Do Not Go Beyond What Is Written’ (1 Cor 4:6) and Adventist Hermeneutics

Abstract

Paul’s statement in 1 Corinthians 4:61 has been rightly labelled an “enigmatic saying.”2 Nonetheless, the phrase “do not beyond what is written” was a meaningful injunction for the Corinthians.3 When the referent of ἃ γέγραπται (“what is written”) is identified, implications and application for contemporary church can be derived from Paul’s injunction “do not go beyond what is written.”