The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
The inexcusable sin and shame of fornication. read more
1 Corinthians 6:18-20 Esv
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
Christianity in relation to the body. "All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient," etc. It would seem that there were those in the Church at Corinth who regarded Christianity as giving them a kind of liberty to do whatsoever they wished. Some of them having left Judaism with its various restraints, and others paganism, which also had restrictions, they were too ready to push the doctrine of religious liberty, as proclaimed by Paul, far beyond its limits. The apostle... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
The human body and its relation to Christ. Among the objects about him proper for use and enjoyment—those objects which accorded with his nature and position as a redeemed man—was there anything from which he was excluded? "All things are lawful unto me," and, in this sense, liberty and law are identical, the measure of the one being the measure of the other. If law is of God, so is freedom; if the former is the expression of the Divine will and character, so is the latter; and if man is... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
Abuse of Christian liberty. It appears that the principle of Christian liberty, "All things are lawful for me," had been greatly abused by some in the Church at Corinth. It was cited in defence of fornication, as well as of eating all kinds of meats. They confounded it with the philosophical maxim that man is the measure for himself; from which they drew the conclusion that the sexual appetite may be gratified in the same indiscriminate way as that of hunger. This pernicious abuse the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:13-19
Duties to the body. Christianity concerns itself about man's body as well as about man's soul. Christianity is a religion for man—for a whole man. When considering matters of religion, we are apt to leave the body too much out of account. Our remissness might be corrected if we remembered how large an influence the body has upon the mind and soul. I. CONSIDER WHAT CHRISTIANITY SAYS ABOUT THE BODY . It is: 1. For the Lord. 2. A temple of the Holy Ghost. ... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee fornication. In the battle against sensual sins, there is no victory except in absolute flight, for the reason which immediately follows, namely, that these sins have their dwelling in that body which is part of our being, and which yet they tend to destroy. They make a man his own deadliest enemy. Every sin... is without the body. Some have supposed that this cannot apply to gluttony and drunkenness, which they therefore class with fornication; but even in those sins, as in suicide,... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:19
That your body is the temple (or rather, a sanctuary ) of the Holy Ghost. He has already said that the Church is a shrine or sanctuary of the Holy Ghost ( 1 Corinthians 3:16 ); but here for the first time expression is given to one of the deepest and newest truths of Christianity. Three great epochs are marked by the use of the word temple. In the Old Testament it means the material temple, the sign of a localized worship and a separated people; in the Gospels our Lord uses it of... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:19
Divine ownership. One of the most elementary principles of Christian thought and life is expressed in these words: "Ye are not your own." The sense of Divine ownership rather than self ownership is the inspiration of all Christian dignity and strength. Consider— I. THE NATURE AND GROUNDS OF THIS PERSUASION . There is a sense in which it is true of all men that they are not their own. It is a necessary inference from the fact that they are created and dependent beings. But... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:19
The temple body and its sanctity. The idea of the old temple was not that of the modern church, which is a building in which men may gather to worship God. The old temple was a shrine for Deity to dwell in; and this Divine presence in the central shrine was conceived as hallowing the entire temple buildings, right through to the outer courts and gates. Nothing might enter the precincts that defiled or worked abomination. Illustrate from Solomon's temple, and the extreme jealousy with which... read more
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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:20
Verse 20 20.Glorify God From this conclusion, it appears that the Corinthians took a liberty to themselves in outward things, that it was necessary to restrain and bridle. The reproof therefore is this he allows that the body is subject to God no less than the soul, and that accordingly it is reasonable that both be devoted to his glory. “As it is befitting that the mind of a believer should be pure, so there must be a corresponding outward profession also before men, inasmuch as the power of... read more