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, 1Co_11:30. Infidels escaped scotfree. God’s cup is first sent to Jerusalem. There was bread in Moab, when there was none in Israel, Rth_1:1. The stormy shower lighteth first on the high hills, and having washed them, settleth with all the filth in the valleys.