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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 6 - Introduction

* Cautions against going to law in heathen courts. (1-8) Sins which, if lived and died in, shut out from the kingdom of God. (9-11) Our bodies, which are the members of Christ, and temples of the Holy Ghost, must not be defiled. (12-20)

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See also 1 Corinthians 6 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The main design of this chapter is to reprove the Corinthians for the practice of going to law before pagan courts, or magistrates, instead of settling their differences among themselves. It seems tha...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    LEGAL AND MORAL PROBLEMS FIRST CORINTHIANS SIX In the church at Corinth there was a brother that had his father's wife. Paul instructed brethren to practice church discipline to resolve that issue. Th...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _THE CORINTHIANS MUST NOT VEX THEIR BRETHREN, IN GOING TO LAW WITH THEM, ESPECIALLY BEFORE INFIDELS. THE UNRIGHTEOUS SHALL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD. OUR BODIES ARE THE MEMBERS OF CHRIST, AND TEM...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    BUTLER'S COMMENTS Chapter Six THE PROBLEM OF BASENESS AND BROTHERHOOD (1 Corinthians 6:1-20) IDEAS TO INVESTIGATE: 1. What kind of grievances would Christian brethren have against one another? 1...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:2 saints, (a-17) Saints by [divine] calling....

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO 1 CORINTHIANS 6 The principal view of this chapter is to dissuade Christians from going to law with one another before Heathens, and also from fornication: the apostle begins with the...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    FIRST CORINTHIANS-CHAPTER 6 _ OUTLINE AND COMMENTARY-MARK DUNAGAN_ I. OUTLINE OF CHAPTER SIX: I. Lawsuits: 1 Corinthians 6:1-8 II. Such Were Some of You: 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 III. Liberty and Lice...

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