1 Corinthians 6:17-19 KJV

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 6:17

He that is joined unto the Lord ,.... As every elect person is; his whole person, soul and body, is united to the Lord Jesus Christ, to his whole person, as God-man and Mediator; even as Adam and Eve, whose marriage was a representation of the marriage between Christ and his church, were personally united, and were called by the same name; and as the whole human nature of Christ, consisting of a true body and a reasonable soul, was united to the person of the Son of God; and as appears from... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:18

Flee fornication ,.... As that which is hurtful, scandalous, and unbecoming Christians; avoid it, and all the occasions of it, that may lead unto it, and be incentives of it: every sin that a man doth is without the body not but that other sins are committed by the body, and by the members of it as instruments; they are generally committed by the abuse of other things that are without, and do not belong to the body; and so do not bring that hurt unto and reproach upon the body, as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:19

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost ,.... What is said in 1 Corinthians 3:16 of the saints in general, is here said of their bodies in particular. The Holy Spirit, in regeneration and sanctification, when he begins the good work of grace on a man, takes possession of his whole person, soul and body, and dwells therein as in his temple. So the Jews F15 R. Joseph Albo. apud Pocock. Not. in Pert. Mosis, p. 120, 121. call the body of a righteous man משכן ,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:17

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! read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:18

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 tendency to destroy life, yet none are so mortal as those to which the apostle refers; they strike immediately at the basis of the constitution. By the just judgment of God, all these irregular and sinful connections... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:19

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 holy, separated from all common and profane uses, and dedicated alone to the service of God, so the bodies of genuine Christians are holy, and all their members should be employed in the service of God alone. ... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:17

Verse 17 17.He that is joined to the Lord. He has added this to show that our connection with Christ is closer than that of a husband and wife, and that the former, accordingly, must be greatly preferred before the latter, so that it must be maintained with the utmost chastity and fidelity. For if he who is joined to a woman in marriage ought not to have illicit connection with an harlot, much more heinous were this crime in believers, who are not merely one flesh with Christ, but also one... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:18

Verse 18 18.Flee fornication Every sin, etc. Having set before us honorable conduct, he now shows how much we ought to abhor fornication, setting before us the enormity of its wickedness and baseness. Now he shows its greatness by comparison — that this sin alone, of all sins, puts a brand of disgrace upon the body. The body, it is true, is defiled also by theft, and murder, and drunkenness, in accordance with those statements — Your hands are defiled with blood. (Isaiah 1:15.) You have... 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 6:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:18

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