Genesis 2:24.
Know ye not ... - This is the third argument against licentiousness. It is, that we as Christians are united to Christ (compare the notes at Joh...
(12) What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for (i) two, saith he, shall be one flesh. (12) A proof of the same argumen...
Impurity is no True Expression of Christian Freedom, but Incompatible with the Believer's Union with Christ. The special case of incest and the war...
What? . Greek. joined . Greek. kollao. See Luke 15:15 . for two, &c . The quotation is from Genesis 2:24 (Septuagint) one . into (Gre...
16. Know ye not that he that is joined to an harlot He brings out more fully the greatness of the injury that is done to Christ by the man t...
What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. He that is joined to a harlot is one body...
What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. Fornicators are "members of an harl...
(c) 6:1-11. Christians and Litigation St. Paul reproves the Corinthians for referring their disputes about ordinary affairs to heathen judges. T...
Paraphrase. 'It is true as you suggest that “all things are lawful” but this is not an absolute but a relative principle. You must not argue that t...
Saith he ] i.e. God in Scripture ( Genesis 2:24 ). One flesh ] The words spoken first of marriage are applied here to an unholy union. St. Paul do...
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...
Chapter 10 FORNICATION IN remonstrating with the Corinthians for their litigiousness, Paul was forcibly reminded how imperfectly his converts und...
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 clause...
The apostle now passed to another dereliction. Disputes in the church were being submitted to heathen tribunals. What these matters were we are not t...
(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 forb...
What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot ,.... Not in marriage, but in carnal copulation, and unclean embraces, is one body with her...
What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. Ver. 16. Is one body ] By a most stric...
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 profe...
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 th...
Against Fornication. A. D. 57. 12 All thin...
The conjunction of the husband and wife, mentioned Genesis 2:24 , and the conjunction of the fornicator and the harlot, differ not as to the speci...
‘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 n...
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 quota...
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...
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 indiff...
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats. Christianity in relation to the body The apostle here states, perhaps in answer to a question on...
EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 6:1-46 Litigation before heathen courts forbidden. 1 Corinthians 6:1 Dare any of you? rather, Dare any...
An earnest warning against immorality:
What? Know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? For two, saith He, shall be one flesh.
Ephesians 5:31 ; Genesis 2:24 ; Genesis 34:31 ; Genesis 38:15 ; Genesis 38:24 ; Hebrews 11:31 ; Judges 16:1 ; Mark 10:8 ; Matthew 19:5 ; Ma...
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...
16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.