1 Corinthians 6:19-20

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Keeping the Body Holy 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 It is interesting to compare 1 Corinthians 6:12 with 1 Corinthians 10:23 . There are four clauses in each verse, three of which are similar, but the last ones differ. The two laws that should govern our life in doubtful things, are first, the arresting of oneself in the doing of anything which threatens to become our master; and second, the abstaining from anything which threatens to be a stumbling-block in another’s Christian life. It is not... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:1-20

The apostle now passed to another dereliction. Disputes in the church were being submitted to heathen tribunals. What these matters were we are not told. The teaching of the apostle is clear, and has application for all time. Disputes among saints should be settled between saints, and wholly within the confines of the church. The argument as to the fitness of the saints for the work is that as they will finally have to judge angels, surely they ought to be able to judge things pertaining to... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:1-20

The Indwelling Holy Spirit 1 Corinthians 6:1-20 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The studies in the Epistle to the Corinthians are not written to be shelved, but to be carefully studied, and followed, lest we fall, as saints, into the same line of carnalities, as those into which they fell. In the last study we discovered a deplorable condition in the Church at Corinth. Now, other shortcomings are before us. All of these are due to the one fact, the Corinthians failed to walk in the Spirit, and to yield... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:19

DIVINE OWNERSHIP‘Ye are not your own.’ 1 Corinthians 6:19 As Christians we are no longer our own. Jesus has acquired by His blood all rights of ownership over us. This is the great truth I desire to press upon you most earnestly and most affectionately, until it lays hold of your whole natures and exerts its true influence in your daily lives. I. Ownership demands submission.—If ownership confers any privilege upon a man, it is surely the right to command with the certainty of being obeyed.... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:20

RELIGIOUS USE OF THE BODY‘Glorify God in your body.’ 1 Corinthians 6:20‘From the crown of the head to the sole of the foot’ there is not a part of our frame which may not be the embodiment of spiritual things, or the means for religious service. I. The very hairs remind me of the tender care of my God for me, for are not all those hairs ‘numbered’? II. The eyes, are they not inlets wherewith I may first take into my very heart and soul all the wonderful and beautiful works of God in nature... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:1-20

Important Scandals That Have To Be Dealt With (5:1-6:20). Having dealt with the central spiritual concern which has been to do with their divisiveness over secondary matters, over ‘the wisdom of words’, which were in danger of squeezing out ‘the word of the cross’ (1 Corinthians 1:18), Paul now moves abruptly on to two scandals which are among them. These are important for their own sake, but equally important because they demonstrate that the teachers who are opposing him have clearly not... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

‘Or do you not know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God, and you are not your own, for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.’ Now he expresses his incredulity that a Christian should forget his unique position in Christ. Are Christians not aware that they are each a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit? The sin of sexual uncleanness is made even more severe in view of the fact that the Holy Spirit dwells in us, the Holy... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

1 Corinthians 6:12-Proverbs : . Impurity is no True Expression of Christian Freedom, but Incompatible with the Believer’ s Union with Christ.— The special case of incest and the warnings against impurity in the last section ( 1 Corinthians 6:9 f.) have prepared the way for this explicit and reasoned denunciation. Impurity was defended on the principle that all things were lawful, possibly a maxim in which Paul had expressed his own doctrine of Christian freedom. If so, here, as elsewhere,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:19

The apostle, 1 Corinthians 3:16, had called the church of Corinth, the temple of God, and there made use of it to dissuade them from dissensions and divisions, because by them they defiled and destroyed the temple of God; here he calls the members of that church, the temple of the Holy Ghost, which strongly proveth the Holy Ghost to be God: he mekes use of it here as an argument to dissuade them from the sin of fornication. God’s temple was built for his habitation upon earth, the place which... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:20

For ye are bought with a price; what price this is that is here mentioned Peter tells us, both negatively and positively, 1 Peter 1:18,1 Peter 1:19; Forasmuh as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. So he argueth with them against this sin from their redemption, it being suitable to reason, that those... read more

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