The apostle, having mentioned one very great irregularity among the professors of Christianity at Corinth, proceeds now to animadvert upon another, namely, their entering into suits of law with each other in heathen courts: _Dare any of you_ Have you so little regard for the glory of God, and the cr... [ Continue Reading ]
_Now therefore_ But, indeed, there is plainly a fault in you, whoever may have the right on his side; that _ye go to law with one another_ Or that ye quarrel with one another at all, whether ye go to law or not. _Why do ye not rather take_, or suffer, _wrong_ Endure it patiently, and sit down with t... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 sinners afterward mentioned, the term _unrighteous_ here including them all: _shall not inherit the kingd... [ Continue Reading ]
_All things_ That are indifferent in their own nature, and neither commanded nor forbidden; _are lawful unto me_ Or, as some paraphrase the clause, _All things which are lawful for you are lawful for me._ Since the apostle could not say, in any sense, that absolutely all things were lawful for him,... [ Continue Reading ]
_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_ My body, which is united to him, with its members; _and make them the members of a harlot_ United t... [ Continue Reading ]
_Know ye not_, &c. As if he had said, There is another view in which the baseness of this crime must appear to you, Christians, in consequence of your relation to that blessed agent, the Spirit of God. For _your body is the temple of God_ Dedicated to him, and inhabited by him; even by that Spirit _... [ Continue Reading ]