1 Corinthians 6:15 - Exposition

Members of Christ. We find the same metaphor in 1 Corinthians 12:12 , 1 Corinthians 12:27 ; Ephesians 5:30 . The Church is often alluded to as "the body of Christ" ( Ephesians 1:23 ; Colossians 1:18 ; Colossians 2:19 , etc.). Elsewhere the union between Christ and Christians is described by the metaphor of a tree and its branches; a building and the stones of which it is composed ( Ephesians 2:21 , Ephesians 2:22 ). God forbid. An admirable idiom to express the real force of the original, which means, "May it never be!". It occurs in Romans 3:4 , Romans 3:6 , Romans 3:31 ; Romans 6:15 ; Romans 7:7 , Romans 7:13 ; Romans 9:14 ; Romans 11:1 , Romans 11:11 ; Galatians 2:17 ; Galatians 3:21 . The formula, which involves the indignant rejection of some false conclusion, is characteristic of the second group of St. Paul's Epistles, but especially (as will be seen) of the Epistle to the Romans.