1 Corinthians 6:1
Dare. "The insulted majesty of Christians is denoted by a grand word" (Bengel).... [ Continue Reading ]
Dare. "The insulted majesty of Christians is denoted by a grand word" (Bengel).... [ Continue Reading ]
Matters [κ ρ ι τ η ρ ι ω ν]. The word means, 1, The instrument or rule of judging; 2, the tribunal of a judge. It occurs only here, ver. 4, and James 2:6, where it means judgment - seats. This latter gives a good sense here without having recourse to the meaning suit or case, which lacks warrant. So... [ Continue Reading ]
How much more [μ η τ ι γ ε]. It is hard to render the word accurately. How much more follows the Vulgate quanto magis. It is rather, not to speak of; or to say nothing at all of. Things that pertain to this life [β ι ω τ ι κ α]. See on Luke 21:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
Judgments [κ ρ ι τ η ρ ι α]. Better, tribunals or courts, as ver. 2. If you have to hold courts for the settlement of private matters. Set [κ α θ ι ζ ε τ ε]. Seat them as judges on the tribunal. It is disputed whether kaqizete is to be taken as imperative, set (A. V.), or as interrogative, do ye se... [ Continue Reading ]
To your shame [π ρ ο ς ε ν τ ρ ο π η ν υ μ ι ν]. Lit., I speak to you with a view to shame; i e., to move you to shame, as Rev. See on ch. 1 Corinthians 4:14. To judge [δ ι α κ ρ ι ν α ι]. Rev., better, decide; by arbitration.... [ Continue Reading ]
Goeth to law [κ ρ ι ν ε τ α ι]. As in ver. 1, and Matthew 5:40. Instead of accepting arbitration.... [ Continue Reading ]
Now therefore [η δ η μ ε ν ο υ ν]. Men oun nay, as in ver. 4, at once looks back to the preceding thought, and continues it, bringing under special consideration the fact that brother goes to law with brother. ?dh already or at once is a temporal adverb, but with a logical force and enhancing the na... [ Continue Reading ]
Kingdom of God. See on Luke 6:20. Fornicators. The besetting sin of Corinth. Hence the numerous solemn and emphatic allusions to it in this epistle. See ch. 1 Corinthians 5:11; 1 Corinthians 6:15-18; 1 Corinthians 10:8. Effeminate [μ α λ α κ ο ι]. Luxurious and dainty. The word was used in a darker... [ Continue Reading ]
Washed - sanctified - justified. According to fact the order would be justified, washed (baptism), sanctified; but as Ellicott justly remarks, "in this epistle this order is not set forth with any studied precision, since its main purpose is corrective." Ye were justified [ε δ ι κ α ι ω θ η τ ε]. E... [ Continue Reading ]
Are lawful [ε ξ ε σ τ ι ν]. There is a play between this word and ejxousiasqhsomai be brought under the power, which can hardly be accurately conveyed to the English reader. The nearest approach to it is : "all things are in my power, but I shall not be brought under the power of any." Will - be b... [ Continue Reading ]
Meats for the belly, etc. Paul is arguing against fornication. His argument is that there is a law of adaptation running through nature, illustrated by the mutual adaptation of food and the digestive organs; but this law is violated by the prostitution of the body to fornication, for which, in God's... [ Continue Reading ]
Will raise up us. The body being destined to share with the body of Christ in resurrection, and to be raised up incorruptible, is the subject of a higher adaptation, with which fornication is incompatible.... [ Continue Reading ]
Members of Christ. The body is not only for the Lord (ver. 13), adapted for Him : it is also united with Him. See Ephesians 4:16. Members of a harlot. The union of man and woman, whether lawful or unlawful, confers a double personality. Fornication effects this result in an immoral way.... [ Continue Reading ]
He that is joined [ο κ ο λ λ ω μ ε ν ο ς]. See on Luke 14:15. Compare Aeschylus : "The family has been glued [κ ε κ ο λ λ η τ α ι] to misfortune" (" Agamemnon, " 1543). The verb is used Genesis 2:24, Sept., of the relation of husband and wife : shall cleave. In Deuteronomy 10:20; Deuteronomy 11:22;... [ Continue Reading ]
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 feel as if I had escaped from a mad and furious master" (329). Sin [α μ α ρ τ η μ α]. See on Romans 3:... [ Continue Reading ]
Temple [ν α ο ς]. Better, as Rev., in margin, sanctuary. It is not only a temple, but the very shrine. See on ch. 1 Corinthians 3:16. Glorify. See on John 7:39. Omit and in your spirit, which are God 's.... [ Continue Reading ]