Verse 1
1. Dare The word strikes a high keynote. However humble its externals, the Christian republic is, in Christ, far above all principalities and powers. It is, therefore, a flagrant and treasonable daring to bring it to the bar of heathendom. Litigation between Christian men is ever a scandal, because it is rightly expected that they will be just and peaceable. But in our Christian land, such often is the character of our courts, that a civil trial is, from their power of compelling the evidence, often surer of a just result than an ecclesiastical court can be.
Unjust He says unjust, rather than unbelieving, inasmuch as it is matter of judging and justice that is in discussion.
Saints Sancti, sanctified or holy ones. Note on 1 Corinthians 1:2.
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