1 Coríntios 6
Albert Barnes · Citado em PreceptAustin
1 Coríntios 6
Barnes - The Lord is in an important sense for the body, that is, he acts, and plans, and provides for it. He sustains and keeps it; and he is making provision for its immortal purity and happiness in heaven. It is not right, therefore, to take the body, which is nourished by the kind and constant agency of a holy God, and to devote it to purposes of pollution.” (Commentary) Wayne
1 Coríntios 6
Barnes - This is the “second” argument against indulgences in this sin. It is this. “We are united to Christ. God has raised him from the dead, and made his body glorified. Our bodies will be like his (compare Philippians 3:21); and since our body is to be raised up by the power of God; since it is to be perfectly pure and holy, and since this is to be done by his agency, it is wrong that it should be devoted to purposes of pollution and lust.” (Commentary) Through His power - How sure is our resurrection? It is as sure as the resurrection of Christ, for the same surpassing power (cf Eph 1:18-21+) will raise our dead bodies from the grave that we might enter into eternity with our previously resurrected Lord Jesus. Paul alludes to God's power and our resurrection in 2 Cor 13:4 writing "For indeed He was crucified because of weakness, yet He lives because of the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, yet we will live with Him because of the power of God directed toward you." Power (1411)(dunamis) speaks of Inherent power residing in a thing by virtue of its nature, in this context the "nature" is the omnipotence of Christ the Creator and Sustainer of the Universe! Our word “dynamite” is the transliteration of this Greek word but not its translation. Dunamis does not refer to an explosive powder. The Greeks knew nothing about gunpowder. Although in the sense that a stick of dynamite contains the inherent power to effect results it would be a reasonable picture of the Greek word. Uses in the Corinthian letters 1 Co. 1:18; 1 Co. 1:24; 1 Co. 2:4; 1 Co. 2:5; 1 Co. 4:19; 1 Co. 4:20; 1 Co. 5:4; 1 Co. 6:14; 1 Co. 12:10; 1 Co. 12:28; 1 Co. 12:29; 1 Co. 14:11; 1 Co. 15:24; 1 Co. 15:43; 1 Co. 15:56; 2 Co. 1:8; 2 Co. 4:7; 2 Co. 6:7; 2 Co. 8:3; 2 Co. 12:9; 2 Co. 12:12; 2 Co. 13:4; Lord (Master, Owner)(2962) see kurios 1 Corinthians 6:15 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 never be! Amplified - Do you not see and know that your bodies are members (bodily parts) of Christ (the Messiah)? Am I therefore to take the parts of Christ and make [them] parts of a prostitute? Never! Never!
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Barnes - This is the third argument against licentiousness. It is, that we as Christians are united to Christ (compare the notes at John 15:1 ff); and that it is abominable to take the members of Christ and subject them to pollution and sin. Christ was pure - wholly pure. We are professedly united to him. We are bound therefore to be pure, as he was. Shall that which is a part, as it were, of the pure and holy Saviour, be prostituted to impure and unholy embraces? (Commentary) W E Vine - this is an additional thought to the truth in verse 13 that the body is for the Lord. It not only is for His use but is united to Him. This part of our personality is a member of Christ. For the doctrine that every believer is a member of the body of which Christ is Head, see chapter twelve and Romans 12 in regard to the local assembly, and Ephesians 4:15, 16 and Eph 5:30 in regard to the whole Church. The believer’s relationship with Christ involves the fact that his body is the instrument through which the Lord acts in all the ministry and activities committed to him for His service and glory. The body, as a member of Christ, is a living organism fitted to carry out His purpose through grace. How then can the believer “take away” (note the R.V.) that which is united to Christ and belongs to Him, and devote it to the purposes of not only an unlawful but of an unholy union, thus robbing the Lord of that through which He designs to manifest Himself? All sin is a contravention of spiritual union with Christ, but the sin here mentioned is infamous, and is a direct denial of the principle that the body is for the Lord. Unlike holy matrimony, which does not involve the taking away of a member of Christ, it is a thorough degradation of the high object for which our being has been redeemed, and cannot fail to involve the most terrible consequences in this life, with eternal loss in the future. (Collected Writings)
1 Coríntios 6
Barnes - Me genoito expresses the deep abhorrence of the apostle at the thought. It needed not argument to show it. The whole world revolted at the idea; and language could scarcely express the abomination of the very thought.(Commentary) Paul's uses of may it never be (me genoito) - Rom. 3:4; Rom. 3:6; Rom. 3:31; Rom. 6:2; Rom. 6:15; Rom. 7:7; Rom. 7:13; Rom. 9:14; Rom. 11:1; Rom. 11:11; 1 Co. 6:15; Gal. 2:17; Gal. 3:21; Gal. 6:14 Oster - Paul’s declaration that sexual immorality is unacceptable was addressed to those who had a choice about the matter. It must be kept in mind that large numbers of boys and girls and men and women, especially slaves, had little choice about their sexual involvement. The Roman author Seneca the Elder once commented that:“Losing sexual purity was a crime if you were a freeborn.” “Losing sexual purity was a necessity if you were a slave.” “Losing sexual purity was a duty if you were a freedman.” Rod Mattoon - Sexual intimacy with another person has a huge impact on you mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. It involves the entire being of a person. That is why it is so destructive when your intimacy is with someone who is not your spouse. The sexual relationship becomes a burden instead of a blessing. It brings guilt instead of glee. Such behavior leaves the person feeling cheapened or used, which in turn, leads to depression. In two full pages of advertisement printed in 1995, the Japanese government declared its desire to right the wrongs committed in World War II. The Asian Women's Fund, led by former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, placed the ads to announce the offer of atonement payments to "comfort women." During the war women were forced to provide sexual services to members of Japan's wartime military. In an effort to make atonement, the organization sent donations, messages, and a letter of apology from the Prime Minister to hundreds of former "comfort women." The advertisement stated: "The problem of the so-called wartime comfort women is one such scar, which, with the involvement of the Japanese military forces of the time, seriously stained the honor and dignity of many women. This is entirely inexcusable. I offer my profound apology to all those who, as wartime comfort women, suffered emotional and physical wounds that can never be closed." Murayama said: "We hope these projects have helped to remove at least some portion of the permanent scars these women bear. I consider it essential that we Japanese maintain a firm conviction that we must never violate the dignity of women again, as we did in our treatment of 'comfort women.'" Sexual immorality has a price that scars people for years. A man may become "one flesh" with a harlot, but this does not mean he becomes married to her because marriage is a covenant relationship based on commitment. This does not exist with a relationship with a harlot. The relationship with a harlot is totally different than the relationship a believer has with Christ. The believer's relationship with Jesus Christ is characterized by permanence, love, trust, edification, obedience, and purity. On the other hand, the relationship between a man and a prostitute is momentary, without love, devoid of responsibility, mutually destructive, decidedly egocentric, and shamefully immoral. This is why you don't want to pollute the palace. On April 14, 2003, the Rolling Hills, California City Council voted to repeal a 46 year-old ban on immorality. The repeal allows adultery within the city limits. The repeal also gives teenagers of the town legal freedom—at least on a municipal level—to engage in premarital sex. A resident of the city of 1,900 spotted the law while perusing the municipal code and mentioned it at a city council meeting. City Attorney Mike Jenkins says he wasn't even aware of that particular law. He said, "Why this particular law has been dormant and allowed to remain on the books all these years is anyone's guess." Jenkins recommended removing the ordinance. The statute was the second statue adopted by the city when it incorporated in 1957. It prescribed a $250 fine and/or three months in jail for violators. Council members claimed they were not endorsing the breaking of the seventh commandment. They said they were simply doing away with an archaic, unenforceable law. Before the meeting, Councilor James Black joked, "So this is a pro-adultery thing? Good for us!" Beloved, immorality creates a mess that cannot be cleaned up. The consequences or effects stay with you for the rest of your life. There is nothing good, nothing funny or cute about sexual sin, no matter what the world thinks or no matter how much they mock God's standards of righteousness. 1 Corinthians 6:16 Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For He says, "THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH." Amplified - Or do you not know and realize that when a man joins himself to a prostitute, he becomes one body with her? The two, it is written, shall become one flesh.
1 Coríntios 6:20
Barnes writes that price refers to "A price is that which is paid for an article, and which, in the view of the seller, is a fair compensation, or a valuable consideration why he should part with it; that is, the price paid is as valuable to him as the thing itself would be. It may not be the same thing either in quality or quantity, but it is that which to him is a sufficient consideration why he should part with his property. When an article is bought for a valuable consideration, it becomes wholly the property of the purchaser. He may keep it, direct it, dispose of it. Nothing else is to be allowed to control it without his consent. The language here is figurative. It does not mean that there was strictly a commercial transaction in the redemption of the church, a literal quid pro quo, for the thing spoken of pertains to moral government, and not to commerce. Let Him to Whom We Now Belong by Charles Wesley Let Him to whom we now belong His sovereign right assert, And take up every thankful song, And every loving heart. He justly claims us for His own, Who bought us with a price: The Christian lives to Christ alone, To Christ alone he dies. Jesus, Thine own at last receive, Fulfill our hearts’ desire; And let us to Thy glory live, And in Thy cause expire. Our souls and bodies we resign; With joy we render Thee Our all, no longer ours, but Thine, To all eternity. C H