Monday, July 28, 2014

The Way I Travel

1 Corinthians 6:3 KJV
Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?

1 Corinthians 6:9 KJV
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

1 Corinthians 6:15 KJV
Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

This chapter is tied together by the same  phrase, "Know ye not…"  used three times:[1]

It seems to me then that we should not view this chapter as having two separate themes dividing approximately between verses eight and nine. This is a whole; it is a complete thought.
  • The reason we deal with our own matters
  • The reason we rather suffer wrong than to take a brother or sister to court, further
  • The reason we turn from worldly sin and the reason we refrain even from things that are lawful but not expedient
is because we travel toward a place where all such things can find no home.  These are incompatible with heaven and as such can never inherit the kingdom of God.

We who have been justified by the blood of Christ must then be sanctified from such things.




[1]  Phrases similar to this are found in verses 2, 16 and 19. Verses 16 and 19 contain the same phrase but they do not begin the verse.

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