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Causes of Litigation Censured. . 1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? 4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. 5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren? 6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. 7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? 8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren. Here the apostle reproves them for going to law with one another before heathen judges for little matters; and therein blames all vexatious law-suits. In the previous chapter he had directed them to punish heinous sins among themselves by church-censures. Here he directs them to determine controversies with one another by church-counsel and advice, concerning which observe, I. The fault he blames them for: it was going to law. Not but that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully. But, 1. Brother went to law with brother ( 1 Corinthians 6:6 ; 1 Corinthians 6:6 ), one member of the church with another. The near relation could not preserve peace and good understanding. The bonds of fraternal love were broken through. And a brother offended, as Solomon says, is harder to be won than a strong city; their contentions are like the bars of a castle, Proverbs 18:19 . Note, Christians should not contend with one another, for they are brethren. This, duly attended to, would prevent law-suits, and put an end to quarrels and litigations. 2. They brought the matter before the heathen magistrates: they went to law before the unjust, not before the saints ( 1 Corinthians 6:1 ; 1 Corinthians 6:1 ), brought the controversy before unbelievers ( 1 Corinthians 6:6 ; 1 Corinthians 6:6 ), and did not compose it among themselves, Christians and saints, at least in profession. This tended much to the reproach of Christianity. It published at once their folly and unpeaceableness; whereas they pretended to be the children of wisdom, and the followers of the Lamb, the meek and lowly Jesus, the prince of peace. And therefore, says the apostle, " Dare any of you, having a controversy with another, go to law, implead him, bring the matter to a hearing before the unjust?" Note, Christians should not dare to do any thing that tends to the reproach of their Christian name and profession. 3. Here is at least an intimation that they went to law for trivial matters, things of little value; for the apostle blames them that they did not suffer wrong rather than go to law ( 1 Corinthians 6:7 ; 1 Corinthians 6:7 ), which must be understood of matters not very important. In matters of great damage to ourselves or families, we may use lawful means to right ourselves. We are not bound to sit down and suffer the injury tamely, without stirring for our own relief; but, in matters of small consequence, it is better to put up with the wrong. Christians should be of a forgiving temper. And it is more for their ease and honour to suffer small injuries and inconveniences than seem to be contentious. II. He lays before them the aggravations of their fault: Do you not know that the saints shall judge the world ( 1 Corinthians 6:2 ; 1 Corinthians 6:2 ), shall judge angels? 1 Corinthians 6:3 ; 1 Corinthians 6:3 . And are they unworthy to judge the smallest matters, the things of this life? It was a dishonour to their Christian character, a forgetting of their real dignity, as saints, for them to carry little matters, about the things of life, before heathen magistrates. When they were to judge the world, nay, to judge, it is unaccountable that they could not determine little controversies among one another. By judging the world and angels, some think, is to be understood, their being assessors to Christ in the great judgment-day; it being said of our Saviour's disciples that they should at that day sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel, Matthew 19:28 . And elsewhere we read of our Lord's coming with ten thousand of his saints to execute judgment on all, c., Jude 1:14 ; Jude 1:15 . He will come to judgment with all his saints, 1 Thessalonians 3:13 . They themselves are indeed to be judged (see Matthew 25:31-41 ), but they may first be acquitted, and then advanced to the bench, to approve and applaud the righteous judgment of Christ both on men and angels. In no other sense can they be judges. They are not partners in their Lord's commission, but they have the honour to sit by, and see his proceeding against the wicked world, and approve it. Others understand this judging of the world to be meant when the empire should become Christian. But it does not appear that the Corinthians had knowledge of the empire's becoming Christian; and, if they had, in what sense could Christian emperors be said to judge angels? Others understand it of their condemning the world by their faith and practice, and casting out evil angels by miraculous power, which was not confined to the first ages, nor to the apostles. The first sense seems to be most natural; and at the same time it gives the utmost force to the argument. "Shall Christians have the honour to sit with the sovereign Judge at the last day, whilst he passes judgment on sinful men and evil angels, and are they not worthy to judge of the trifles about which you contend before heathen magistrates? Cannot they make up your mutual differences? Why must you bring them before heathen judges? When you are to judge them, as it fit to appeal to their judicature? Must you, about the affairs of this life, set those to judge who are of no esteem in the church? " (so some read, and perhaps most properly, 1 Corinthians 6:4 ; 1 Corinthians 6:4 ), heathen magistrates, exouthenemenous, the things that are not, 1 Corinthians 1:28 ; 1 Corinthians 1:28 . "Must those be called in to judge in your controversies of whom you ought to entertain so low an opinion? Is this not shameful?" 1 Corinthians 6:5 ; 1 Corinthians 6:5 . Some who read it as our translators make it an ironical speech: "If you have such controversies depending, set those to judge who are of least esteem among yourselves. The meanest of your own members are able surely to determine these disputes. Refer the matters in variance to any, rather than go to law about them before heathen judges. They are trifles not worth contending about, and may easily be decided, if you have first conquered your own spirits, and brought them into a truly Christian temper. Bear and forbear, and the men of meanest skill among you may end your quarrels. I speak it to your shame, " 1 Corinthians 6:5 ; 1 Corinthians 6:5 . Note, It is a shame that little quarrels should grow to such a head among Christians, that they cannot be determined by arbitration of the brethren. III. He puts them on a method to remedy this fault. And this twofold:-- 1. By referring it to some to make it up: " Is it so that there is no wise man among you, no one able to judge between his brethren? 1 Corinthians 6:5 ; 1 Corinthians 6:5 . You who value yourselves so much upon your wisdom and knowledge, who are so puffed up upon your extraordinary gifts and endowments, is there none among you fit for this office, none that has wisdom enough to judge in these differences? Must brethren quarrel, and the heathen magistrate judge, in a church so famous as yours for knowledge and wisdom? It is a reproach to you that quarrels should run so high, and none of your wise men interpose to prevent them." Note, Christians should never engage in law-suits till all other remedies have been tried in vain. Prudent Christians should prevent, if possible, their disputes, and not courts of judicature decide them, especially in matters of no great importance. 2. By suffering wrong rather than taking this method to right themselves: It is utterly a fault among you to go to law in this matter: it is always a fault of one side to go to law, except in a case where the title is indeed dubious, and there is a friendly agreement of both parties to refer it to the judgment of those learned in the law to decide it. And this is referring it, rather than contending about it, which is the thing the apostle here seems chiefly to condemn: Should you not rather take wrong, rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? Note, A Christian should rather put up with a little injury than tease himself, and provoke others, by a litigious contest. The peace of his own mind, and the calm of his neighbourhood, are more worth than victory in such a contest, or reclaiming his own right, especially when the quarrel must be decided by those who are enemies to religion. But the apostle tells them they were so far from bearing injuries that they actually did wrong, and defrauded, and that their brethren. Note, It is utterly a fault to wrong and defraud any; but it is an aggravation of this fault to defraud our Christian brethren. The ties of mutual love ought to be stronger between them than between others. And love worketh no ill to his neighbour, Romans 13:10 . Those who love the brotherhood can never, under the influence of this principle, hurt or injure them. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-9-11" class="com-number"
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> 여러분 가운데 누가 이웃과 다툴 일이 생겼을 때, 어찌 감히 거룩한 이들 앞에 가지 않고 의롭지 못한 사람들 앞에 송사하러 가십니까? 거룩한 이들이 세상을 심판할 것을 알지 못합니까? 세상이 여러분에게서 심판을 받는다면, 여러분이 가장 작은 일을 판단할 자격이 없겠습니까? 우리가 천사들도 심판할 것을 알지 못합니까? 하물며 이생에 속한 일이야 더 말할 것이 있겠습니까? 그러므로 이생에 속한 일로 다툴 일이 있거든, 어찌 교회에서 아무 자격 없는 사람들을 세워 판단하게 하십니까? 나는 여러분을 부끄럽게 하려고 이 말을 합니다. 여러분 가운데 형제 사이의 일을 가릴 만한 지혜로운 사람이 하나도 없단 말입니까? 도리어 형제가 형제를 고소하고, 그것도 믿지 않는 사람들 앞에서 그렇게 하다니요! 여러분이 서로 송사하는 것 자체가 이미 여러분에게 완전히 잘못된 일입니다. 차라리 불의를 당하는 것이 낫지 않겠습니까? 차라리 손해를 보는 것이 낫지 않겠습니까? 그런데 여러분은 도리어 불의를 행하고 손해를 끼치며, 그것도 형제들에게 그렇게 합니다. (고전 6:1-8)
여기서 사도는 이방인 재판관 앞에서 사소한 일로 서로 고소하는 것을 책망한다. 이것은 동시에 모든 불필요하고 분쟁적인 소송을 꾸짖는 것이다. 바울은 앞 장에서 교회 안의 심각한 죄는 교회 권징으로 다루라고 지시했다. 이 장에서는 신자들 사이의 다툼을 교회의 조언과 중재를 통해 해결하라고 한다.
### I. 바울이 책망하는 잘못 — 소송하는 것
율법 자체가 나쁜 것이 아니다. 율법을 올바르게 사용한다면 선한 것이다. 그러나 여기서 문제가 되는 것은 다음과 같다.
**첫째, 형제가 형제를 고소한다(고전 6:6).** 교회의 한 지체가 다른 지체를 법정에 세운 것이다. 형제적 사랑이라는 가까운 유대가 평화와 상호 이해를 지키지 못하고 끊어져 버렸다. 솔로몬이 말한 것처럼, 형제에게 상처를 주면 강한 성보다 이기기 어렵고, 그들의 다툼은 성의 빗장 같다(잠 18:19). 주목하라. 그리스도인은 서로 다투어서는 안 된다. 그들은 형제이기 때문이다. 이 사실을 마음에 새기면 소송을 막고 다툼과 소송을 끝낼 수 있다.
**둘째, 이방인 재판관 앞으로 사건을 가져갔다.** 그들은 불신자들 앞에서 소송하러 갔고(고전 6:1), 믿지 않는 사람들 앞에 분쟁을 가져갔다(고전 6:6). 적어도 고백으로는 그리스도인이요 성도인 자신들 사이에서 해결하지 않은 것이다. 이것은 기독교를 크게 수치스럽게 하는 일이었다. 그들이 지혜의 자녀요 온유하고 겸손한 예수님, 평화의 왕을 따르는 자들이라고 자처하면서, 어리석음과 불화를 세상에 드러낸 것이다. 그러므로 사도는 이렇게 말한다. "여러분 가운데 다른 사람과 다툴 일이 생겼을 때, 감히 의롭지 못한 자들 앞에 고소하러 갑니까?" 주목하라. 그리스도인은 자신의 그리스도인으로서의 이름과 고백을 수치스럽게 하는 일은 감히 해서는 안 된다.
**셋째, 적어도 사소한 일로 소송하고 있음이 암시된다.** 바울이 불의를 당하더라도 소송하지 말라고 책망하는 것(고전 6:7)을 보면, 이것은 그다지 중요하지 않은 일들임을 알 수 있다. 우리 자신이나 가족에게 큰 피해가 되는 일이라면 합법적인 수단으로 권리를 찾을 수 있다. 피해를 조용히 감수하고 가만히 있어야 할 의무는 없다. 그러나 사소한 일에서는 잘못을 감수하는 것이 낫다. 그리스도인은 용서하는 마음을 가져야 한다. 작은 피해와 불편을 감수하는 것이 다투는 것처럼 보이는 것보다 훨씬 더 편안하고 명예로운 일이다.
### II. 바울이 그들의 잘못을 더 크게 보이게 하는 것
"거룩한 이들이 세상을 심판할 것을 알지 못합니까? 천사들도 심판할 것을 알지 못합니까?(고전 6:2-3)" 그렇다면 그들이 이생의 가장 작은 일들, 즉 세상적인 것들을 판단할 자격이 없겠는가? 이방인 재판관 앞에 생활의 사소한 일들을 가져가는 것은, 성도로서의 진정한 존엄성을 잊고 그리스도인으로서의 품위를 훼손하는 일이었다.
그들이 세상을 심판하고 심지어 천사들을 심판할 것이라는 말에 대해, 어떤 이들은 이것이 최후 심판 날에 그리스도와 함께 배석하는 것을 의미한다고 이해한다. 주님께서는 제자들이 이스라엘 열두 지파를 심판하는 열두 보좌에 앉을 것이라고 하셨다(마 19:28). 유다서에도 "주께서 그의 수만 성도와 함께 임하셨다"는 말씀이 있다(유 1:14). 이런 의미에서라면, 그들이 직접 심판권을 갖는 것이 아니라 그리스도의 의로운 심판을 인정하고 찬동하는 영광을 갖는 것이다.
어찌 되었든 이 논리는 강력하다. 마지막 날에 그리스도께서 세상 죄인들과 악한 천사들을 심판하실 때 성도들이 그 곁에 앉게 될 것인데, 그들이 이방인 재판관 앞에서 다투는 사소한 일들을 교회 안에서 스스로 결정하지 못할까 보냐?
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F I R S T C O R I N T H I A N S. CHAP. VI. In this chapter the apostle, I. Reproves them for going to law with one another about small matters, and bringing the cause before heathen judges, 1 Corinthians 6:1-8 . II. He takes occasion hence to warn them against many gross sins, to which they had been formerly addicted, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 . III. And, having cautioned them against the abuse of their liberty, he vehemently dehorts them from fornication, by various arguments, 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 . return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-1-8" class="com-number"
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source-manifest/mhm— Matthew Henry Complete Commentary (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological
고린도전서 6장은 두 가지 주요 문제를 다룬다. 첫째, 그리스도인들이 이방인 재판관 앞에서 서로를 고소하는 문제(고전 6:1-11)이다. 둘째, 음행에 관한 경고와 몸의 거룩함에 대한 교훈(고전 6:12-20)이다. 바울은 앞 장에서 교회 안의 심각한 죄를 교회 권징으로 다루라고 지시했고, 이 장에서는 신자들 사이의 분쟁을 이방인 재판관에게 가져가지 말고 교회 안에서 해결하라고 명하며, 더 나아가 그리스도인의 몸은 주님의 것이요 성령의 전임을 선포함으로써 음행을 철저히 금한다.
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Solemn Warnings. . 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. Here he takes occasion to warn them against many heinous evils, to which they had been formerly addicted. I. He puts it to them as a plain truth, of which they could not be ignorant, that such sinners should not inherit the kingdom of God. The meanest among them must know thus much, that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God ( 1 Corinthians 6:9 ; 1 Corinthians 6:9 ), shall not be owned as true members of his church on earth, nor admitted as glorious members of the church in heaven. All unrighteousness is sin; and all reigning sin, nay, every actual sin committed deliberately, and not repented of, shuts out of the kingdom of heaven. He specifies several sorts of sins: against the first and second commandments, as idolaters; against the seventh, as adulterers, fornicators, effeminate, and Sodomites; against the eighth, as thieves and extortioners, that by force or fraud wrong their neighbours; against the ninth, as revilers; and against the tenth, as covetous and drunkards, as those who are in a fair way to break all the rest. Those who knew any thing of religion must know that heaven could never be intended for these. The scum of the earth are no ways fit to fill the heavenly mansions. Those who do the devil's work can never receive God's wages, at least no other than death, the just wages of sin, Romans 6:23 . II. Yet he warns them against deceiving themselves: Be not deceived. Those who cannot but know the fore-mentioned truth are but too apt not to attend to it. Men are very much inclined to flatter themselves that God is such a one as themselves, and that they may live in sin and yet die in Christ, may lead the life of the devil's children and yet go to heaven with the children of God. But this is all a gross cheat. Note, It is very much the concern of mankind that they do not cheat themselves in the matters of their souls. We cannot hope to sow to the flesh and yet reap everlasting life. III. He puts them in mind what a change the gospel and grace of God had made in them: Such were some of you ( 1 Corinthians 6:11 ; 1 Corinthians 6:11 ), such notorious sinners as he had been reckoning up. The Greek word is tauta -- such things were some of you, very monsters rather than men. Note, Some that are eminently good after their conversion have been as remarkably wicked before. Quantum mutatus ab illo!--How glorious a change does grace make! It changes the vilest of men into saints and the children of God. Such were some of you, but you are not what you were. You are washed, you are sanctified, you are justified in the name of Christ, and by the Spirit of our God. Note, The wickedness of men before conversion is no bar to their regeneration and reconciliation to God. The blood of Christ, and the washing of regeneration, can purge away all guilt and defilement. Here is a rhetorical change of the natural order: You are sanctified, you are justified. Sanctification is mentioned before justification: and yet the name of Christ, by which we are justified, is placed before the Spirit of God, by whom we are sanctified. Our justification is owing to the merit of Christ; our sanctification to the operation of the Spirit: but both go together. Note, None are cleansed from the guilt of sin, and reconciled to God through Christ, but those who are also sanctified by his Spirit. All who are made righteous in the sight of God are made holy by the grace of God. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-12-20" class="com-number"
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source-manifest/mhm— Matthew Henry Complete Commentary (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological
> 의롭지 못한 사람들이 하나님 나라를 유업으로 받지 못할 것을 알지 못합니까? 속지 마십시오. 음행하는 사람이나, 우상을 섬기는 사람이나, 간음하는 사람이나, 남창이나, 동성애를 행하는 사람이나, 도둑질하는 사람이나, 탐욕을 부리는 사람이나, 술에 취하는 사람이나, 남을 비방하는 사람이나, 남의 것을 빼앗는 사람은 하나님 나라를 유업으로 받지 못합니다. 여러분 가운데 더러는 그러한 사람들이었습니다. 그러나 여러분은 주 예수의 이름과 우리 하나님의 성령 안에서 씻음을 받고, 거룩하게 되고, 의롭다 함을 받았습니다. (고전 6:9-11)
여기서 바울은 그들이 전에 빠져 있던 여러 심각한 죄들에 대해 경고할 기회를 삼는다.
### I. 죄인들이 하나님 나라를 유업으로 받지 못한다는 명백한 진리
그들 중 가장 보잘것없는 사람이라도 이 정도는 알아야 한다. 의롭지 못한 사람들은 하나님 나라를 유업으로 받지 못하고(고전 6:9), 이 땅의 교회의 참된 지체로도 인정받지 못하며, 하늘의 교회의 영광스러운 지체로도 받아들여지지 못한다. 모든 불의는 죄요, 회개 없이 행하는 모든 죄는 하늘나라의 문을 닫는다.
바울은 여러 종류의 죄를 구체적으로 열거한다. 첫 번째와 두 번째 계명을 어기는 죄로는 우상 숭배; 일곱 번째 계명을 어기는 죄로는 간음, 음행, 남창, 소돔의 죄; 여덟 번째 계명을 어기는 죄로는 도둑질과 강탈; 아홉 번째 계명을 어기는 죄로는 비방; 열 번째 계명을 어기는 죄로는 탐욕과 술 취함이 있으니, 이것들은 나머지 계명들도 다 어길 수 있는 길을 열어 준다. 종교에 대해 조금이라도 아는 자라면 하늘나라가 이런 자들을 위해 마련된 곳이 아님을 알아야 한다. 땅의 찌꺼기 같은 자들이 하늘의 처소를 채우기에 합당하지 않다. 악마의 일을 하는 자들이 하나님의 품삯을 받을 수 없으니, 그 품삯이 죽음이라는 것은 죄의 당연한 삯이다(롬 6:23).
### II. 스스로를 속이지 말라는 경고
명백히 알아야 하는 앞의 진리를 사람들은 너무 쉽게 외면한다. 사람들은 하나님이 자신들과 같은 분이어서 죄 가운데 살다가도 그리스도 안에서 죽을 수 있다고, 악마의 자녀로서의 삶을 살면서도 하나님의 자녀들과 함께 천국에 갈 수 있다고 스스로를 속이려는 경향이 강하다. 그러나 이것은 모두 심각한 자기기만이다. 주목하라. 사람들이 자신의 영혼에 관한 일에서 스스로를 속이지 않는 것은 매우 중요한 일이다. 우리는 육체에 심고 영원한 생명을 거두기를 바랄 수 없다.
### III. 복음과 하나님의 은혜가 그들 안에서 일으킨 변화
"여러분 가운데 더러는 그러한 사람들이었습니다(고전 6:11)." 그가 열거한 것과 같은 악명 높은 죄인들이었다는 것이다. 회심 전에 매우 악했던 사람들이 회심 후에 탁월하게 선해지는 경우가 있다. 은혜가 얼마나 영광스러운 변화를 일으키는가! 은혜는 가장 비천한 자들을 성도요 하나님의 자녀로 바꾼다.
"그러나 여러분은 씻음을 받고, 거룩하게 되고, 의롭다 함을 받았습니다." 주목하라. 회심 전의 악함이 새로운 탄생과 하나님과의 화해를 가로막는 장벽이 되지 않는다. 그리스도의 피와 거듭남의 씻음이 모든 죄와 더러움을 씻어 낼 수 있다. 여기서 성경의 자연스러운 순서가 수사학적으로 뒤바뀌어 있음에 주목하라. 거룩하게 됨이 의롭다 함보다 먼저 언급되어 있다. 그러나 그리스도의 이름 곧 우리가 의롭다 함을 받는 근거는 성령 곧 우리를 거룩하게 하시는 분보다 먼저 놓여 있다. 우리의 칭의는 그리스도의 공로에서 오고, 우리의 성화는 성령의 역사에서 온다. 그러나 이 둘은 함께 간다. 주목하라. 그리스도를 통해 죄의 죄책에서 씻기고 하나님과 화해하는 사람은 모두 그분의 성령으로 거룩하게 된다. 하나님 앞에서 의롭다 하심을 받은 자는 모두 하나님의 은혜로 거룩하게 된다.
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Against Fornication. . 12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. 14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. 15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of a harlot? God forbid. 16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to a harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. 17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. The 1 Corinthians 6:12 ; 1 Corinthians 6:13 seem to relate to that early dispute among Christians about the distinction of meats, and yet to be prefatory to the caution that follows against fornication. The connection seems plain enough if we attend to the famous determination of the apostles, Acts 15:19-29 , where the prohibition of certain foods was joined with that of fornication. Now some among the Corinthians seem to have imagined that they were as much at liberty in the point of fornication as of meats, especially because it was not a sin condemned by the laws of their country. They were ready to say, even in the case of fornication, All things are lawful for me. This pernicious conceit Paul here sets himself to oppose: he tells them that many things lawful in themselves were not expedient at certain times, and under particular circumstances; and Christians should not barely consider what is in itself lawful to be done, but what is fit for them to do, considering their profession, character, relations, and hopes: they should be very careful that by carrying this maxim too far they be not brought into bondage, either to a crafty deceiver or a carnal inclination. All things are lawful for me, says he, but I will not be brought under the power of any, 1 Corinthians 6:12 ; 1 Corinthians 6:12 . Even in lawful things, he would not be subject to the impositions of a usurped authority: so far was he from apprehending that in the things of God it was lawful for any power on earth to impose its own sentiments. Note, There is a liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, in which we must stand fast. But surely he would never carry this liberty so far as to put himself into the power of any bodily appetite. Though all meats were supposed lawful, he would not become a glutton nor a drunkard. And much less would he abuse the maxim of lawful liberty to countenance the sin of fornication, which, though it might be allowed by the Corinthian laws, was a trespass upon the law of nature, and utterly unbecoming a Christian. He would not abuse this maxim about eating and drinking to encourage any intemperance, nor indulge a carnal appetite: " Though meats are for the belly and the belly for meats ( 1 Corinthians 6:13 ; 1 Corinthians 6:13 ), though the belly was made to receive food, and food was originally ordained to fill the belly, yet if it be not convenient for me, and much more if it be inconvenient, and likely to enslave me, if I am in danger of being subjected to my belly and appetite, I will abstain. But God shall destroy both it and them, at least as to their mutual relation. There is a time coming when the human body will need no further recruits of food." Some of the ancients suppose that this is to be understood of abolishing the belly as well as the food; and that though the same body will be raised at the great day, yet not with all the same members, some being utterly unnecessary in a future state, as the belly for instance, when the man is never to hunger, nor thirst, nor eat, nor drink more. But, whether this be true or no, there is a time coming when the need and use of food shall be abolished. Note, The expectation we have of being without bodily appetites in a future life is a very good argument against being under their power in the present life. This seems to me the sense of the apostle's argument; and that this passage is plainly to be connected with his caution against fornication, though some make it a part of the former argument against litigious law-suits, especially before heathen magistrates and the enemies of true religion. These suppose that the apostle argues that though it may be lawful to claim our rights yet it is not always expedient, and it is utterly unfit for Christians to put themselves into the power of infidel judges, lawyers, and solicitors, on these accounts. But this connection seems not so natural. The transition to his arguments against fornication, as I have laid it, seems very natural: But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body, 1 Corinthians 6:13 ; 1 Corinthians 6:13 . Meats and the belly are for one another; not so fornication and the body. I. The body is not for fornication, but for the Lord. This is the first argument he uses against this sin, for which the heathen inhabitants of Corinth were infamous, and the converts to Christianity retained too favourable an opinion of it. It is making things to cross their intention and use. The body is not for fornication; it was never formed for any such purpose, but for the Lord, for the service and honour of God. It is to be an instrument of righteousness to holiness ( Romans 6:19 ), and therefore is never to be made an instrument of uncleanness. It is to be a member of Christ, and therefore must not be made the member of a harlot, 1 Corinthians 6:15 ; 1 Corinthians 6:15 . And the Lord is for the body, that is, as some think, Christ is to be Lord of the body, to have property in it and dominion over it, having assumed a body and been made to partake of our nature, that he might be head of his church, and head over all things, Hebrews 2:5 ; Hebrews 2:18 . Note, We must take care that we do not use what belongs to Christ as if it were our own, and much less to his dishonour. II. Some understand this last passage, The Lord is for the body, thus: He is for its resurrection and glorification, according to what follows, 1 Corinthians 6:14 ; 1 Corinthians 6:14 , which is a second argument against this sin, the honour intended to be put on our bodies: God hath both raised up our Lord, and will raise us up by his power ( 1 Corinthians 6:14 ; 1 Corinthians 6:14 ), by the power of him who shall change our vile body, and make it like to his glorious body by that power whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself, Philippians 3:21 . It is an honour done to the body that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead: and it will be an honour to our bodies that they will be raised. Let us not abuse those bodies by sin, and make them vile, which, if they be kept pure, shall, notwithstanding their present vileness, be made like to Christ's glorious body. Note, The hopes of a resurrection to glory should restrain Christians from dishonouring their bodies by fleshly lusts. III. A third argument is the honour already put on them: Know you not that your bodies are the members of Christ? 1 Corinthians 6:15 ; 1 Corinthians 6:15 . If the soul be united to Christ by faith, the whole man is become a member of his mystical body. The body is in union with Christ as well as the soul. How honourable is this to the Christian! His very flesh is a part of the mystical body of Christ. Note, It is good to know in what honourable relations we stand, that we may endeavour to become them. But now, says the apostle, shall I take the members of Christ, and make them the members of a harlot? God forbid. Or, take away the members of Christ? Would not this be a gross abuse, and the most notorious injury? Would it not be dishonouring Christ, and dishonouring ourselves to the very last degree? What, make a Christ's members the members of a harlot, prostitute them to so vile a purpose! The thought is to be abhorred. God forbid. Know you not that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with hers? For two, says he, shall be one flesh. But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit, 1 Corinthians 6:16 ; 1 Corinthians 6:17 . Nothing can stand in greater opposition to the honourable relations and alliances of a Christian man than this sin. He is joined to the Lord in union with Christ, and made partaker by faith of his Spirit. One spirit lives and breathes and moves in the head and members. Christ and his faithful disciples are one, John 17:21 ; John 17:22 . But he that is joined to a harlot is one body, for two shall be one flesh, by carnal conjunction, which was ordained of God only to be in a married state. Now shall one in so close a union with Christ as to be one spirit with him yet be so united to a harlot as to become one flesh with her? Were not this a vile attempt to make a union between Christ and harlots? And can a greater indignity he offered to him or ourselves? Can any thing be more inconsistent with our profession or relation? Note, The sin of fornication is a great injury in a Christian to his head and lord, and a great reproach and blot on his profession. It is no wonder therefore that the apostle should say, " Flee fornication ( 1 Corinthians 6:18 ; 1 Corinthians 6:18 ), avoid it, keep out of the reach of temptations to it, of provoking objects. Direct the eyes and mind to other things and thoughts." Alia vitia pugnando, sola libido fugiendo vincitur--Other vices may be conquered in fight, this only by flight; so speak many of the fathers. IV. A fourth argument is that it is a sin against our own bodies. Every sin that a man does is without the body; he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body ( 1 Corinthians 6:18 ; 1 Corinthians 6:18 ); every sin, that is, every other sin, every external act of sin besides, is without the body. It is not so much an abuse of the body as of somewhat else, as of wine by the drunkard, food by the glutton, c. Nor does it give the power of the body to another person. Nor does it so much tend to the reproach of the body and render it vile. This sin is in a peculiar manner styled uncleanness, pollution, because no sin has so much external turpitude in it, especially in a Christian. He sins against his own body he defiles it, he degrades it, making it one with the body of that vile creature with whom he sins. He casts vile reproach on what he Redeemer has dignifies to the last degree by taking it into union with himself. Note, We should not make our present vile bodies more vile by sinning against them. V. The fifth argument against this sin is that the bodies of Christians are the temples of the Holy Ghost which is in them, and which they have of God, 1 Corinthians 6:19 ; 1 Corinthians 6:19 . He that is joined to Christ is one spirit. He is yielded up to him, is consecrated thereby, and set apart for his use, and is hereupon possessed, and occupied, and inhabited, by his Holy Spirit. This is the proper notion of a temple--a place where God dwells, and sacred to his use, by his own claim and his creature's surrender. Such temples real Christians are of the Holy Ghost. Must he not therefore be God? But the inference is plain that hence we are not our own. We are yielded up to God, and possessed by and for God; nay, and this is virtue of a purchase made of us: You are bought with a price. In short, our bodies were made for God, they were purchased for him. If we are Christians indeed they are yielded to him, and he inhabits and occupies them by his Spirit: so that our bodies are not our own, but his. And shall we desecrate his temple, defile it, prostitute it, and offer it up to the use and service of a harlot? Horrid sacrilege! This is robbing God in the worst sense. Note, The temple of the Holy Ghost must be kept holy. Our bodies must be kept as his whose they are, and fit for his use and residence. VI. The apostle argues from the obligation we are under to glorify God both with our body and spirit, which are his, 1 Corinthians 6:20 ; 1 Corinthians 6:20 . He made both, he bought both, and therefore both belong to him and should be used and employed for him, and therefore should not be defiled, alienated from him, and prostituted by us. No, they must be kept as vessels fitted for our Master's use. We must look upon our whole selves as holy to the Lord, and must use our bodies as property which belongs to him and is sacred to his use and service. We are to honour him with our bodies and spirits, which are his; and therefore, surely, must abstain from fornication; and not only from the outward act, but from the adultery of the heart, as our Lord calls it, Matthew 5:28 . Body and spirit are to be kept clean, that God may be honoured by both. 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pericope/per-1co-6-002
절 (explains)
bible-text/1co-6-12, bible-text/1co-6-13, bible-text/1co-6-14, bible-text/1co-6-15, bible-text/1co-6-16, bible-text/1co-6-17, bible-text/1co-6-18, bible-text/1co-6-19, bible-text/1co-6-20
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source-manifest/mhm— Matthew Henry Complete Commentary (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological
> "나에게는 모든 것이 합법적이다." 그러나 모든 것이 유익한 것은 아닙니다. "나에게는 모든 것이 합법적이다." 그러나 나는 어떤 것에도 매여 그 지배를 받지 않겠습니다. "음식은 배를 위한 것이고, 배는 음식을 위한 것이다." 그러나 하나님께서는 이것과 저것을 다 없애 버리실 것입니다. 몸은 음행을 위한 것이 아니라 주를 위한 것이며, 주께서는 몸을 위하십니다. 하나님께서 주를 다시 살리셨으니, 또한 그분의 능력으로 우리도 다시 살리실 것입니다. 여러분의 몸이 그리스도의 지체인 것을 알지 못합니까? 그런데 내가 그리스도의 지체를 가져다가 창녀의 지체로 삼겠습니까? 결코 그럴 수 없습니다! 창녀와 합하는 사람은 그와 한 몸이 되는 것을 알지 못합니까? "둘이 한 몸이 될 것이다." 하고 말씀하셨기 때문입니다. 그러나 주와 합하는 사람은 그분과 한 영이 됩니다. 음행을 피하십시오! "사람이 짓는 모든 죄는 몸 밖에 있다." 그러나 음행하는 사람은 자기 몸에 죄를 짓는 것입니다. 여러분의 몸이 여러분 안에 계신 성령의 성전인 것을 알지 못합니까? 이 성령은 여러분이 하나님께로부터 받은 분입니다. 여러분은 여러분 자신의 것이 아닙니다. 여러분은 값을 치르고 산 것이 되었기 때문입니다. 그러므로 여러분의 몸과 영으로 하나님께 영광을 돌리십시오. 몸과 영은 다 하나님의 것입니다. (고전 6:12-20)
고전 6:12-13은 음식에 관한 초기 그리스도인들의 논쟁과 관련된 것으로 보이면서도, 이어지는 음행에 대한 경고의 서문 역할을 한다. 연결 고리는 사도행전 15:19-29의 유명한 사도들의 결의로 볼 수 있는데, 그곳에서 특정 음식 금지와 음행 금지가 함께 결정되었다. 고린도의 일부 신자들은 음식에 대해 자유롭듯 음행에 대해서도 자유롭다고 생각했던 것 같다. 특히 고린도 법에서 음행이 정죄받지 않는다는 이유에서였다. 그들은 음행의 경우에도 "나에게는 모든 것이 합법적이다"라고 말할 준비가 되어 있었다. 바울은 이 위험한 생각을 반박한다. 그는 어떤 일이 그 자체로 합법적이라 하더라도, 특정한 때와 상황에서는 유익하지 않을 수 있다고 말한다. 그리스도인은 단지 무엇이 합법적인지만 생각할 것이 아니라, 자신의 신앙 고백, 인품, 관계, 소망을 고려하여 무엇을 해야 적합한지를 생각해야 한다. "나에게는 모든 것이 합법적이다. 그러나 나는 어떤 것에도 매여 그 지배를 받지 않겠다(고전 6:12)." 합법적인 일에서도 그는 강요된 권위에 복종하려 하지 않았다. 하물며 음행 같은 죄에 육체적 욕구가 지배권을 갖도록 허용할 리가 없었다. 고린도 법으로는 허용되더라도 자연법을 위반하고 그리스도인에게 전혀 어울리지 않는 음행에 대해서는 더욱 그렇다.
### I. 몸은 주님을 위한 것이다 — 첫 번째 논거
이것이 이 죄에 대한 바울의 첫 번째 논거이다. 고린도는 음행으로 악명 높았고, 기독교로 개종한 자들도 그것에 대해 너무 호의적인 생각을 갖고 있었다. 이것은 사물의 목적과 용도에 역행하는 것이다. 몸은 음행을 위한 것이 아니다. 몸은 그런 목적으로 만들어진 것이 아니라 주를 위한 것, 즉 하나님을 섬기고 영광 돌리기 위한 것이다. 몸은 거룩함에 이르는 의의 도구가 되어야 하고(롬 6:19), 결코 더러움의 도구가 되어서는 안 된다. 몸은 그리스도의 지체이므로(고전 6:15), 창녀의 지체가 되어서는 안 된다.
주께서는 몸을 위하신다는 것도 기억해야 한다. 이것은 주님과 몸 사이에 특별한 관계가 있음을 보여 준다. 하나님께서 주님을 다시 살리셨고, 그분의 능력으로 우리도 다시 살리실 것이다(고전 6:14). 이 몸도 부활할 것이다. 그러므로 이 몸을 음행에 내어줌으로써 더럽히는 것은 부활을 기다리는 몸을 욕되게 하는 것이다.
### II. 몸은 그리스도의 지체이다 — 두 번째 논거
"여러분의 몸이 그리스도의 지체인 것을 알지 못합니까?(고전 6:15)" 이것을 안다면, 그리스도의 지체를 가져다가 창녀의 지체로 삼는 것이 얼마나 끔찍한 일인지 알 것이다. "결코 그럴 수 없습니다!" 이것은 신성모독적인 생각이다. 창녀와 합하는 사람은 그와 한 몸이 된다. 성경도 "둘이 한 몸이 될 것이다"라고 말씀했기 때문이다(고전 6:16). 반면 주와 합하는 사람은 그분과 한 영이 된다(고전 6:17). 그리스도와의 연합은 영적 연합이요 영혼의 연합이다. 그 연합이 얼마나 거룩하고 고귀한 것인지를 생각하면, 그 거룩한 연합을 음행으로 더럽히는 것이 얼마나 가증한 일인지 알게 된다.
### III. 음행을 피하라는 명령
"음행을 피하십시오!(고전 6:18)" 이것은 다른 죄들과는 달리 자신의 몸에 직접 죄를 짓는 것이다. 사람이 짓는 다른 죄들은 몸 밖에 있지만, 음행하는 자는 자기 몸에 직접 죄를 짓는다. 이것이 음행이 특별히 금지되어야 하는 이유 중 하나이다.
### IV. 몸은 성령의 성전이다 — 세 번째 논거
"여러분의 몸이 여러분 안에 계신 성령의 성전인 것을 알지 못합니까?(고전 6:19)" 성령께서 신자들 안에 거하신다. 그것도 하나님으로부터 받은 분으로서. 그러므로 신자는 자신의 것이 아니다. 성전을 더럽히는 것은 하나님을 거스르는 일이다. 그런데 몸이 성령의 성전이라면, 음행으로 그 몸을 더럽히는 것은 성령의 성전을 더럽히는 것이다.
더 나아가, 신자들은 값을 치르고 산 것이다(고전 6:20). 그들은 자신의 것이 아니다. 엄청난 값, 곧 그리스도의 피로 샀다. 그러므로 몸과 영으로 하나님께 영광을 돌려야 한다. 몸과 영은 다 하나님의 것이기 때문이다.
주목하라. 우리의 몸이 그리스도의 피로 값 치르고 사신 것이요 성령의 성전이라는 것을 알고 믿는 사람은 자기 몸을 음행으로 더럽히는 일을 생각조차 할 수 없다. 하나님의 영광을 위해 몸으로 하나님을 섬기는 것이 마땅한 의무이자 특권이다.
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