Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:2-3
1 Corinthians 6:2-3 I. The Apostle seems to refer to something in the Christian doctrine which was well known then, but certainly it is very obscure now. We always look forward to being judged, not to judging others, and therefore the appeal of the Apostle has no force for us. If the words stood alone, indeed, we should probably be inclined to think that they only spoke of judging in the sense of condemning by contrast or example, as our Lord said that the men of Nineveh would rise in judgment... read more
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
CRITICAL NOTESSECOND MAIN TOPIC.—1 Corinthians 6:12-201 Corinthians 6:12. Lawful.—Here, and in 1 Corinthians 10:23. To be put in quotation marks, “All … lawful.” His own words, or something like them, quoted and misused by the Antinomian party. [Cf. the misuse of Christ’s actual words, Mark 14:58, from John 2:19.] Expedient.—Study Paul’s “expediency”; here, 1 Corinthians 10:23; 2 Corinthians 8:10; 2 Corinthians 12:1; Romans 14:13 sq, Compare “All things to all men, that I may … save,” 1... read more