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1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Verse 18. _FLEE FORNICATION._] Abominate, detest, and escape from every kind of uncleanness. Some sins, or solicitations to sin, may be _reasoned_ with; in the above cases, if you _parley_ you are und...
FLEE FORNICATION - A solemn command of God - as explicit as any that thundered from Mount Sinai. None can disregard it with impunity - none can violate it without being exposed to the awful vengeance...
CHAPTER 6 __ 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...
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 Corinth...
THE FOLLY OF THE LAW COURTS (1 Corinthians 6:1-8)...
True, all things are allowed to me; but all things are not good for me. All things are allowed to me, but I will not allow any thing to get control of me. Foods were made for the stomach and the stoma...
EVERY, i.e. every other. SIN. App-128. MAN. App-123. WITHOUT. Greek. _ektos._ Occurs: Matthew 23:26 (outside). 2 Corinthians 12:2; 2 Corinthians 12:3 (out of)....
_Every sin that a man doeth is without the body_ That is, every other sinful act which affects the body approaches it from without and affects particular members. But this sin takes the body itself as...
The guilt of the Fornicator 12. _All things are lawful unto me_ In this and the next two verses the main argument of the rest of the Epistle is sketched out, though not in the order afterwards followe...
ΠΑ͂Ν ἉΜΆΡΤΗΜΑ. This word signifies some particular error, ἁμαρτία the general tendency to error. See Arist. _Nic. Eth._ 1 Corinthians 6:8, VI. 8. It is remarkable that ἁμάρτημα is common in classical,...
THE GUILT OF THE FORNICATOR In this and the next two verses the main argument of the rest of the Epistle is sketched out, though not in the order afterwards followed by the Apostle. At present he take...
_CHRISTIANS ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS 6:15-20:_ God has purchased Christians with the precious blood of Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 1:18-19) We have been bought with blood, therefore we belong t...
ΦΕΎΓΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΦΕΎΓΩ (G5343) убегать. _Praes. imper._ указывает на длительное и привычное бегство, ΆΜΆΡΤΗΜΑ (G265) грех, как действие или результат греховных принципов. О суффиксе, о...
EVERY SIN, &C.——"Every other sin which a man practises _is without the body;_ its effects fall not so directly upon the body, but often more immediately upon the mind; but he that committeth fornicati...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Defilers Are Not Brothers (1 Corinthians 6:12-20) 12 All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be enslave...
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. FLEE. Our safety in such temptations is flight (; ). EVERY SIN T...
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...
_(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...
PARAPHRASE. 'It is true as you suggest that “all things are lawful” but this is not an absolute but a relative principle. You must not argue that the existence of appetites proves the lawfulness of th...
WITHOUT THE BODY] i.e. outside it; do not affect its spiritual nature and destiny in the same way as this sin. SINNETH AGAINST HIS OWN BODY] see on 1 Corinthians 6:14....
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...
FLEE FORNICATION. — These last three verses of the chapter contain a solemn exhortation to purity, arising out of the previous argument. WITHOUT THE BODY. — The word “body” is still to be understood a...
CHAPTER 10 FORNICATION IN remonstrating with the Corinthians for their litigiousness, Paul was forcibly reminded how imperfectly his converts understood the moral requirements of the kingdom of God....
§ 19. THE SANCTITY OF THE BODY, The laxity of morals distinguishing the Cor [964] Church was in some instances defended, or half-excused, by appealing to the principle of _Christian liberty_, which P....
With vehement abruptness P. turns from exposition to exhortation. “ _Flee_ fornication” other sins may be combated; this must be _fled_, as by Joseph in Potiphar's house. φεύγετε the opposite of κολλᾶ...
KEEPING THE BODY HOLY 1 Corinthians 6:12 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,
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...
Christians Are A Part of Christ's Body Christians are free to do anything that is not sinful. The Corinthians had misapplied their freedom to sinful activities. As God's inspired spokesman, Paul said...
(13) Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. (13) Another argument why fornication is to be avoided, because...
IV. IMPURITY. 6:12-20. It has sometimes been imagined that the apostle was here resuming the subject of chap. 5, from which he had allowed himself to be diverted by the question of lawsuits. But we ha...
“Flee fornication! Every sin that a man doeth is without his body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his body.” Anselm has well expressed the meaning of the first sentence of the vers...
(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...
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...
18._Flee fornication Every sin_, etc. Having set before us honorable conduct, he now shows how much we ought to abhor _fornication_, setting before us the enormity of its wickedness and baseness. Now...
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...
FLEE FORNICATION,.... As that which is hurtful, scandalous, and unbecoming Christians; avoid it, and all the occasions of it, that may lead unto it, and be incentives of it: EVERY SIN THAT A MAN DOTH...
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. Ver. 18. _Flee fornication_] φευγετε. With post haste flee it. " _L...
_Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ_ Mystically united to him, as well as your souls, if you are his true disciples, as you profess to be. _Shall I then take the members of Christ_...
FLEE; do not stop to reason about it or think of it. Turn from it with detestation, and occupy your mind with things right and good. IS WITHOUT THE BODY; it is true of sins in general that they are w...
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...
FLEE FORNICATION. EVERY SIN THAT. MAN DOETH IS WITHOUT THE BODY; BUT HE THAT COMMITTETH FORNICATION SINNETH AGAINST HIS OWN BODY. 'Flee fornication' -'Don't debate with it. Don't rationalize about it...
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...
The apostle cometh to a new argument, by which he presseth them to flee the sin of uncleanness. It is observed by some, that this sin is peculiarly to be resisted, not so much by resisting it, and pon...
Flee fornication. [As Joseph did-- Genesis 39:12] _Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body_. [Paul notes the mutual adaptation o...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III Ad eos autem pudore afficiendos et reprimendos, qui sunt proclives ad secundas nuptias, apte Apostolus alto quodam tono eloquitur; inquit enim: "Ecce, omne pec...
1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee G5343 (G5720) immorality G4202 Every G3956 sin G265 that G3739 G1437 man G444 does
‘Flee fornication. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits fornication sins against his own body.' Thus picture now widens. What Paul is saying not only applies to consorting...
1 Corinthians 6:18. FLEE FORNICATION. Note the studiously curt and stringent language (as that in 1 Corinthians 5:13), and not for nothing is “flight” here urged. This was what Joseph did (Genesis 39:...
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....
FLEE (φευγετε). Present imperative. Have the habit of fleeing without delay or parley. Note abruptness of the asyndeton with no connectives. Fornication violates Christ's rights in our bodies (vers...
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...
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...
AVOID IMMORALITY. Idolatry and immorality go along together. They are to be avoided (1 Corinthians 10:14). Sins against his own body. This sin defiles his body, because in it he becomes physically one...
_All things are lawful to me, but all things are not expedient._ THE LAWFUL AND THE EXPEDIENT I. What is lawful for us in life? All things indifferent, _i.e._, not evil in themselves. The Christian h...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 6:12 Some Corinthian Christians were engaging in sex with prostitutes. Paul reminds them that the bodies of Christians are one with the resurrected Christ and that,...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 6:16 Sexual union has a spiritual component. That means sexual activity outside marriage is a sin against Christ (v. 1 Corinthians 6:15) and
_Flee fornication_. Because, as Anselm, Cassian, and the Fathers generally teach, other vices are conquered by resistance, lust alone by flight, viz., by fleeing from women, from the objects and occas...
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...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ SECOND MAIN TOPIC.— 1 Corinthians 6:12 1 Corinthians 6:12. LAWFUL.—Here, and in 1 Corinthians 10:23. To be put in quotation marks, “All … lawful.” His own word
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
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...
1 Peter 2:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:5; 2 Timothy 2:22; Genesis 39:12;...
Flee. See Genesis 39:12. Socrates, in Plato's "Republic," relates how the poet Sophocles, in answer to the question "How does love suit with are?" replied : "Most gladly have I escaped that, and I fee...
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,...
Flee fornication — All unlawful commerce with women, with speed, with abhorrence, with all your might. Every sin that a man commits against his neighbour terminates upon an object out of himself, and...
FLEE FORNICATION. Note, 1. The apostle's advice to escape fornication; and that is, to flee it, namely, by shunning all occasions of it, all temptations leading to it, all incentives and provocations...