1 Corinthians 6:15

Contextual Overview

¹² You say, "For me, everything is permitted"? Maybe, but not everything is helpful. "For me, everything is permitted"? Maybe, but as far as I am concerned, I am not going to let anything gain control over me. ¹² All things are lawful to me, but all things do not profit; all things are lawful to me, but *I* will not be brought under the power of any. ¹² "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are expedient. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be brought under the power of anything. ¹² Everything is permissible for me, but not everything is helpful. Everything is permissible for me, but I will not allow anything to control me.1 Corinthians 10:23;">[xr] ¹² ALL (food) is lawful to me, but all is not expedient for me. All is lawful to me, but over me no one shall have power. ¹² 12 Every thing is in my power: but every thing is not profitable to me. Every thing is in my power; but none [fn] shall have dominion over me. ¹² All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any. ¹² I am free to do all things; but not all things are wise. I am free to do all things; but I will not let myself come under the power of any. ¹² "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be dominated by anything. ¹² All thinges are lawfull vnto mee, but all thinges are not profitable. I may doe all things, but I will not be brought vnder the power of any thing.

Bible Verse Review
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your: 1 Corinthians 6:19, 1 Corinthians 11:3, 1 Corinthians 12:27, Romans 12:5, Ephesians 1:22, Ephesians 1:23, Ephesians 4:12, Ephesians 4:15, Ephesians 4:16, Ephesians 5:23, Ephesians 5:30, Colossians 2:19

God: Genesis 44:17, Luke 20:16, Romans 3:3, Romans 3:4, Romans 3:6, Romans 3:31, Romans 6:2, Romans 6:15, Romans 7:7, Romans 7:13, Galatians 2:17, Galatians 3:21, Galatians 6:14

Reciprocal: Leviticus 19:29 - to cause Judges 16:5 - Entice 1 Kings 21:3 - The Lord Romans 6:3 - Know Romans 6:13 - Neither 1 Corinthians 6:9 - Know 1 Corinthians 6:13 - but for 1 Corinthians 7:14 - the unbelieving husband 2 Corinthians 11:29 - and I burn 2 Corinthians 12:21 - uncleanness 2 Corinthians 13:5 - Know 1 Thessalonians 4:4 - should Hebrews 12:16 - any fornicator

Cross-References

Genesis 7:20
Fifteen cubits upward the waters prevailed; and the mountains were covered.

Genesis 7:20
The water continued to rise above the mountains. The water was more than 20 feet above the highest mountain.

Genesis 7:20
The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.

Genesis 7:20
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

Genesis 7:20
The waters went fifteen cubits higher, till all the mountains were covered.

Genesis 7:20
Fyfteene cubites vpward did the waters preuayle, so that the mountaynes were couered.

Genesis 7:20
Fifteene cubites vpwarde did the waters preuaile, when the mountaines were couered.

Genesis 7:20
Fifteen cubits above the mountains did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

Genesis 7:20
it went on rising until it was about twenty-five feet above the tops of the mountains.

Genesis 7:20
Fifteen cubits upwards was the water raised, and it covered all the high mountains.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Know ye not that your bodies are the members, of Christ,.... The whole persons of God's elect were chosen in Christ, and given to him, and made one with him, their bodies as well as their souls; and both are redeemed by him, and, in union with him, are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones:

shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. Signifying, that it is a most absurd, indecent, abominable, and detestable thing, that the bodies of the saints, which are the members of Christ, should be joined in carnal copulation with an harlot.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Know ye not ... - 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?

God forbid! - See the note at Romans 3:4. This 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.

Know ye not ... - This is designed to confirm and strengthen what he had just said.

He which is joined - Who is attached to; or who is connected with.

Is one body - That is, is to he regarded as one; is closely and intimately united. Similar expressions occur in Classic writers. See Grotius and Bloomfield.

For two, saith he ... - This Paul illustrates by a reference to the formation of the marriage connection in Ger. Romans 2:14. He cannot be understood as affirming that that passage had original reference to illicit connections; but be uses it for purposes of illustration. God had declared that the man and his wife became one; in a similar sense in unlawful connections the parties became one.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Corinthians 6:15. Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? — Because he has taken your nature upon him, and thus, as believers in him, ye are the members of Christ.

Shall I then take, &c.] Shall we, who profess to be members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones, connect ourselves with harlots, and thus dishonour and pollute the bodies which are members of Christ? God forbid! These passages admit of a more literal interpretation. This, if given at all, I must give in a strange language.

Membra humana, ad generationem pertinentia, vocantur Membra Christi, quia mysterium conjunctionis Christi et Ecclesiae per conjunctionem maris et faeminae indigitatur, Ephesians 5:32. In Vet. Test. idem valebat de membro masculino, guippe quod circumcisione, tanquam signo faederis, honoratum est. Vide Schoettgen, Hor. Hebr.