For ye were bought with a price (ηγορασθητε γαρ τιμης). First aorist passive indicative of αγοραζω, old verb to buy in the marketp…

For you are bought. You Christians are purchased; and by right of purchase should therefore be employed as He directs. This doctr…

What? Do you not know . . .?—These verses read better rendered as follows: Do you not know that your body is the temple of the…

Now Paul talks positively about how Christians should view their bodies. (1) They should consider that their bodies, including their whole personal…

Glorify God. From this conclusion, it appears that the Corinthians took liberties for themselves in outward matters, which it was necessar…

For you are bought with a price
Not with gold and silver, but with the precious blood of Christ, as the whole church…

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 …