1 Corinthians 6 is the sixth chapter of the

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in the

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of the

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. It is authored by

Paul the Apostle Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

and

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. In this chapter, Paul deals with

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s among believers and with sexual immorality.

Text

The original text was written in

Koine Greek Koine Greek (; Koine el, ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος, hē koinè diálektos, the common dialect; ), also known as Hellenistic Greek, common Attic, the Alexandrian dialect, Biblical Greek or New Testament Greek, was the common supra-reg ...

. This chapter is divided into 20 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: *

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(AD 325–350) *

Codex Sinaiticus The Codex Sinaiticus (Shelfmark: London, British Library, Add MS 43725), designated by siglum [Aleph] or 01 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 2 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts) ...

(330–360) *

Codex Alexandrinus The Codex Alexandrinus (London, British Library, Royal MS 1. D. V-VIII), designated by the siglum A or 02 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 4 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a manu ...

(400–440) *

Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus The Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (Paris, National Library of France, Greek 9) designated by the siglum C or 04 {in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 3 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a ma ...

(~450) *

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(7th century; extant verses 5–9, 11–18)

Lawsuits among believers

Paul criticises those who take up lawsuits with other believers before the civil authorities – those who have no standing in the church. There should be people within the church who are "wise enough to decide between one believer r brotherand another": Paul asks whether there are any of these people, and states that it would be better to be wronged and to be defrauded than to take a matter to court before the "unrighteous" – for that is itself a greater fraud. Theologian Albert Barnes treats Paul's question as rhetorical: "Can it be that in the Christian church – the church collected in refined and enlightened Corinth – there is not a single member so wise, intelligent and prudent that his brethren may have confidence in him, and refer their causes to him?" William Robertson Nicoll, in the Expositor's Greek Testament, argues in contrast that "The litigation shows that there is no man in the Church wise enough to settle such matters privately; or he would surely have been called in."

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, Lachmann, Osiander,

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and

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"make the passage sterner and more telling" as an assertion than the common way of viewing it as a question, which is adopted also by

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and Ewald.

Verse 9

* Cross reference: 1 Timothy 1:10 * "Homosexuals" (KJV: "effeminates"): ''

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'', those submitting to homosexuals * " Sodomites": ''male homosexuals'' In 2019, Australian rugby player Israel Folau paraphrased from 1 Corinthians 6:9 on social media and was subsequently stripped of his multi million dollar contract when he refused to recant the post. $2 million was raised by the Australian Christian Lobby for his court costs. His appeal was subsequently settled.

Verse 12

* "helpful" (

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) or "expedient" (KJV): Gill comments that "everything is not lawful to be done when the doing of them destroys the peace, comfort, and edification of others; when it stumbles and grieves weak minds, and causes offence to them"; see (1 Corinthians 10:23), so not "expedient" to use this liberty, to grieve a weak brother or to make oneself a "slave to one's appetite".

Verse 16

* Cross references:

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2:24

Verse 19

*"You are not your own": the believers are often reminded in the Scripture (cf. 1 Corinthians 7:22; Romans 6:18; Romans 6:22; John 8:30; Romans 14:8) that they "have passed from slavery to sin into slavery to Christ", but the slavery in Christ is the "true freedom of man", which enable a person to fulfil the law of one's being.

Verse 20

*Cross reference: 1 Corinthians 7:23 The majority of early manuscripts end this chapter with the words grc, δοξάσατε δὴ τὸν Θεὸν ἐν τῷ σώματι ὑμῶν, doxasate de ton theon en tō sōmati humōn, therefore glorify God in your body, label=none. The Textus Receptus adds grc, καὶ ἐν τῷ πνεύματι ὑμῶν, ἅτινά ἐστι τοῦ Θεοῦ, kai en to pneumati humōn, hatina esti tou theou, label=none, which the

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translates as "and in your spirit, which are (i.e. body and spirit) God's". The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges notes that "these words are not found in many of the best MSS. and versions, and they somewhat weaken the force of the argument, which is intended to assert the dignity of the body. They were perhaps inserted by some who, missing the point of the Apostle's argument, thought that the worship of the spirit was unduly passed over."Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on 1 Corinthians 6
accessed 26 March 2017

References

External links

* King James Bible - Wikisource
English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate''Online Bible'' at GospelHall.org
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