1 Corinthians 6:12-18

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 6:17

Compared to the union that takes place when two people have sex, the person who trusts Christ unites with Him in an even stronger and more pervasive oneness. This is an even stronger spiritual union. Consequently it is a very serious thing to give to a prostitute what God has so strongly united to Christ.Paul expressed his argument in a chiasm.A Your bodies are members of Christ’s body.B So they must not be members of a prostitute’s body.B’ Joined to a prostitute your members become one body... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 6:18

In conclusion, believers should flee from fornication (porneian). Joseph is a good example to follow (Genesis 39:12). Fornication is more destructive to the sinner than other sins because the people who engage in it cannot undo their act. Gluttony and drunkenness hurt the body as well, but they involve excess in things morally neutral, and abstinence may correct their effects.Fornication is also an especially serious sin because it involves placing the body, which is the Lord’s (1 Corinthians... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 6:18-20

The reason participating in prostitution is wrong 6:18-20Sexual immorality is wrong, Paul concluded, because it involves sinning against one’s body, which in the case of believers belongs to the Lord through divine purchase. read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 1 Corinthians 6:16

6:16 flesh. (a-24) Lit. 'to ( eis ) one flesh.' In English 'shall' or 'shall become' is the nearest in sense. It corresponds to the Hebrew of Genesis 2:24 . Eis is left out when he says 'one Spirit' in ver. 17. We are really 'one Spirit,' not two, with the Lord. But we cannot say, 'to' or 'for one flesh.' The two become so (i.e. 'one flesh') practically by their union; they are created individually. The union induces unity in the flesh; 'shall be,' or 'shall become' partly, though... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:1-20

(c) 6:1-11. Christians and LitigationSt. Paul reproves the Corinthians for referring their disputes about ordinary affairs to heathen judges. The subject was suggested by rumours he had heard; and the mention of ’judgment’ in 1 Corinthians 6:13 of the previous chapter prompted its treatment at this stage.1-6. Paraphrase. ’How is it that when you quarrel with one another you go before heathen judges and do not let some of the brethren decide your matter? (2) You spoke of the saints judging the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Corinthians 6:12

(12) All things are lawful unto me.—This was probably a statement which the Apostle had himself made; at all events, the freedom which it expresses was very dear to him, and it may have been misused by some as an argument for universal license. St. Paul, therefore, boldly repeats it, and proceeds to show that it is a maxim of Christian liberty, which does not refer to matters which are absolutely wrong, and that even in its application to indifferent matters it must be limited, and guarded by... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Corinthians 6:13

(13) Meats for the belly.—The Apostle proceeds now to show that the question of eating meats offered to idols does come into that catalogue of indifferent things on which an exercise of Christian freedom is permissible, and that the question of fornication does not. Lawful matters are to be decided upon the highest principle of expediency; but fornication is an unlawful matter, and therefore the question of its expediency does not arise at all. The stomach is adapted to the digestion of food,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Corinthians 6:14

(14) Will also raise up us.—This phrase is remarkable as one of the few which show that the Apostle, while he in common with the early Church expected the early advent of Christ, did not think that it would necessarily occur in his own lifetime. Here, as ever, the resurrection of the dead, when we shall receive our spiritual body instead of the natural body, is joined with the fact of the resurrection of Christ the firstfruits. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Corinthians 6:15

(15) Shall I then . . .?—Having shown the great dignity which attaches to our bodies as immortal members of Christ, the Apostle asks with indignant emphasis, “Shall I take them out from that high and holy membership, and make them members of an harlot?” The double act of taking them away from their glorious union with Christ, and joining them to a base body, is implied in the Greek. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Corinthians 6:16

(16) What?—As if some one might question and resent the strength of the previous words, and wish them “watered down.” “Do you not know that my strong assertion is true? It is not merely my statement; it is to be found in the Old Testament, ‘Two shall be one flesh.’” This was originally (Genesis 2:24) applied to marriage, as showing the intimacy of that sacred union, but here St. Paul applies it to one aspect of a union which, in one respect, was identical with marriage. Of course the other... read more

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