1 Corinthians 6:19

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:19

The Christian has no personal rights. This assertion may be made both concerning himself and concerning the things which he is said to possess. Three points claim consideration. I. THE CHRISTIAN IS NOT HIS OWN . Before conversion he may have so thought of himself. The essence of conversion is a voluntary surrender of will and life to Christ. II. HE IS A BOUGHT ONE . And he dwells with holy satisfaction on the "precious blood" which was as it were his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

A purchased possession. Every noble character and life is based upon self renunciation. A man, in order to make his mark upon the world, must lose himself in some great cause, that e.g. of his country, of science, of art, of humanity. Is there an all absorbing aim in which men generally may justly lose themselves? If there be, it must be the highest, all comprehending, perfectly and lastingly satisfactory. Christians have found this secret: they live to God in Christ. They are not their... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:19

What! know ye not ... - This is the fifth argument against this sin. The Holy Spirit dwells in us; our bodies are his temples; and they should not be defiled and polluted by sin; see the note at 1 Corinthians 3:16-17. As this Spirit is in us, and as it is given us by God, we ought not to dishonor the gift and the giver by pollution and vice.And ye are not your own - This is the sixth argument which Paul uses. We are purchased; we belong to God; we are his by redemption; by a precious price... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Know ye not, &c. As if he had said, There is another view in which the baseness of this crime must appear to you, Christians, in consequence of your relation to that blessed agent, the Spirit of God. For your body is the temple of God Dedicated to him, and inhabited by him; even by that Spirit which is in you As true believers in Jesus, John 7:37-38; Ephesians 1:13. Which ye have Which you receive; of God As a most important, most necessary gift, without... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Unlawful sexual freedom (6:12-20)The Corinthians had claimed that since they were not in bondage to laws they could do as they wished. Paul replies that this is not so. Not all things are helpful, and some may lead a person into a new kind of bondage (12).Certain people at Corinth even claimed that just as the stomach needs a constant supply of food to satisfy it, so the body needs unrestrained sexual pleasure for its satisfaction. Paul denies this. The body’s main purpose is not concerned with... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 6:19

the = a. Temple . Greek. naos . See 1 Corinthians 3:16 . Holy Ghost = Holy Spirit. App-101 . of = from. App-104 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:19

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own.What Paul had affirmed earlier with reference to the church's being the temple of the Holy Spirit is here declared to be true of individual members of the church. God's temple belongs to God, and therefore the individual who partakes of the nature of God's temple belongs not to himself but to God; and thus he is not free to indulge his lusts and appetites but is... read more

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