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1 Corinthians 6

1Co 6:1-8—Saints forbidden to go to law with each other.

1Co 6:2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

world

kosmos = man-kind. Scofield Matthew 4:8, note.

1Co 6:3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?

judge

Judgments (the seven). 1Co 6:2-3; 11:31-32. (2Sa 7:14; Rev 22:12).

angels

Scofield Hebrews 1:4, note.

1Co 6:4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.

who are least esteemed

Churches (local). 1Co 7:17-18. (Act 2:41; Phl 1:1).


1Co 6:9-12—Part IV. The sanctity of the body, and marriage (1Co 6:9-7:40). (1) The body is holy: because washed and justified.

1Co 6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

are

were, and so throughout the verse.

sanctified

Sanctify, holy (persons) (N.T.). 1Co 7:14, 34. (Mat 4:5; Rev 22:11.)

justified

Justification. Gal 2:16. (Luk 18:14; Rom 3:28).


1Co 6:13-18—(2) Because the body is the Lord's.

1Co 6:15 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 an harlot? God forbid.

shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot?

Paul does not invoke the authority of the seventh commandment, but appeals to the believer's sacredness as a member of Christ.

1Co 6:16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

for twoshall be one flesh

Gen 2:24.


1Co 6:19-20—(3) Because the body is a temple.

1Co 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

the temple

a temple.

Holy Ghost

Holy Spirit (N.T.). 1Co 6:11, 19; 7:40. (Mat 1:18; Act 2:4.)

of

from.

1Co 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

are

were.

God's

Some authorities end verse with "body."

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