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Severian of Gabala, on 1Cor 5:5
Severian of Gabala · fl. c. A.D. 400
1Cor 5:5 · Douay-Rheims
“To deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
On this verse:
“When Paul says that this man must be delivered to Satan, he does not mean that he should be handed over to the power of the evil one. Rather, all the evils of this life, for example, diseases, sorrows, sufferings, and other circumstances, were attributed to Satan, and it is in this sense that Paul uses the term here. What he means is that this man should be exposed to the hardships of life.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.