Verse 17
17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
Ver. 17. Judgment must begin ] The mortality at Corinth began at the believers,1 Corinthians 11:30; 1 Corinthians 11:30 . Infidels escaped scotfree. God’s cup is first sent to Jerusalem. There was bread in Moab, when there was none in Israel, Ruth 1:1 . The stormy shower lighteth first on the high hills, and having washed them, settleth with all the filth in the valleys.
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