1 Corinthians 6:9 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Our inheritance in peril I. WHAT OUR INHERITANCE IS . "The kingdom of God:" present, but chiefly future. Of which Peter speaks ( 2 Peter 3:13 ), "We, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness." Heaven, and the heavenly life, and the heavenly joys; the "rest that remaineth for the people of God;" the nightless, sinless, curseless, painless land; the "many mansions" of the Father's house; the eternal home, where we "shall see... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Before and after: two pictures. The apostle reminds them that wrong doing of every kind excludes from the kingdom of God, and that consequently their quarrels and litigation are bringing them into danger. They are forgetting the meaning of their conversion. I. OUR ORIGINAL CONDITION . Though this dark picture is meant to represent sinners at Corinth, its general features are universally applicable. 1. Sin is various, yet one. The branches are many, but they grow out of the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:9

Know ye not ... - The apostle introduces the declaration in this verse to show the evil of their course, and especially of the injustice which they did one to another, and their attempt to enforce and maintain the evil by an appeal to the pagan tribunals. He assures them, therefore, that the unjust could not be saved.The unrighteous - The unjust ἄδικοι adikoi - such as he had just mentioned - they who did injustice to others, and attempted to do it under the sanction of the courts.Shall not... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

1 Corinthians 6:9-11. Know ye not With all your boasted knowledge; that the unrighteous That is, not only the unjust, but those destitute of true righteousness and holiness, comprehending the various classes of sinners afterward mentioned, the term unrighteous here including them all: shall not inherit the kingdom of God Namely, the kingdom of eternal glory. And can you contentedly sacrifice this great and glorious hope which the gospel gives you, for the sake of those pleasures of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:1-11

Lawsuits before heathen judges (6:1-11)If a dispute arises between believers, it should be settled within the church, not in a public court of law (6:1). If Christians are to share in the future judgment of the world, surely they can judge everyday affairs of the present life (2-3). The Corinthians boast of their wisdom, yet not one among them is wise enough to decide the matter. Instead they shame themselves by taking Christian problems to non-Christian people for a decision (4-6).Christians... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 6:9

unrighteous . Same as unjust (1 Corinthians 6:1 ). the kingdom of God . See App-114 , and Compare 1 Corinthians 4:20 . not . App-105 . deceived . Greek. planao. This caution occurs three times in Paul's epistles; here, 1 Corinthians 15:33 .Galatians 1:6 , Galatians 1:7 , and once in James (1 Corinthians 1:16 ). neither . . . nor . Greek. oute. idolaters . See 1 Corinthians 5:10 . effeminate . Greek. malakos. Elsewhere transl, "soft". Matthew 11:8 . Luke 7:25 . abusers, &c .... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:9

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.A vast proportion of the whole Corinthian population participated in such sins as are catalogued here; and the prevalence of such wickedness throughout the ancient empire resulted in its total... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:9

9. unrighteous—Translate, "Doers of wrong": referring to :- (compare Galatians 5:21). kingdom of God—which is a kingdom of righteousness (Galatians 5:21- :). fornicators—alluding to 1 Corinthians 5:1-13; also below, 1 Corinthians 6:12-18. effeminate—self-polluters, who submit to unnatural lusts. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 6:1-11

2. Litigation in the church 6:1-11The apostle continued to deal with the general subject of discipline in the church that he began in 1 Corinthians 5:1. He proceeded to point out some other glaring instances of inconsistency that had their roots in the Corinthians’ lax view of sin. Rather than looking to unsaved judges to solve their internal conflicts, they should have exercised discipline among themselves in these cases. Gallio had refused to get involved in Jewish controversies in Corinth... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 6:7-11

Paul’s judgment in the matter 6:7-11The apostle now addressed the two men involved in the lawsuit but wrote with the whole church in view. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:1-11

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 6:9

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:9

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:9

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 6:1-11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 6:7-11

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