2 Corinthians 6:16 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:11-18

The apostle proceeds to address himself more particularly to the Corinthians, and cautions them against mingling with unbelievers. Here observe, I. How the caution is introduced with a profession, in a very pathetic manner, of the most tender affection to them, even like that of a father to his children, 2 Cor. 6:11-13. Though the apostle was happy in a great fluency of expressions, yet he seemed to want words to express the warm affections he had for these Corinthians. As if he had said, ?O... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:14-18

6:14-18 Do not allow yourselves to become joined in an alien yoke with unbelievers. What partnership can there be between righteousness and lawlessness? What fellowship can darkness have with light? What concord can there be with Christ and Belial? What share can the believer have with the unbeliever? What agreement can the temple of God have with idols? For you are the temple of the living God, even as God said, "I will dwell in them and I will walk in them, and I will be their God and they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:16

And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols ?.... That is, what association, confederation, or covenant agreement can the saints, who are the temple of God, have with idols, or their worshippers? no more than the ark of the Lord had with Dagon, or Dagon with the ark; which when brought into his temple, and set by him, the idol fell down, and part of him was broke to pieces: for ye are the temple of the living God ; some copies read "we are", and so the Ethiopic version. The... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:16

What agreement hath the temple of God with idols - Nothing could appear more abominable to a Jew than an idol in the temple of God: here, then, could be no agreement; the worship of the two is wholly incompatible. An idolater never worships the true God; a Christian never worships an idol. If ye join in idolatrous rites, it is impossible that ye should be Christians. Ye are the temple of the living God - God intends to make the heart of every believer his own house. I will dwell in... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:16

Verse 16 16.What agreement hath the temple of God with idols? Hitherto he has in general terms prohibited believers from associating with the wicked. He now lets them know what was the chief reason, why he had prohibited them from such an association — because they had ceased to reckon the profession of idolatry to be a sin. He had censured that liberty, and had exposed it at great length in the former Epistle. It is probable, however, that all had not yet been gained over, so as to receive the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:1-18

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:11-18

An appeal to the Corinthians to reciprocate his love for them, and separate themselves from evil. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:16

What agreement. The word means "unity of composition." This is the fifth synonym which St. Paul has used in this clause— μετοχὴ κοινωνία συμφώνησις , μερὶς συγκατάθεσις . The verb συγκατάθημι occurs in Luke 23:51 . St. Paul in this chapter shows an almost unwonted command over the Greek language. With idols ( Matthew 6:24 ; 1 John 5:21 ). Ye . "We" is the reading of א , B, D, L. Ewald, without sufficient ground, makes it one of his arguments for regarding this... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:16

And what agreement - (συγκατάθεσις sugkatathesis). Assent, accord, agreement. what putting or laying down together is there? What is there in one that resembles the other?The temple of God - What has a temple of God to do with idol worship? It is erected for a different purpose, and the worship of idols in it would not be tolerated. It is implied here that Christians are themselves the temple of God, a fact which Paul proceeds immediately to illustrate; and that it is as absurd for them to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Corinthians 6:14-16

2 Corinthians 6:14-16. Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers Christians with Jews or heathen, godly persons with the ungodly, spiritual with such as are carnal. The apostle particularly speaks of marriage; but the reasons he urges equally hold against any needless intimacy or society with them. Of the five questions that follow, the three former contain the argument, the two latter the conclusion. For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness The righteous can have no... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:11-18

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:14-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:16

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:11-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Corinthians 6:14-16

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