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Flee, Don't Fight
Commentators stress the urgency of Paul's command to "Flee fornication." Unlike other sins that can be resisted, scholars like Albert Barnes and Matthew Henry note that sexual sin is best conquered by immediate flight. They argue that even reasoning about it or entertaining the thought can be polluting and dangerous. The only safe path is to retreat without hesitation.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 6:18
18th Century
Theologian
Flee fornication. A solemn command of God—as explicit as any that thundered from Mount Sinai. None can disregard it with impunity—none can…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee (φευγετε). Present imperative. Have the habit of fleeing without delay or parley. Note abruptness of the asyndeton with no co…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 6:18
19th Century
Bishop
Flee fornication.—These last three verses of the chapter contain a solemn exhortation to purity, arising from the previous argument.
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 6:18
Those who commit sexual immorality sin against their own body—that is, by weakening and perverting the very life process, as well as human characte…
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 6:18
16th Century
Theologian
Flee fornication. Every sin, etc. Having set before us honorable conduct, he now shows how much we ought to abhor fornication…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 6:18
17th Century
Pastor
Flee fornication
As that which is hurtful, scandalous, and unbecoming Christians; avoid it, and all the occasions of…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 6:12–20
17th Century
Minister
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 …