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Themes in 1 Corinthians 6

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Themes in 1 Corinthians 6

1 Corinthians 6:1 (show verse)

If any one of you has a complaint against someone, how can you dare to take it before non-Christian judges [to be decided], instead of before the saints [i.e., God's holy people]?

Arbitration » Instances of » Urged by paul, as a mode of action for Christians
Courts » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Litigation to be avoided
Lawsuits » To be avoided
Litigation » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Litigation to be avoided
Litigation » To be avoided
Reproof » Exemplified
The judgment of babylon » What the saints shall judge

1 Corinthians 6:2 (show verse)

Or, do you not know that God's people will judge the world? [Note: Possibly this refers to Christians somehow assisting Christ on the judgment day]. And if the world is [to be] judged by you [at that time], are you not capable of judging small matters [now]?

Arbitration » Instances of » Urged by paul, as a mode of action for Christians
Courts of justice » The judgment of » Illustrative of the last judgment
God's Promises » Death of seed of » To saints
Judgment » Saints shall sit with Christ in
Lawsuits » To be avoided
Litigation » To be avoided
Reproof » Exemplified
the Reward of saints » Described as » Sitting in judgment with Christ
The righteous » Saints » Promises to
Saints » God's knowledge of the saints » Promises to
The judgment of babylon » What the saints shall judge

1 Corinthians 6:3 (show verse)

Do you not know that we will judge [even] angels? [And if so], then how much more [must we judge] the things of this life!

Arbitration » Instances of » Urged by paul, as a mode of action for Christians
Body » The temple of God
Lawsuits » To be avoided
Litigation » To be avoided
Reproof » Exemplified
The judgment of babylon » What the saints shall judge

1 Corinthians 6:4 (show verse)

So then, if you have cases [or, courts] for deciding matters of this life, do you appoint [as judges] those who have no standing in the church? [i.e., heathens]. [Note: This difficult passage may also be taken as a statement, using sarcasm, "you appoint as judges..."].

Arbitration » Instances of » Urged by paul, as a mode of action for Christians
Lawsuits » To be avoided
Litigation » To be avoided
Reproof » Exemplified
The judgment of babylon » What the saints shall judge

1 Corinthians 6:5 (show verse)

I am saying this to make you ashamed. Can there not be found one wise person [there] among you who is able to decide [on a matter] between his [Christian] brothers?

1 Corinthians 6:6 (show verse)

But [instead], a brother goes to court against his brother, and that in front of an unbelieving [judge]!

Arbitration » Instances of » Urged by paul, as a mode of action for Christians
Church » Similitudes of the church compared to » Strife in
fruit of the Spirit » Kindness
Lawsuits » To be avoided
Litigation » To be avoided
Reproof » Exemplified
Strife » Causes of » In the church
Strife » Instances of » The corinthian Christians
The judgment of babylon » What the saints shall judge

1 Corinthians 6:7 (show verse)

Indeed, the fact that you have lawsuits with one another is [evidence of] a complete failure among you. Why should you not rather take the wrong? Why should you not rather accept being cheated?

Arbitration » Instances of » Urged by paul, as a mode of action for Christians
Christian conduct » Submitting to injuries
Injustice » Saints should » Bear, patiently
Lawsuits » To be avoided
Litigation » To be avoided
Meekness » Necessary to a Christian walk
Reproof » Exemplified
Strife » Saints should » Submit to wrong rather than engage in
The judgment of babylon » What the saints shall judge

1 Corinthians 6:8 (show verse)

But [instead], you yourselves do the wrong and cheat [others], and you do this to [Christian] brothers!

Arbitration » Instances of » Urged by paul, as a mode of action for Christians
Business life » Dishonesty » Fraud
Lawsuits » To be avoided
Litigation » To be avoided
Reproof » Exemplified
The judgment of babylon » What the saints shall judge
Vices » Dishonesty » Fraud

1 Corinthians 6:9 (show verse)

Or, do you not know that evil people will not possess God's kingdom? Do not be misled: neither will sexually immoral people, nor idolaters, nor those who are sexually unfaithful to their mates, nor homosexual perverts. [Note: The Greek uses two words here, denoting both the passive and active partners in male homosexual acts].

Adultery » General references to
Be not deceived » Miscellaneous topics containing warnings
Cleanness » What cleanses
Foes of the home » Adultery
God, Holiness of » Exhibited in his » Kingdom
Holy spirit » What can be accomplished through the power of the holy spirit
Home » Foes of the home » Adultery
Idolatry » Punishment of » Exclusion from heaven
Inheritance » Who shall not inherit the kingdom of God
Justification » Justification coming by jesus Christ
Sanctification » Everyone being sanctified through the blood of jesus Christ
Sanctification » None can inherit the kingdom of God without
Sin » Excludes from heaven
Unrighteousness » The unrighteous
Warnings » Be not deceived

1 Corinthians 6:10 (show verse)

And neither will thieves, nor greedy people, nor drunkards, nor abusive talkers, nor swindlers possess God's kingdom.

Cleanness » What cleanses
Covetousness » Excludes from heaven
Drunkenness » Excludes from heaven
God, Holiness of » Exhibited in his » Kingdom
Holy spirit » What can be accomplished through the power of the holy spirit
Idolatry » Punishment of » Exclusion from heaven
Inheritance » Who shall not inherit the kingdom of God
Justification » Justification coming by jesus Christ
Reviling and reproaching » Excludes from heaven
Sanctification » Everyone being sanctified through the blood of jesus Christ
Sanctification » None can inherit the kingdom of God without
Sin » Excludes from heaven
Theft » Excludes from heaven
Unrighteousness » The unrighteous

1 Corinthians 6:11 (show verse)

And some of you have practiced such things, but you were washed [i.e., from your sins. See Acts 22:16]; you were dedicated [i.e., set apart for God's service]; you were made right with God in the name [i.e., by the authority] of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by the Holy Spirit of our God.

The church » Sanctified and cleansed by Christ
Cleanness » What cleanses
Cleansing » Desire for » Examples of spiritual
the personality of Holy Spirit » He sanctifies
Holy spirit » What can be accomplished through the power of the holy spirit
Inheritance » Who shall not inherit the kingdom of God
Jesus Christ » In his name
Justification » Justification coming by jesus Christ
Justification » By faith
Justification before God » Under the gospel » In the name of Christ
Purification of heart » Cleansing, spiritual » Examples of spiritual
Righteousness » Death of seed of » Secured by faith
Sanctification » Everyone being sanctified through the blood of jesus Christ
Sanctification » All saints are in a state of
Sanctification » Effected by » The holy ghost
Sanctification » None can inherit the kingdom of God without
Unrighteousness » The unrighteous
Washing » Figurative » Of regeneration

1 Corinthians 6:12 (show verse)

"Everything is permissible for me [to do];" but not everything is profitable. [Note: The words in quote marks in this and the following verse are thought to have been commonly held views of that day, to which Paul gives an inspired reply]. "Everything is permissible for me [to do];" but I will not be ruled by anything.

Edification » All things not edifying
Expediency » All things not being expedient
Law » What is lawful for believers
Liberty » Limitations of
Temperance » In speech self-control, duty of » Over the lusts of the flesh

1 Corinthians 6:13 (show verse)

"Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food;" but God will destroy both of them. Yet the body is not intended for sexual immorality, but is intended for the Lord's [honor and service]; and the Lord is for the body's [benefit].

Body » What the body is not for
Body » What the body is for
Chastity » Keep the body in
Sexual activities » Avoiding fornication
Whoredom » Those that are joined to a harlot

1 Corinthians 6:14 (show verse)

Now God has both raised up the Lord [Jesus], and will [also] raise us up [from the dead] through His power.

Power » Of God » Exemplified » In the resurrection of saints
God, Power of » Exhibited in » The resurrection of saints
Sexual activities » Avoiding fornication
God, Trinity » Each person in, described as » Raising Christ from the dead
Whoredom » Those that are joined to a harlot

1 Corinthians 6:15 (show verse)

Do you not know that your [physical] bodies are parts of [the spiritual body of] Christ? So, shall I take away parts of Christ's [spiritual] body and join them to a prostitute's body? Certainly not!

Assurance » Saints privileged to have, of » Union with God and Christ
Assurance » Saints privileged to have » Union with God and Christ
Body » The body of Christ
Body » Resurrection of » Sacred
Body » What the body is
Body » The temple of God
Chastity » Keep the body in
Christ » Touched by others » Union with
Communion » Those that are joined to the lord
Marriage » Husbands and wives becoming one
Sexual activities » Avoiding fornication
Titles and names of saints » Members of Christ
Whoredom » Those that are joined to a harlot

1 Corinthians 6:16 (show verse)

Or, do you not know that the person who is joined to a prostitute is one body [with her, physically]? For God says [Gen. 2:24], "The two will become one flesh" [i.e., united in such a close relationship as to practically constitute one body].

Body » The body of Christ
Body » What the body is
Chastity » Keep the body in
Communion » Those that are joined to the lord
Harlots » Warnings against
Marriage » Husbands and wives becoming one
Sexual activities » Avoiding fornication
Whoredom » Those that are joined to a harlot
Women » Harlots » Warnings against

1 Corinthians 6:17 (show verse)

But the person who is joined to the Lord is one spirit [with Him]. [Note: Just as the person who has sex with someone enters a close physical union with that person, so the person who becomes a Christian enters a close spiritual union with Christ].

Body » The body of Christ
Chastity » Keep the body in
Communion » Those that are joined to the lord
Government » Ecclesiastical » Government
Sexual activities » Avoiding fornication
Union with Christ » Saints » Have, in spirit
Whoredom » Those that are joined to a harlot

1 Corinthians 6:18 (show verse)

Stay away from [any involvement in] sexual immorality. Every sin a person commits is outside [the realm] of his body; but the one who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. [Note: Possibly this means that sex, because it requires the deepest and most complete commitment of human involvement, becomes a unique sin when its true purpose and expression are violated].

Chastity » Keep the body in
Sexual activities » Those that commit fornication
Sexual activities » Avoiding fornication
Sin » Who sins against their own body
Whoredom » Those that are joined to a harlot

1 Corinthians 6:19 (show verse)

Or, do you not know that your [physical] body is a temple [i.e., sanctuary] for the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and who was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourselves,

Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our redemption
Body » The temple of God
Chastity » Motives for
Glory » Glorifying the lord
God » Ownership of » Of the souls of men
Holy spirit » Where the holy spirit dwells
Holy spirit » Called the comforter, (greek, parakletos) » Indwelling
Holy spirit » Dwelling in believers
Holy spirit » As dwelling in saints
the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit » In the body of saints, as his temple
Man » The spirit of man
divine Ownership » Of the souls of men
Sexual activities » Avoiding fornication
Spirit » The leadership of holy spirit » Indwelling holy spirit, in believers
Spirit » The leadership of holy spirit » Dwelling in believers
Spirit/souls » The spirit of man
Spiritual » Temple » General references to
spiritual Temple » General references to
The First Temple » Illustrative of » The bodies of saints
Whoredom » Those that are joined to a harlot

1 Corinthians 6:20 (show verse)

for you were bought [by God] for a price. So, honor God with your [physical] body.

The atonement » Saints glorify God for
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our spirit
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our bodies
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our redemption
Body » The body belonging to God
Debtors » Spiritual
Glorify God » Duty of » By entire consecration
Glorifying God » Duty of » By entire consecration
Glorifying God » Obligation of saints to
Glorifying God » Required in body and spirit
Glory » Glorifying the lord
God » Glorifying » By entire consecration
Holy spirit » Where the holy spirit dwells
Man » The spirit of man
Man » Apparent insignificance of » Infinite value of, seen in the price paid for his redemption
Man » Ignorance of » Infinite value of
Redemption » Defined
Redemption » They who partake of » Are the property of God
Redemption » They who partake of » Should glorify God for
Servants » Bond, illustrative » Of saints
Sexual activities » Avoiding fornication
Spirit/souls » The spirit of man
Spiritual » Crowns » Debtors
Stewardship » Truths to be remembered in relation to » Life precious
Whoredom » Those that are joined to a harlot