1 Corinthians 6:19 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 6:19

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 6:19

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 6:19

Verse 19 19.Know ye not that your body He makes use of two additional arguments, in order to deter us from this filthiness. First, That our bodies are temples of the Spirit; and, secondly, that the Lord has bought us to himself as his property. There is an emphasis implied in the term temple; for as the Spirit of God cannot take up his abode in a place that is profane, we do not give him a habitation otherwise than by consecrating ourselves to him as temples It is a great honor that God confers... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

The inexcusable sin and shame of fornication. read more

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

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 6:19

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:19

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:13-19

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