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MEATS FOR THE BELLY ... - This has every appearance of being an adage
or proverb. Its meaning is plain. “God has made us with appetites
for food; and he has made food adapted to such appetites, and it...
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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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DESTROY. bring to nought. Greek. _katargeo._ See Romans 3:3....
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_Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats_ This is a matter of
comparatively trifling importance. Meat is a necessity for our present
undeveloped life; in the world where hunger and thirst will be...
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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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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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ΤᾺ ΒΡΏΜΑΤΑ ΤΗ͂Ι ΚΟΙΛΊΑΙ ΚΑῚ Ἡ ΚΟΙΛΊΑ
ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΒΡΏΜΑΣΙΝ. FOODS FOR the belly and the belly for
foods. St Paul here points out that the view of these questions taken
by himself is the very reverse of that...
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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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ΒΡΏΜΑ (G1033) пища,
ΚΟΙΛΊΣΊ (G2836) _dat. sing._ желудок. _Dat._
преимущества,
ΚΑΊ ΤΑΎΤΗΝ ΚΑΊ ΤΑΎΤΑ оба (fem. относится
к ΚΟΙΛΊΑ) и эти вещи (acc.pl. относится к
ΒΡΏΜΑΤΑ).
ΚΑΤΑΡΓΉΣΕΙ _fut. ind. act...
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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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Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy
both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the
Lord; and the Lord for the body.
The argument from the indiffe...
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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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MEATS] An instance of things indifferent: cp. 1 Corinthians 8-10,
where this matter is treated at length. St. Paul grants liberty in
respect of meats; but the liberty does not excuse violating another...
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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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_(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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MEATS FOR THE BELLY. — The Apostle proceeds now to show that the
question of eating meats offered to idols does come into that
catalogue of indifferent things on which an exercise of Christian
freedom...
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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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§ 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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The maxim “All things are lawful to me” has been guarded within
its province; now it must be _limited to its province_ : “Foods
(are) for the belly, and the belly for its foods”. τὰ
βρώματα, _the diff...
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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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(10) Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall
destroy both it and them. Now the body [is] not for fornication, but
for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
(10) Secondly, because th...
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Meat for the belly. That is, meat is necessary for the support of
nature, though this or that kind of meat be indifferent: and we ought
to reflect, that God in a short time will destroy both the meat...
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“Meats are for the belly, and the belly for meats, and God shall
destroy both it and them. But the body is not for fornication; but for
the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14. Now God hath raised up...
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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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(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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13._Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats _Here he shows what
use ought to be made of outward things — for the necessity of the
present life, which passes away quickly as a shadow, agreeably to...
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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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MEATS FOR THE BELLY, AND THE BELLY FOR MEATS,.... All sort of food is
appointed and provided to satisfy the appetite and stomach, to fill
the belly, and nourish the body; and the belly, and all the pa...
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Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy
both it and them. Now the body _is_ not for fornication, but for the
Lord; and the Lord for the body.
Ver. 13. _God shall destroy_]...
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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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SHALL DESTROY BOTH IT AND THEM; they are both temporary, and God shall
do away both at death. It follows that meats are among the indifferent
things, in respect to which the believer should be careful...
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THE NECESSITY OF KEEPING THE BODY UNDEFILED.
Christian expediency:...
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MEATS FOR THE BELLY AND THE BELLY FOR MEATS; BUT GOD SHALL DESTROY
BOTH IT AND THEM. NOW THE BODY IS NOT FOR FORNICATION, BUT FOR THE
LORD, AND THE LORD FOR THE BODY....
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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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MEATS FOR THE BELLY, AND THE BELLY FOR MEATS: BUT GOD SHALL BRING TO
NOUGHT BOTH IT AND THEM. BUT THE BODY IS NOT FOR FORNICATION, BUT FOR
THE LORD; AND THE LORD FOR THE BODY:
'Meats for the belly'...
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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 beginning of this verse seemeth to give a great light to our true
understanding of the former verse, and maketh it very probable that
the apostle spake with reference to the free use of meats and...
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Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to
nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for
the Lord; and the Lord for the body :...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V " How then is it not the utmost
blasphemy to allege, that the temple of God, in which the Spirit of
the Father dwells, and the members of Christ, do not partake of
sal...
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1 Corinthians 6:13 Foods G1033 stomach G2836 and G2532 stomach G2836
foods G1033 but G1161 God G2316 destroy...
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‘Meats for the stomach, and the stomach for meats. But God will
bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for fornication
but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. And God both raised...
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1 Corinthians 6:13. HEATS FOR THE BELLY, AND THE BELLY FOR MEATS: BUT
GOD SHALL DESTROY BOTH IT AND THEM: ‘Meats, no doubt, are
indifferent, but since both they and the mortal body to which they
minis...
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From wrong-doing in one particular the apostle is now led to speak of
wrong-doing in its widest sense, but emphatically of that form of it
already dealt with in part....
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BUT GOD SHALL BRING TO NOUGHT BOTH IT AND THEM
(ο δε θεος κα ταυτην κα ταυτα
καταργησε). Another proverb about the adaptation of the belly
(κοιλια) and food (βρωματα, not just flesh), which had
appa...
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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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FOOD IS FOR THE STOMACH. Paul follows what Jesus said in Mark 7:15-23.
Food is neutral, neither good nor bad, But neither food nor stomach
are eternal matters. A MAN'S BODY. Greek thought viewed man a...
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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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_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 the
subject, that there is a limitation to Christian...
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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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_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 10:3; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 6:15; 1
Corinthians 6:19;...
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Meats for the belly, etc. Paul is arguing against fornication. His
argument is that there is a law of adaptation running through nature,
illustrated by the mutual adaptation of food and the digestive...
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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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As if he had said, I speak this chiefly with regard to meats; (and
would to God all Christians would consider it!) particularly with
regard to those offered to idols, and those forbidden in the Mosaic...
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If God is going to destroy the body, then how can it be resurrected?
PROBLEM: Paul said, “Foods for the stomach and the stomach for
foods; but God will destroy both it and them” (1 Corinthians 6:13)....
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From this verse to the end of the chapter our apostle labours, by
sundry arguments, to convince the Corinthians of the exceeding
sinfulness of the sin of fornication; partly, because they reckon it
am...