1 Corinthians 6:4 If then you have judgments concerning things pertaining to this life, do you appoint those who are least esteemed by the church to judge? 5I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not even one, who will be able to judge between […]
Archive for September, 2002
1 Corinthians 6:7 Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated? 8No, you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and you do these things to your brethren!
Now therefore, it […]
1 Corinthians 6:9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,
Do you not know that the unrighteous
The “unrighteous” are those not right with God. This is a person who does not have imputed righteousness. […]
1 Corinthians 6:10 …nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
…nor thieves,
Businesses in North America lose billions of dollars from pilfering. The biblical principle is, “Let him that stole, steal no more” (Ephesians 4:29).
nor covetous,
Here is a “nice” sin, a sin that goes to […]
1 Corinthians 6:11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
God does three things for us at the moment of salvation: wash, sanctify, and justify.
And such were some of you. […]
1 Corinthians 6:11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
But you were washed,
The word “but” is a strong adversative in the Greek. Paul uses this term three times in […]
1 Corinthians 6:11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
but you were sanctified,
“Sanctified” means set apart. God sets apart the believer with the indwelling Holy Spirit so that he […]
1 Corinthians 6:11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
but you were justified
“Justified” means declared righteous. This is a forensic (legal) act by God whereby He puts us into […]
1 Corinthians 6:12 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
The Holy Spirit through Paul now turns to the subject of limitations on liberty (6:12-20). Is there liberty in the Christian life? If so, […]
1 Corinthians 6:13 Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
Paul now introduces a false analogy that attempts to rationalize sexual (v. 13) freedom. In verses 13-17 Paul […]