For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
What does 1 Corinthians 6:20 mean?
Some among the Corinthians seem to have been ready to say, All things are lawful for me. This dangerous conceit Paul opposes.
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Keep this verse inside 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 6:20
For ye are bought - Ye Christians are purchase D; and by right of purchase should therefore be employed as he directs. This doctrine is often taught in the New Testament, and the argument is often urged that, therefore, Christians should be devoted to God; see 1 Corinthians 7:23 ; 1 Peter 1:18-19 ; 1 Peter 2:9 ; 2 Peter 2:1 ; Revelation 5:9 ; see the note at Acts 20:28 . With a price - τιμη time.
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God. (p) Misn. Kiddushin, c. 1. sect. 1.((q) Servius, in Virgil. Georg. l. 1. lin. 31.
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Context in 1 Corinthians 6
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1 Corinthians 6 belongs to the middle movement of the book, especially the section often described as discipline and sexuality. First Corinthians is a pastoral and doctrinal letter correcting divisions while teaching about holiness, worship, gifts, and resurrection. Read this chapter with the wider themes of the cross, church order, and holiness in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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