1 Corinthians 6:12-13 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

The 1 Cor. 6:12, 13 seem to relate to that early dispute among Christians about the distinction of meats, and yet to be prefatory to the caution that follows against fornication. The connection seems plain enough if we attend to the famous determination of the apostles, Acts 15:19-29, where the prohibition of certain foods was joined with that of fornication. Now some among the Corinthians seem to have imagined that they were as much at liberty in the point of fornication as of meats,... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

6:12-20 True, all things are allowed to me; but all things are not good for me. All things are allowed to me, but I will not allow any thing to get control of me. Foods were made for the stomach and the stomach was made for foods; but God will obliterate both it and them. The body is not made for fornication but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body. God raised up the Lord, and by his power he will raise us too. Are you not aware that your bodies are the limbs of Christ? Am I then to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12

All things are lawful unto me ,.... That is, which are of an indifferent nature; otherwise everything is not lawful to be done: but all things are not expedient ; when the doing of them destroys the peace, comfort, and edification of others; when it stumbles and grieves weak minds, and causes offence to them; see 1 Corinthians 10:23 all things are lawful for me ; which is repeated for the sake of saying the following words: but I will not be brought under the power of any ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:13

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats ,.... All sort of food is appointed and provided to satisfy the appetite and stomach, to fill the belly, and nourish the body; and the belly, and all the parts through which the food passes, are purposely formed by God for the reception and digestion of the food, for its secretion, chylification, and nutrition by it, and the ejection of the excermentitious parts. But God shall destroy both it and them : at death, and in the grave, when the one... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:12

All things are lawful unto me - It is likely that some of the Corinthians had pleaded that the offense 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: Though such a thing be lawful, yet the case of fornication, mentioned 1 Corinthians 5:1 , is not expedient, ου συμφερει - it is not agreeable to propriety, decency, order, and purity. It is contrary to the established usages... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:13

Meats for the belly - I suppose that κοιλια means the animal appetite, or propensity to food, etc., 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 generally offered to idols; and he has adapted the appetite to these aliments, and the aliments to the appetite: but God shall destroy both it and them; none of these is eternal; all these lower appetites and sensations will... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:12

Verse 12 12.All things are lawful for me. Interpreters labor hard to make out the connection of these things, (345) as they appear to be somewhat foreign to the Apostle’s design. For my own part, without mentioning the different interpretations, I shall state what, in my opinion, is the most satisfactory. It is probable, that the Corinthians even up to that time retained much of their former licentiousness, and had still a savor of the morals of their city. Now when vices stalk abroad with... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:13

Verse 13 13.Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats Here he shows what use ought to be made of outward things — for the necessity of the present life, which passes away quickly as a shadow, agreeably to what, he says afterwards. (1 Corinthians 7:29.) We must use this world so as not to abuse it And hence, too, we infer, how improper it is for a Christian man to contend for outward things. (350) When a dispute, therefore, arises respecting corruptible things, a pious mind will not anxiously... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12

All things are lawful unto me. The abruptness with which the phrase is introduced perhaps shows that, in the letter of the Corinthians to St. Paul, they had used some such expression by way of palliating their lax tolerance of violations of the law of purity. By "all things," of course, is only meant "all things which are indifferent in themselves." They erroneously applied this maxim of Christian liberty to that which was inherently sinful, and thus were tempted to "make their liberty a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12

The lawful and the expedient. I. IT IS IMPORTANT TO ASCERTAIN WHAT IS LAWFUL FOR US IN LIFE . All things indifferent ( i.e. not evil in themselves) are lawful for the Christian. He has the widest liberty. He is not under the restriction of the older economy. To him "every creature of God is good" ( 1 Timothy 4:4 ), and to be received with thanksgiving. The Christian must abide within the limits of the lawful. Nothing that seems expedient outside of the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:13

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12

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