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for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God`s.
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Bought with a Price
Commentators unanimously affirm that Christians have been 'bought with a price.' This isn't a commercial transaction but a redemptive act. The price paid was the precious blood of Christ, which purchased you from slavery to sin. As a result, you are not your own; you belong wholly to God, who now has rightful ownership of your life.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For you are bought. You Christians are purchased; and by right of purchase should therefore be employed as He directs. This doctr…
For ye were bought with a price (ηγορασθητε γαρ τιμης). First aorist passive indicative of αγοραζω, old verb to buy in the marketp…
19th Century
Anglican
What? Do you not know . . .?—These verses read better rendered as follows: Do you not know that your body is the temple of the…
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Now Paul talks positively about how Christians should view their bodies. (1) They should consider that their bodies, including their whole personal…
16th Century
Protestant
Glorify God. From this conclusion, it appears that the Corinthians took liberties for themselves in outward matters, which it was necessar…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For you are bought with a price Not with gold and silver, but with the precious blood of Christ, as the whole church…
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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 …
13th Century
Catholic
After rebuking the Corinthians about lawsuits, the Apostle now returns to condemn the sin of sexual immorality, which he mentioned in [Reference 1 …
