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Verse 1 Corinthians 6:12. _ALL THINGS ARE LAWFUL UNTO ME_] It is
likely that some of the Corinthians had pleaded that the offence of
the man who had his father's wife, as well as the eating the thing...
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ALL THINGS ARE LAWFUL UNTO ME - The apostle here evidently makes a
transition to another subject from that which he had been discussing -
a consideration of the propriety of using certain things which...
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CHAPTER 6
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1. Concerning Disputes before Heathen Courts. (1 Corinthians 6:1).
2. The Holiness of Believers; Their Bodies the Temples of the Holy
Spirit. (1 Corinthians 6:8).
Instead of settling t...
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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 Corinth...
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THE FOLLY OF THE LAW COURTS (1 Corinthians 6:1-8)...
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True, all things are allowed to me; but all things are not good for
me. All things are allowed to me, but I will not allow any thing to
get control of me. Foods were made for the stomach and the stoma...
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UNTO. to.
ALL THINGS, &C. = not all things are profitable (Greek. _sumphero._
Compare John 11:50; John 16:7; Acts 20:20).
FOR. to.
BROUGHT UNDER, &C. Greek. pass, of _exousiazo,_ to have aut
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The guilt of the Fornicator
12. _All things are lawful unto me_ In this and the next two verses
the main argument of the rest of the Epistle is sketched out, though
not in the order afterwards followe...
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ΠΆΝΤΑ ΜΟΙ ἜΞΕΣΤΙΝ. ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO ME. See
Soph. _Aj._ 346, προσβλέπειν ἔξεστί σοι τὰ
τοῦδε πράγη, Marc. Aurel. _Medit._ IV. 17, ἕως ζῇς,
ἕως ἔξεστιν, ἀγαθὸς γένου. So also Xen.
_Oec._ II....
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THE GUILT OF THE FORNICATOR
In this and the next two verses the main argument of the rest of the
Epistle is sketched out, though not in the order afterwards followed
by the Apostle. At present he take...
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_CHRISTIANS BELONG TO GOD 1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-14:_ Those that are saved
are changed people. Before their conversion some of the Corinthians
had been, "fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, effeminate, abu...
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ΈΞΕΣΤΙΝ (G1832) _praes. ind. act._ безличн.
позволено, разрешено, с эпэкз. _inf._
Очевидно, Павел цитирует известное в
Коринфе высказывание (Weiss; Barrett; NW 2, 1:281;
SB, 3:365; Schrage; TDNT).
ΣΥ...
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ALL THINGS ARE LAWFUL UNTO ME— _Are all things lawful for
me?—However, all things are not expedient. Are all things lawful for
me?—However, I will not be a slave to any._ Heylin....
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 3
Defilers Are Not Brothers (1 Corinthians 6:12-20)
12 All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful. All
things are lawful for me, but I will not be enslave...
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All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all
things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of
any.
ALL THINGS ARE LAWFUL UNTO ME. Paul's own words on s...
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1 It is unfortunate that our word "judge" usually takes on the sense
of condemnation. The saints are not to condemn the world but to rule
it during the eons. Saints in Israel will possess the kingdom...
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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 the existence of appetites proves the lawfulness
of th...
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ALL THINGS ARE LAWFUL] cp. 1 Corinthians 10:23. St. Paul seems to have
stated this as a principle in regard to the use of certain kinds of
food (e.g. meats offered to idols, 1 Corinthians 10:25;...
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_(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; and...
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SERVANTS OF CHRIST
1 CORINTHIANS
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 6
CHRISTIANS AND THE LAW COURTS 6:1-8
V1 Suppose that one of you has a reason to complain against another
Christian. You may take your pro...
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ALL THINGS ARE LAWFUL UNTO ME. — This was probably a statement which
the Apostle had himself made; at all events, the freedom which it
expresses was very dear to him, and it may have been misused by s...
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CHAPTER 9
ON GOING TO LAW
ST. PAUL here gives his judgment on the litigiousness of the
Corinthians. The Greeks, in general, were fond of going to law. They
were not only quarrelsome, but they seemed...
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Πάντα μοι ἔξεστιν stands twice here, and twice in 1
Corinthians 10:23; P. harps on the saying in a way to indicate that it
was a watchword with some Cor [965] party perhaps amongst both
Paulinists and...
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§ 19. THE SANCTITY OF THE BODY, The laxity of morals distinguishing
the Cor [964] Church was in some instances defended, or half-excused,
by appealing to the principle of _Christian liberty_, which P....
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KEEPING THE BODY HOLY
1 Corinthians 6:12
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,
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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...
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Christians Are A Part of Christ's Body
Christians are free to do anything that is not sinful. The Corinthians
had misapplied their freedom to sinful activities. As God's inspired
spokesman, Paul said...
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(9) (g) All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not
expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought
under the (h) power of any.
(9) Secondly, he shows that the Corinthians...
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All things are lawful to me. We cannot take the words in the obvious
sense, St. Paul having just before declared, that unjust dealers,
fornicators, drunkards, shall not possess the kingdom of God. Som...
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IV. IMPURITY. 6:12-20.
It has sometimes been imagined that the apostle was here resuming the
subject of chap. 5, from which he had allowed himself to be diverted
by the question of lawsuits. But we ha...
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“All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient;
all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the
power of any.”
Paul himself had no doubt uttered this maxim at Corin...
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(12) All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient:
all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the
power of any. (13) Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats:...
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As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle
give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle
speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
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12._All things are lawful for me. _Interpreters labor hard to make out
the connection of these things, (345) as they appear to be somewhat
foreign to the Apostle’s design. For my own part, without men...
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1 Corinthians 6:1-11 treats the subject of wrongs. It was shameful
that those who were to judge the world and the angels should be
incapable of judging the paltry affairs of this world. Let the least...
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ALL THINGS ARE LAWFUL UNTO ME,.... That is, which are of an
indifferent nature; otherwise everything is not lawful to be done:
BUT ALL THINGS ARE NOT EXPEDIENT; when the doing of them destroys the
pe...
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All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all
things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of
any.
Ver. 12. _All things are lawful_] viz. All indifferent...
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_All things_ That are indifferent in their own nature, and neither
commanded nor forbidden; _are lawful unto me_ Or, as some paraphrase
the clause, _All things which are lawful for you are lawful for...
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ALL THINGS ARE LAWFUL; which are not forbidden of God.
NOT EXPEDIENT; because not adapted to do good.
NOT BE BROUGHT UNDER THE POWER; he would not be the slave of any
appetite or passion. A wise man...
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THE NECESSITY OF KEEPING THE BODY UNDEFILED.
Christian expediency:...
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ALL THINGS ARE LAWFUL UNTO ME, BUT ALL THINGS ARE NOT EXPEDIENT; ALL
THINGS ARE LAWFUL FOR ME, BUT I WILL NOT BE BROUGHT UNDER THE POWER OF
ANY....
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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...
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EXPEDIENT:
Or, profitable...
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FORNICATION-1 CORINTHIANS 6:12-20:
Introductory Comments:
'You'll note that Paul speaks of men in this section (and not women)
as committing fornication. And with harlots (not simply women in
general...
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12-20 Some among the Corinthians seem to have been ready to say, All
things are lawful for me. This dangerous conceit St. Paul opposes.
There is a liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, in which...
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The words of this text are not so difficult in themselves, as it is to
make out the connection they have with, and the dependence they have
upon, what went before and what followeth after. Some, think...
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All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. [The
abruptness here suggests that, in palliation of their undue laxity and
toleration, they had in their letter (1 Corinthians 7:1) urg...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
For it is in man's power to disobey God, and to forfeit what is good;
but [such conduct] brings no small amount of injury and mischief. And
on this account Paul says...
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1 Corinthians 6:12 things G3956 lawful G1832 (G5748) me G3427 but G235
things G3956 are G4851 not G3756 h
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PAUL NOW STRESSES THAT ALL IMMORALITY IS TO BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS
(6:12-20).
‘All things are lawful to me, but all things are not expedient. All
things are lawful to me, but I will not be brought u...
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LAWFUL
(εξεστιν). Apparently this proverb may have been used by Paul
in Corinth (repeated in 1 Corinthians 10:23), but not in the sense now
used by Paul's opponents. The "all things" do not include...
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1. _Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before
the unjust, and not before the saints?_
In those days, the courts of law were utterly unjust. It was all a
matter of who could b...
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CONTENTS: Saints forbidden to go to law with each other. Sanctity of
the body. The body the Lord's temple.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit.
CONCLUSION: Contention of Christians before the law i...
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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 is...
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I AM ALLOWED TO DO ANYTHING. Paul taught that a Christian was free
from human rules that said: "Don't handle this, Don't taste that,
Don't touch the other" (Colossians 2:21). Some thought this gave th...
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_And such were some of you, but ye are washed … sanctified …
Justified._
THE GREAT CONTRAST
Note--
I. The past state of the redeemed. “And such were some of you.”
1. They were void of moral rectit...
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_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 Christian h...
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 6:12 Some Corinthian Christians
were engaging in sex with prostitutes. Paul reminds them that the
bodies of Christians are one with the resurrected Christ and that,...
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CHAPTER 6
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. The Apostle passes on to the subject of lawsuits and trials, and
reproves the Corinthians for instituting proceedings before the
heathen judges, and he declares...
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_All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient._ All
things, say Theodoret and Œcumenius, are through free-will lawful
unto me, are in my power, _e.g_., to commit fornication, to rob...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
SECOND MAIN TOPIC.— 1 Corinthians 6:12
1 Corinthians 6:12. LAWFUL.—Here, and in 1 Corinthians 10:23. To be
put in quotation marks, “All … lawful.” His own word
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EXPOSITION
1 CORINTHIANS 6:1
_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 _audacious _defiance of
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Now Paul brings up another issue, and that was the taking of a brother
before the pagan courts.
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the
unjust, and not before the saint...
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1 Corinthians 10:23; 1 Corinthians 10:24; 1 Corinthians 8:4; 1
Corinthians 8:7;...
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Are lawful [ε ξ ε σ τ ι ν]. There is a play between this word
and ejxousiasqhsomai be brought under the power, which can hardly be
accurately conveyed to the English reader. The nearest approach to it...
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THE INDWELLING HOLY SPIRIT
1 Corinthians 6:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The studies in the Epistle to the Corinthians are not written to be
shelved, but to be carefully studied, and followed, lest we fall,...
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All things — Which are lawful for you. Are lawful for me, but all
things are not always expedient — Particularly when anything would
offend my weak brother; or when it would enslave my own soul. For
t...
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Our apostle still proceeds in the reprehensory part of his epistle,
and begins here to reprove the growing heresy of the Gnostics and
Nicolaitans among them, who allowed the eating OF THINGS SACRIFICE...