CHAPTER VI. _The Corinthians are reproved for their litigious disposition;_ _brother going to law with brother, and that before the_ _heathen_, 1-6. _They should suffer wrong rather than do any_, 7, 8. _No unrighteous person can enter into the glory of God_, 9, 10. _Some of the Corinthians had... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Corinthians 6:2. _THE SAINTS SHALL JUDGE THE WORLD?_] Nothing can be more evident than that the writers of the New Testament often use οκοσμος, _the world_, to signify the _Jewish people_; and sometimes the _Roman empire_, and the _Jewish state_; and in the former sense it is often used by... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Corinthians 6:3. _KNOW YE NOT THAT WE SHALL JUDGE ANGELS?_] Dr. Lightfoot observes that "the apostle does not say here, as he said before, the _saints_ shall judge the angels, but WE shall judge them. By _angels_, all confess that _demons_ are intended; but certainly all _saints_, according... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Corinthians 6:4. _THINGS PERTAINING TO THIS LIFE_] They could examine all civil cases among themselves, which they were permitted to determine without any hinderance from the heathen governments under which they lived. _WHO ARE LEAST ESTEEMED IN THE CHURCH._] τους εξουθενημενους, Those who... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Corinthians 6:5. _IS IT SO, THAT THERE IS NOT A WISE MAN AMONG YOU?_] Have you none among yourselves that can be arbitrators of the differences which arise, that you go to the heathen tribunals?... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Corinthians 6:6. _BROTHER GOETH TO LAW WITH BROTHER_] One Christian sues another at law! This is almost as great a scandal as can exist in a Christian society. Those in a religious community who _will_ not submit to a proper arbitration, made by persons among themselves, should be expelled f... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Corinthians 6:7. _THERE IS UTTERLY A FAULT AMONG YOU_] There is a most manifest _defect_ among you, 1. Of _peaceableness_; 2. Of _brotherly_ _love_; 3. Of _mutual confidence_; and 4. Of _reverence_ for _God_, and concern for the _honour of his cause_. _WHY DO YE NOT RATHER TAKE WRONG?_]... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Corinthians 6:8. _NAY, YE DO WRONG_] Far from suffering, ye are the aggressors; and defraud your pious, long-suffering brethren, who submit to this wrong rather than take those methods of redressing their grievances which the spirit of Christianity forbids. Probably the apostle refers to him... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Corinthians 6:9. _THE UNRIGHTEOUS SHALL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM_] The unrighteous, αδικοι, those who act _contrary_ to _right_, cannot _inherit_, for the inheritance is by _right_. He who is not a _child_ _of God_ has no _right_ to the family inheritance, for that inheritance is for the _chi... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Corinthians 6:11. _AND SUCH WERE SOME OF YOU_] It was not with the prospect of collecting _saints_ that the apostles went about preaching the Gospel of the kingdom. None but _sinners_ were to be found over the face of the earth; they preached that sinners might be converted unto God, made sa... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Corinthians 6:12. _ALL THINGS ARE LAWFUL UNTO ME_] It is likely that some of the Corinthians had pleaded that the offence of the man who had his father's wife, as well as the eating the things offered to idols, was not contrary to the law, as it then stood. To this the apostle answers: Thoug... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Corinthians 6:13. _MEATS FOR THE BELLY_] I suppose that κοιλια means the animal _appetite_, or _propensity_ to food, c., and we may conceive the apostle to reason thus: I acknowledge that God has provided different kinds of aliments for the appetite of man, and among others those which are g... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Corinthians 6:14. _AND GOD HATH BOTH RAISED UP THE LORD_] He has raised up the human nature of Christ from the grave, as a pledge of our resurrection; and will also raise us up by his own power, that we may dwell with him in glory for ever.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Corinthians 6:15. _KNOW YE NOT THAT YOUR BODIES ARE THE MEMBERS OF_ _CHRIST?_] Because he has taken your nature upon him, and thus, as believers in him, ye are the members of Christ. _SHALL I THEN TAKE_, c.] Shall we, who profess to be members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones, co... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Corinthians 6:16. _HE THAT IS JOINED TO A HARLOT IS ONE BODY_] In _Sohar_ _Genes_., fol. 19, we have these remarkable words: _Whosoever_ _connects himself with another man's wife, does in effect renounce_ _the holy blessed God, and the Church of the Israelites_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 17. _IS ONE SPIRIT._] He who is united to God, by faith in Christ Jesus, receives his Spirit, and becomes a partaker of the Divine nature. Who can change such a relationship for communion with a harlot; or for any kind of sensual gratification? He who can must be far and deeply fallen!... [ Continue Reading ]
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 undone; _reason_ not, but FLY! _SINNETH AGAINST HIS OWN BODY._] Though sin of every species has a ten... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 19. _YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST_] What an astonishing saying is this! As truly as the living God dwelt in the Mosaic tabernacle, and in the temple of Solomon, so truly does the Holy Ghost dwell in the souls of genuine Christians; and as the _temple_ and all its _utensils_ were _... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Corinthians 6:20. _YE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE_] As the _slave_ who is purchased by his master for a sum of money is the sole property of that master, so ye, being bought with the price of the blood of Christ, are not _your own_, you are his _property_. As the slave is bound to use all his sk... [ Continue Reading ]