Chapter 6:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Romans 2 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 6
Concise Complete
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)
Verses 1-8
Christians should not contend with one another, for they are brethren. This, if
duly attended to, would prevent many law-suits, and end many quarrels and
disputes. In matters of great damage to ourselves or families, we may use lawful
means to right ourselves, but Christians should be of a forgiving temper. Refer
the matters in dispute, rather than go to law about them. They are trifles, and
may easily be settled, if you first conquer your own spirits. Bear and forbear,
and the men of least skill among you may end your quarrels. It is a shame that
little quarrels should grow to such a head among Christians, that they cannot be
determined by the brethren. The peace of a man's own mind, and the calm of his
neighbourhood, are worth more than victory. Lawsuits could not take place among
brethren, unless there were faults among them.
Verses 9-11
The Corinthians are warned against many great evils, of which they had formerly
been guilty. There is much force in these inquiries, when we consider that they
were addressed to a people puffed up with a fancy of their being above others in
wisdom and knowledge. All unrighteousness is sin; all reigning sin, nay, every
actual sin, committed with design, and not repented of, shuts out of the kingdom
of heaven. Be not deceived. Men are very much inclined to flatter themselves
that they may live in sin, yet die in Christ, and go to heaven. But we cannot
hope to sow to the flesh, and reap everlasting life. They are reminded what a
change the gospel and grace of God had made in them. The blood of Christ, and
the washing of regeneration, can take away all guilt. Our justification is owing
to the suffering and merit of Christ; our sanctification to the working of the
Holy Spirit; but both go together. All who are made righteous in the sight of
God, are made holy by the grace of God.
Verses
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 we must stand fast. But surely a
Christian would never put himself into the power of any bodily appetite. The
body is for the Lord; is to be an instrument of righteousness to holiness,
therefore is never to be made an instrument of sin. It is an honour to the body,
that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead; and it will be an honour to our
bodies, that they will be raised. The hope of a resurrection to glory, should
keep Christians from dishonouring their bodies by fleshly lusts. And if the soul
be united to Christ by faith, the whole man is become a member of his spiritual
body. Other vices may be conquered in fight; that here cautioned against, only
by flight. And vast multitudes are cut off by this vice in its various forms and
consequences. Its effects fall not only directly upon the body, but often upon
the mind. Our bodies have been redeemed from deserved condemnation and hopeless
slavery by the atoning sacrifice of Christ. We are to be clean, as vessels
fitted for our Master's use. Being united to Christ as one spirit, and bought
with a price of unspeakable value, the believer should consider himself as
wholly the Lord's, by the strongest ties. May we make it our business, to the
latest day and hour of our lives, to glorify God with our bodies, and with our
spirits which are his.
Chapter 6:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Johnson
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
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