1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:1-20

CHAPTER 6 1. Concerning Disputes before Heathen Courts. (1 Corinthians 6:1-7 ). 2. The Holiness of Believers; Their Bodies the Temples of the Holy Spirit. (1 Corinthians 6:8-20 ). Instead of settling their disputes amongst themselves, as it becomes the Saints of God, they brought their difficulties before a heathen court. In doing this they had lost sight of the dignity of their calling. The Saints of God are to reign with Christ and share His glory; they shall judge the world and angels in... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:19

6:19 {14} What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and {15} ye are not your own?(14) The third argument: because a fornicator is sacrilegious, because our bodies are consecrated to God.(15) The fourth argument: because we are not our own men, to give ourselves to any other, much less to Satan and the flesh, seeing that God himself has bought us, and that with a great price, to the end that both in body and soul, we should serve to... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:1-20

In this chapter there is another matter raised in which the Corinthians had not been using proper judgment. No individual is singled out here, but the strong reproof of the apostle is for any who had laid charges in the law courts against their own brethren. Did they realize they were relying on the judgment of the unjust in this case? Was it becoming that they should accept the judgment of the ungodly at a time when they might have the fair and properly considered judgment of the saints of... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:1-20

SANCTITY OF THE HUMAN BODY One of the demoralizing things reported to Paul was the incest dealt with in chapter 5, and aggravated by the fact that the church instead of excommunicating the offender had become “puffed up” over it! His was an illustration of what their worldly wisdom in the Gospel had resulted in (1 Corinthians 5:1-2 ). Paul had already “judged” this person and directed the church to come together and solemnly deliver him “to Satan for the destruction of the flesh that the... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:15-20

(15) Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of a harlot? God forbid. (16) What? know ye not that he which is joined to a harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. (17) But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. (18) Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. (19) What? know ye not that your body is... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:20

REFLECTIONS READER! let you and I learn, from this interesting Chapter, how utterly unsuitable, and unbecoming it is, in a child of God, called out of the Adam-fall of nature, and redeemed from the law of works, to be entangled in courts of earthly judicature, when we are professedly looking for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Oh! what a reproach it is, as the Apostle saith, to see brother going to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers! Let us pause... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

12-20 Some among the Corinthians seem to have been ready to say, All things are lawful for me. This dangerous conceit St. Paul opposes. There is a liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, in which we must stand fast. But surely a Christian would never put himself into the power of any bodily appetite. The body is for the Lord; is to be an instrument of righteousness to holiness, therefore is never to be made an instrument of sin. It is an honour to the body, that Jesus Christ was raised from... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:1-99

1Co 6 THERE WAS ANOTHER very grievous scandal amongst these Corinthians, to which Paul alludes in chapter 6. It was less grave perhaps than the foregoing, but apparently it was more widespread. Some amongst them were quarrelsome, and dragging their disputes into the public law courts. Thus they launched their accusations and aired their wrongs, whether real or imaginary, before the unbelievers. Here again spiritual instinct ought to have delivered them from such an error. It was virtually... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Corinthians 6:15-20

An earnest warning against immorality: v. 15. Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I, then, take the members of Christ and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid! v. 16. What? Know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? For two, saith He, shall be one flesh. v. 17. But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. v. 18. Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

XII.—AN EXHORTION TO CHRISTIAN CONTINENCE, AND A PROHIBITION OF ALL HEATHENISH LICENTIOUSNESS. THE RELATION WHICH THE BODY SUSTAINS TO CHRIST; ITS CHARACTER AS THE DWELLING-PLACE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND THE GREAT PRICE PAID FOR ITS RANSOM, DO NOT ALLOW OF OUR REGARDING SUCH A GRATIFICATION OF CARNAL APPETITE MORALLY INDIFFERENT, LIKE THE ENJOYMENT OF FOOD12All things are lawful unto me, [are in my power], but all things are not expedient; all things are lawful for me [are in my power], but I... read more

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