1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:19

What! know ye not ... - This is the fifth argument against this sin. The Holy Spirit dwells in us; our bodies are his temples; and they should not be defiled and polluted by sin; see the note at 1 Corinthians 3:16-17. As this Spirit is in us, and as it is given us by God, we ought not to dishonor the gift and the giver by pollution and vice.And ye are not your own - This is the sixth argument which Paul uses. We are purchased; we belong to God; we are his by redemption; by a precious price... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:20

For ye are bought - Ye Christians are purchaseD; and by right of purchase should therefore be employed as he directs. This doctrine is often taught in the New Testament, and the argument is often urged that, therefore, Christians should be devoted to God; see 1 Corinthians 7:23; 1Pe 1:18-19; 1 Peter 2:9; 2 Peter 2:1; Revelation 5:9; see the note at Acts 20:28.With a price - τίμῇ timē. A price is that which is paid for an article, and which, in the view of the seller, is a fair compensation,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Know ye not, &c. As if he had said, There is another view in which the baseness of this crime must appear to you, Christians, in consequence of your relation to that blessed agent, the Spirit of God. For your body is the temple of God Dedicated to him, and inhabited by him; even by that Spirit which is in you As true believers in Jesus, John 7:37-38; Ephesians 1:13. Which ye have Which you receive; of God As a most important, most necessary gift, without... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Unlawful sexual freedom (6:12-20)The Corinthians had claimed that since they were not in bondage to laws they could do as they wished. Paul replies that this is not so. Not all things are helpful, and some may lead a person into a new kind of bondage (12).Certain people at Corinth even claimed that just as the stomach needs a constant supply of food to satisfy it, so the body needs unrestrained sexual pleasure for its satisfaction. Paul denies this. The body’s main purpose is not concerned with... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 6:19

the = a. Temple . Greek. naos . See 1 Corinthians 3:16 . Holy Ghost = Holy Spirit. App-101 . of = from. App-104 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 6:20

are = were. bought . Greek. agorazo. Occurs thirty-one times, always translated "buy", save Revelation 5:9 ; Revelation 14:3 , Revelation 14:4 . glorify . Greek. doxazo. See p. 1511. and in your spirit, &c . All the texts omit. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:19

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own.What Paul had affirmed earlier with reference to the church's being the temple of the Holy Spirit is here declared to be true of individual members of the church. God's temple belongs to God, and therefore the individual who partakes of the nature of God's temple belongs not to himself but to God; and thus he is not free to indulge his lusts and appetites but is... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:20

For ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.Ye were bought with a price ... has reference to the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ which is the purchase price of the church (Acts 20:28).Glorify God in your body ... identifies the body as an instrument to be used by the Christian in the service of God and for his glory. The honor of the physical body is also implicit in such a view. In true Christianity, there is no hatred of the body, no torturing of the flesh, and no... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:19

1 Corinthians 6:19. What! know ye not, &c.— This question is repeated six times in this chapter, and seems to carry with it a very strong irony on their pretence to extraordinary wisdom. See ch. 1 Corinthians 4:10. Locke, Wetstein, and Cicero de Leg. lib. 1: ad fin. Inferences.—How great a reproach do we bring on our Christian profession by so immoderate an attachment to our secular interests! How much does the family of our common Father suffer, while brother goes to law with brother!—What... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:19

19. What? know ye not? c.—Proof that "he that fornicates sinneth against his own body" ( :-). your body—not "bodies." As in 1 Corinthians 3:17, he represented the whole company of believers (souls and bodies), that is, the Church, as "the temple of God," the Spirit so here, the body of each individual of the Church is viewed as the ideal "temple of the Holy Ghost." So 1 Corinthians 3:17- :, which proves that not only the Church, but also each member of it, is "the temple of the Holy Ghost."... read more

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