Members of Christ (μελη Χριστου). Old word for limbs, members. Even the Stoics held the body to be common with the animals (Epicte…

Do you not know, etc.? This is the third argument against licentiousness. It is that we, as Christians, are united to Christ (com…

Shall I then . . .?—Having shown the great dignity which attaches to our bodies as immortal members of Christ, th…

A further argument that the Christian’s body is for the Lord is that God’s people are members of his mystical body (cf. [Reference 1 Corinthians 12…

Know you not that our bodies are the members, etc. Here we have an explanation, or, if you prefer, an amplification of the previous statem…

Know you not that your bodies are the members, of Christ ,
&c.] The whole persons of God's elect were chosen in Chri…

Some among the Corinthians seem to have been ready to say, All things are lawful for me. This dangerous notion St. Paul opposes. There is …

After rebuking the Corinthians about lawsuits, the Apostle now returns to condemn the sin of sexual immorality, which he mentioned in [Reference 1 …