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1 Corinthians 6

Gann's Commentary on the BibleGann on the Bible

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Verse 1

1 Corinthians 6:1

Problems in the church at Corinth:

# 3 Members going to court against members before heathen judges - ch. 6

III. Moral Disorders In The Church

A. Incest - ch. 5

B. Going to court with brethren - 1 Corinthians 6:1-8

C. Immoral Conduct - 1 Corinthians 6:9-20

B. The Problem of Taking Fellow Christians Into Court Before Non-Believers. ch. 6:1-8

Lesson: We should suffer wrong rather than parade our complaints against fellow Christians before unbelievers. v. 7

Verse 7

1 Corinthians 6:7

Lesson: We should suffer wrong rather than parade our complaints against fellow Christians before unbelievers. v. 7

Verse 9

1 Corinthians 6:9

C. Immoral Conduct - 1 Corinthians 6:9-20

(How to Consider the Body - Carnally)

Vs. 9-20 Warning Against Immoral Conduct

1. Sinners will not go to heaven vs. 9-11

2. Moral sins against the body are condemned. v. 12-20

Lesson: All kinds of sinners can be forgiven. v. 11

Life in Christ is different from the way of the world.

See Romans 1:27 note on GAYS (Homosexuals, Sodomites) and Lesbians In The Bible

Verse 11

1 Corinthians 6:11

Lesson: All kinds of sinners can be forgiven. v. 11 See Romans 1:27 note on GAYS (Homosexuals, Sodomites) and Lesbians In The Bible

Life in Christ is different from the way of the world.

Sanctified -- Titus 3:5; John 3:3-5; John 15:3; Ephesians 5:26; Hebrews 10:22;

Verse 12

1 Corinthians 6:12

Vs. 9-20 Warning Against Immoral Conduct

1. Sinners will not go to heaven vs. 9-11

2. Moral sins against the body are condemned. v. 12-20

Lesson: The body is a temple of the Holy Spirit and we should keep it pure.

False slogan, "Everything is lawful."

Wrong:

1. Some things are not expedient

2. Some things are enslaving

3. Some things are out-right wrong.

Verse 19

1 Corinthians 6:19

(cf. 1 Corinthians 3:16 Where Paul speaks in the plural of the church as the temple of God.)

Verse 20

1 Corinthians 6:20

Bought -- [ # 3 REDEMPTION - Picture of a Freed-Man.

1 Corinthians 7:23; 1 Peter 1:18-19; 2 Peter 2:1;

NIV "purchased" Note the song in Revelation, Revelation 5:9

Illustration of a slave anb belonging to a pagan god.

(next Paul’s Pic from History, Redeemed Colossians 1:14)

Bibliographical Information
Gann, Windell. "Commentary on 1 Corinthians 6". Gann's Commentary on the Bible. https://studylight.org/commentaries/eng/gbc/1-corinthians-6.html. 2021.
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