“ But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. ”
But he that is joined to the Lord - The true Christian, united by faith to the Lord Jesus; see John 15:1 ff. Is one spirit - That is, in a sense similar to that in which a man and his wife...
Impurity is no True Expression of Christian Freedom, but Incompatible with the Believer's Union with Christ. The special case of incest and the warnings against impurity in the last section ( 1 Cor...
spirit . App-101. Compare 1 Corinthians 6:15 ; 1 Corinthians 12:13 .
17. He that is joined to the Lord. He has added this to show that our connection with Christ is closer than that of a husband and wife, and that the former, accordingly, must be greatly pref...
But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. Is one spirit - He who is united to God, by faith in Christ Jesus, receives his Spirit, and becomes a partaker of the Divine nature. Who can change...
But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. One spirit - with Him. In union with a harlot, the fornicator becomes one "body" with her, not one "spirit;" for the spirit-the normal organ...
(c) 6:1-11. Christians and Litigation St. Paul reproves the Corinthians for referring their disputes about ordinary affairs to heathen judges. The subject was suggested by rumours he had heard;...
One spirit. — The union betwixt Christ and each member of His Church is a spiritual one. This explains the sense in which we are the Lord’s body, and intensifies the argument against any degradatio...
Chapter 10 FORNICATION IN remonstrating with the Corinthians for their litigiousness, Paul was forcibly reminded how imperfectly his converts understood the moral requirements of the kingdom of G...
Keeping the Body Holy 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 It is interesting to compare 1 Corinthians 6:12 with 1 Corinthians 10:23 . There are four clauses in each verse, three of which are similar, but t...
The apostle now passed to another dereliction. Disputes in the church were being submitted to heathen tribunals. What these matters were we are not told. The teaching of the apostle is clear, and has...
(15) Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of a harlot? God forbid. (16) What? know ye not that he which is joined...
He that is joined unto the Lord ,.... As every elect person is; his whole person, soul and body, is united to the Lord Jesus Christ, to his whole person, as God-man and Mediator; even as Adam and Ev...
But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. Ver. 17. Is one spirit ] That is, one spiritual body: while Christ lays hold on us by his Spirit, we lay hold on him by faith. Hence the Church...
Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ Mystically united to him, as well as your souls, if you are his true disciples, as you profess to be. Shall I then take the members of Christ...
In this chapter there is another matter raised in which the Corinthians had not been using proper judgment. No individual is singled out here, but the strong reproof of the apostle is for any who had...
Against Fornication. A. D. 57. 12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expe...
This phrase joined unto the Lord, is thought to be taken out of Deuteronomy 10:20 : To him shalt thou cleave. He that hath attained to that mystical union which is between Christ and every one...
‘Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ. Shall I then take away the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it not be. Or do you not know that he who is joined in...
CRITICAL NOTES SECOND MAIN TOPIC.— 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 1 Corinthians 6:12 . Lawful .—Here, and in 1 Corinthians 10:23 . To be put in quotation marks, “All … lawful.” His own words, or some...
1 Corinthians 6:1 . Dare any of you go to law before the unjust? He whose cause is just appeals to equity, but he who does his neighbour wrong is vexatious. In England, our judges, after the cause...
All things are lawful to me, but all things are not expedient. The lawful and the expedient I. What is lawful for us in life? All things indifferent, i.e. , not evil in themselves. The Christi...
EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 6:1-46 Litigation before heathen courts forbidden. 1 Corinthians 6:1 Dare any of you? rather, Dare any one of you? It is in St. Paul's view an audacio...
An earnest warning against immorality:
1 Corinthians 12:13 ; Ephesians 4:3 ; Ephesians 4:4 ; Ephesians 5:30 ; John 17:21-23 ; John 3:6 ; Philippians 2:5
The Indwelling Holy Spirit 1 Corinthians 6:1-20 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The studies in the Epistle to the Corinthians are not written to be shelved, but to be carefully studied, and followed, lest...
But he that is joined to the Lord — By faith. Is one spirit with him — And shall he make himself one flesh with an harlot?