λοιπά, an etcetera ap- pended to the charge—‘ other matters,” probably of detail connected with the Church Supper and the κοινωνία. Ed.. takes this as the antithesis to the πρῶτον μὲν of ver. 18 (see note), and supposes λοιπὰ to refer to other different matters, of which P. would postpone discussion till his arrival—addressing himself not- withstanding to one of the principal of these λοιπὰ in xii. 1 Ε.-- ὡς ἂν ἔλθω, ‘according as | may come”: the ΑΡ. is uncertain when and under what circum- stances he may next visit Cor. (cf. xvi. 5-9); his intention to set matters in order is subject to this contingency.—8.arago- μαι (see paris.) refers, presumably, to points of external order, such as those just dealt with. Romanists (see Est.) justify by this text their alleged unwritten apostolic traditions respecting the Eu- charist: fasting communion, e.g., 1S placed amongst the unspecified λοιπά.
§ 39. THE Various CHARISMS OF THE One SPIRIT, xii. 1-11. In treating of the questions of Church order discussed in this Div. of the Ep., the Ap. penetrates from the outward and visible to that which is innermost and divinest in the Christian Society: (1) the question of the woman’s veil, a matter of social de- corum ; (2) the observance of the Lord’s Supper, a matter of Church communion; and now (3) the operation of the Spirit of God in the Church, wherein lies the very mystery ofits life. The words διαιρέσεις in ver. 4and πάντα ταῦτα in νετ. II give the clue to Paul’s intent in this§. Many Cor. took a low and half superstitious view of the Holy Spirit’s influence, seeing in such charisms as the ‘tongues ”— phenomena analogous to, though far sur- passing, pagan manifestations (2)—the proper evidence of His working, while they underrated endowments of a less striking but more vital and serviceable
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