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1 Corinthians 6 — Sermon Preparation
Paul rebukes believers for taking disputes before secular courts and warns against sexual immorality, since the body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. Below is a research summary for 1 Corinthians 6, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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1 Corinthians 6 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| σῶμα | sōma | G4983 | 8 | bodily, body, slave |
| οἶδα | eídō | G1492 | 6 | be aware, behold, can, consider |
| κρίνω | krínō | G2919 | 5 | avenge, conclude, condemn, damn |
| μέλος | mélos | G3196 | 3 | member |
| ἀδελφός | adelphós | G80 | 4 | brother |
| βιωτικός | biōtikós | G982 | 2 | of this life |
| κριτήριον | kritḗrion | G2922 | 2 | to judge, judgment |
How preachers through history handled this text
18 public-domain excerpts on 1 Corinthians 6, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“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 we must stand fast. But surely a Christian would never put himself into the power of any bodily appetite. The body is for the Lord; is to be an instrument of righteousness to holiness, therefore is never to be made an instrument of sin. It is an honour to the body, that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Corinthians 6:12–30 (Public Domain)
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