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NOR COVETOUS; - See the note at 1 Corinthians 5:10. It is remarkable
that the apostle always ranks “the covetous” with the most
abandoned classes of people.
NOR REVILERS - The same word which in 1 Co...
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CHAPTER 6
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1. Concerning Disputes before Heathen Courts. (1 Corinthians 6:1).
2. The Holiness of Believers; Their Bodies the Temples of the Holy
Spirit. (1 Corinthians 6:8).
Instead of settling t...
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THE SCANDAL OF CHRISTIANS SUING EACH OTHER BEFORE HEATHEN TRIBUNALS.
Paul has prepared for his next rebuke by his reference to the function
of the church to judge its own members. But alas, Christians...
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THE FOLLY OF THE LAW COURTS (1 Corinthians 6:1-8)...
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THIEVES. Greek. _kleptes._ See John 10:1.
COVETOUS, &C. See 1Co 5:10, 1 Corinthians 5:11.
NOR. The three last occurances are Greek. _ou._...
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_nor covetous_ See note on ch. 1 Corinthians 5:10.
_nor drunkards, nor revilers_ Here, as in ch. 1 Corinthians 5:11,
where the same word is translated _railer_, we have the inevitable
conjunction bet...
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THE WAY TO SETTLE DISPUTES IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
The principle is here laid down which is to guide Christians in their
lawsuits. Disputes about property are treated by the Apostle as
matters of the...
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_CHRISTIANS BELONG TO GOD 1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-14:_ Those that are saved
are changed people. Before their conversion some of the Corinthians
had been, "fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, effeminate, abu...
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ΚΛΈΠΤΗΣ (G2812) вор, грабитель,
ΠΛΕΟΝΈΚΤΗΣ (G4123) тот, кто хочет иметь
все больше и больше, и не остановится
ни перед чем для выполнения своих
желаний (_см._ 1 Corinthians 5:10).
ΜΈΘΥΣΟΣ (G3183) пь...
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DISCOURSE: 1958
GOD’S MERCY TO THE VILEST SINNERS
1 Corinthians 6:9. _Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit
the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor
idolaters, nor a...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Going to Court Before Pagan Judges_ (1-11)
_Text_
1 Corinthians 6:1-11. Dare any of you, having a matter against his
neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before...
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_NOR THIEVES, NOR COVETOUS, NOR DRUNKARDS, NOR REVILERS, NOR
EXTORTIONERS, SHALL INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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1 It is unfortunate that our word "judge" usually takes on the sense
of condemnation. The saints are not to condemn the world but to rule
it during the eons. Saints in Israel will possess the kingdom...
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_(C) 6:1-11. CHRISTIANS AND LITIGATION_
St. Paul reproves the Corinthians for referring their disputes about
ordinary affairs to heathen judges. The subject was suggested by
rumours he had heard; and...
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SERVANTS OF CHRIST
1 CORINTHIANS
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 6
CHRISTIANS AND THE LAW COURTS 6:1-8
V1 Suppose that one of you has a reason to complain against another
Christian. You may take your pro...
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CHAPTER 9
ON GOING TO LAW
ST. PAUL here gives his judgment on the litigiousness of the
Corinthians. The Greeks, in general, were fond of going to law. They
were not only quarrelsome, but they seemed...
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§ 18. WARNING TO IMMORAL CHRISTIANS. Behind the scandal of the
law-suits there lay a deeper mischief in their _cause_. They were
immediately due to unchristian resentment on the part of the
aggrieved;...
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SETTLING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BRETHREN
1 Corinthians 6:1
The Apostle was clearly of the opinion that it was wiser for a
Christian to bear injustice and wrong than to go to law before a
heathen tribun...
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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...
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Becoming A Christian Means Changing Relationships
Those in the church at Corinth needed to remember that those wronging
others would not see heaven. Sin will be punished (Galatians 6:7-8).
Paul then w...
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_Defraud....your brethren. That is, you still make yourselves much
more guilty by the injustices done to one another: for the unjust, and
all they who are guilty of such crimes as I have mentioned, sh...
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III. LAWSUITS. 6:1-11
The subject of discipline, though connected with the domain of
ecclesiastical life, trenched on the sphere of moral questions. We
come now to the subjects which belong exclusive...
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(9) Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of
God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor
adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,...
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As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle
give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle
speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
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1 Corinthians 6:1-11 treats the subject of wrongs. It was shameful
that those who were to judge the world and the angels should be
incapable of judging the paltry affairs of this world. Let the least...
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NOR THIEVES,.... Who take away another man's property, secret or
openly, by fraud or force.
NOR COVETOUS: insatiable, in the lust of uncleanness; or greedy of
worldly gain, bent upon increasing their...
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Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor
extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Ver. 10. _Nor thieves, nor covetous_] These two be fitly set together,
as near akin; so are...
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_Know ye not_ With all your boasted knowledge; _that the unrighteous_
That is, not only the _unjust_, but those destitute of true
righteousness and holiness, comprehending the various classes of
sinne...
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The dishonest, the unjust, the impure, and those who seek wealth,
honor, or pleasure as the chief good, whatever their professions, or
to whatever church they may externally belong, if they continue s...
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A warning to the immoral Christians:...
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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...
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NOR THIEVES, NOR COVETOUS, NOR DRUNKARDS, NOR REVILERS, NOR
EXTORTIONERS, SHALL INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
'thieves' -'The ancient world was cursed with them...The state of the
law shows how seriou...
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9-11 The Corinthians are warned against many great evils, of which
they had formerly been guilty. There is much force in these inquiries,
when we consider that they were addressed to a people puffed...
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NOR THIEVES; nor such as take away the goods of their neighbours
clandestinely, or by violence, without their consent or any just
authority. NOR COVETOUS; nor persons who discover themselves
excessive...
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nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor
extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. [Paul here accords
with James that faith without works is dead (James 2:17). Our highest
pri...
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Origen Against Celsus Book VIII
and it is said that "revilers shall not inherit the kingdom of
God."[84]
Origen Against Celsus Book VIII " Now to these statements I would
answer that we revile no on...
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1 Corinthians 6:10 nor G3777 thieves G2812 nor G3777 covetous G4123
nor G3777 drunkards G3183 nor G3756 revilers G3060 nor G3756
extortioners G727 inherit G3756 G2816 (G5692) kingdom G932 God G2316
t...
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‘Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingly
Rule of God?'
Do they not realise in all this that those who behave unjustly or
wrongly thereby reveal that they are disqualified from...
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From wrong-doing in one particular the apostle is now led to speak of
wrong-doing in its widest sense, but emphatically of that form of it
already dealt with in part....
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1. _Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before
the unjust, and not before the saints?_
In those days, the courts of law were utterly unjust. It was all a
matter of who could b...
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CONTENTS: Saints forbidden to go to law with each other. Sanctity of
the body. The body the Lord's temple.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit.
CONCLUSION: Contention of Christians before the law i...
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1 Corinthians 6:1. _Dare any of you go to law before the unjust?_ He
whose cause is just appeals to equity, but he who does his neighbour
wrong is vexatious. In England, our judges, after the cause is...
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WHO ROB. Who break in and steal. GREEDY. Covetous persons. DRUNKARDS.
The Bible severely condemns drunkenness. SLANDER. Compare Matthew 5:22
and note. THIEVES. Extortioners, blackmailers. NONE OF THES...
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_Know ye not Shall the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of
God?_
PERSISTENT SELF-DECEPTION
Sometimes we persistently deceive ourselves. We insist upon pursuing a
policy for our benefit which...
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 6:9 Paul’s use of the word
UNRIGHTEOUS (the same Greek word discussed in the note on vv. 1
Corinthians 6:7) implies that those who act just like the unbelieving
wor...
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CHAPTER 6
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. The Apostle passes on to the subject of lawsuits and trials, and
reproves the Corinthians for instituting proceedings before the
heathen judges, and he declares...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
TRANSITIONAL SECTION.— 1 Corinthians 6:9
1 Corinthians 6:9.—Query, is the particular “_wrong_” and
“_defrauding_” in 1 Corinthians 6:8 connected with 2 Corinthians
7:12, the case of...
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EXPOSITION
1 CORINTHIANS 6:1
_Litigation before heathen courts forbidden._
1 CORINTHIANS 6:1
DARE ANY OF YOU? rather, _Dare any one of you? _It is in St. Paul's
view an _audacious _defiance of Chr...
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Now Paul brings up another issue, and that was the taking of a brother
before the pagan courts.
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the
unjust, and not before the saint...
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1 Corinthians 5:11; 1 Peter 4:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:6; Ephesians 4:28;
Ezekiel 22:13; Ezekiel 22:27; Ezekiel 22:29; Isaiah 1:23; Jeremiah
7:11;...
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THE INDWELLING HOLY SPIRIT
1 Corinthians 6:1
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,...