1 Coríntios 6
R.C.H. Lenski · Citado em PreceptAustin
1 Coríntios 6:18
Lenski - Sexual sins bear a vicious character all their own. They are peculiarly unsavory and hence entail shame and disgrace in a peculiar manner. They rot the body, fill the mind with rottenness, and rapidly eliminate the sinner from this life… No sinful act desecrates the body like fornication and sexual abuse. In this sense fornication has a deadly eminence. A sanctuary is desecrated by befouling it within; so this sin desecrates the sanctuary of the body. All other sins besmirch the sanctuary on the outside only. (Lenski, R. C. H. The Interpretation of St. Paul's First and Second epistle to the Corinthians. Minneapolis, MN.: Augsburg Publishing House) R L Pratt - The meaning of these words is difficult to determine. Many sins, such as substance abuse, gluttony, and suicide, have detrimental effects on the body. Paul’s words do not refer to disease and/or other damage caused by sin. Instead, his words are linked to the preceding discussion of 1Co 6:12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. There Paul established that Christians’ bodies are joined with Christ so that they become “members of Christ” (1Co 6:15) himself. Sexual union with a prostitute violates one’s body by bringing it into a wrongful “one flesh” union, and by flaunting the mystical union with Christ (1Co 6:15). It is in this sense that sexual immorality is a unique sin against the body. It violates the most significant fact about believers’ physical existence: their bodies belong to Christ… Believers’ bodies are sanctified and holy, being in union with Christ. When a person in Christ engages in sexual immorality, that immorality runs contrary to the new nature and new identity of his body. (Pratt, R. L., Jr.. Vol. 7: I & II Corinthians. Holman New Testament Commentary; Holman Reference. Page 101. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers. 2000). Jamieson - Every other sin; even gluttony, drunkenness, and self-murder are “without,” that is, comparatively external to the body (Mk 7:18; compare Pr 6:30, 31, 32). He certainly injures, but he does not alienate the body itself; the sin is not terminated in the body; he rather sins against the perishing accidents of the body (as the “belly,” and the body’s present temporary organization), and against the soul than against the body in its permanent essence, designed “for the Lord.” “But” the fornicator alienates that body which is the Lord’s, and makes it one with a harlot’s body, and so “sinneth against his own body,” that is, against the verity and nature of his body; not a mere effect on the body from without, but a contradiction of the truth of the body, wrought within itself [Alford].
1 Coríntios 6:19
Lenski - "Does this fact seem new and strange, perhaps questionable, to you Corinthians? Then do you not know?" The Corinthians do know what Paul is about to state, but, as in the case of so many things that we indeed know, we fail to apply them to our lives. We let them lie unused in the lumber room of our intellects. Regarding our body it is the great fact that was already touched upon in 1Cor 6:13, etc., but is now stated fully: Or do you not know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, whom you have from God? We now see fully what Paul meant when he wrote a moment ago: "The body for the Lord, and the Lord for the body." (BORROW Lenski New Testament Commentary) John MacArthur interprets Paul's question as a indication that the saints at Corinth had spiritual stupor - "Paul’s main emphasis is that the Corinthians were not alert to spiritual things. That is a deadly problem for a Christian. The problem with the Corinthians was that they didn’t know. You can’t be alert if you don’t know anything. They were in a spiritual stupor. That’s why 1Corinthians 8:9 and 1Cor 10:12 say, “Take heed.” 1Cor 12:1 says, “Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.” But they were ignorant. They weren’t alert. The result was that their lives were messed up. (The Believer’s Armor) Your body is a temple - This is true of every believer the instant they are saved by grace through faith. There are no "have's" and "have not's" in Christianity in regard to the Holy Spirit. Simply put, if He is not indwelling a person, that person is not saved! (cp Ro 8:9) If someone teaches that you have to do something else (besides belief in the Gospel of Jesus Christ) to receive the Holy Spirit, they are not teaching sound (hugies = "hygienic", healthy) doctrine (Ro 8:9+ could not be any more clear!), and you would be well advised to play the part of a "Berean" (Acts 17:11+, He 5:14+, 1Th 5:21, 22+) in regard to the other "doctrines" they teach (cp Eph 4:14, 15+, Acts 20:30,31 Ro 16:17,18+, 2Co 11:3,4 Ga 1:6,7, 3:1. Col 2:4, 5, 6, 7+, Col 2:8+ 1Ti4:1, 6, 7; 2Ti2:15+, 2Ti 2:16, 17+, 2Ti 2:18+, 2Ti 3:6, 7, 8, 9+, 2Ti 4:3, 4+ Heb13:9+ 2Pe2:1, 2, 3+ 1Jn 2:19, 26). William
1 Coríntios 6:19
Lenski - Our humble, earthly body is nothing less than "a sanctuary of the Spirit," and Paul writes "Holy Spirit," for because of its very name "a sanctuary" is holy. He uses naos, the inner sanctuary itself, not hieron, which may mean only the outer temple courts. The genitive "of the Holy Spirit" denotes possession but not in the sense that one may merely own a building without dwelling in it, for Paul adds two modifiers. First the phrase "in you," which is placed attributively after the Greek article. Only as being "within us," dwelling in us, does the Holy Spirit own our body as his sanctuary. Paul writes "in you" and not "in your bodies" and thus abides by the fact. For the Spirit dwells in us as persons and makes us "one spirit with the Lord," v. 17, and in this profound way takes possession also of our body so that this body actually becomes his sanctuary. (BORROW Lenski New Testament Commentary)
1 Coríntios 6:19
Lenski - We are the Spirit's, and he is ours, a blessed mutuality but one that is "from God," a most gracious gift to us. The moment we hold this fact beside the other that fornication desecrates our body as does no other sinful act, the true character of this vicious sin becomes clear to us. (BORROW Lenski New Testament Commentary) A W Tozer put it this way "I do not believe in a repetition of Pentecost, but I do believe in a perpetuation of Pentecost—and there is a vast difference between the two." Jesus speaking to His disciples gave them this promise concerning the Holy Spirit… And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper (parakletos = "The Comforter", literally "Called Alongside"), that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, Whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you, and will be in you. (Jn 14:16, 17+) The Greek word for Helper is parakletos which means consoler, comforter, helper, legal assistant, pleader, advocate, one who pleads another's cause, pleader, proxy, one who comes forward behalf of and representative of another, one called alongside to help. In this passage our Lord was promising that the Holy Spirit would take up permanent, uninterrupted residence within His disciples. It was not only that the Spirit would be present with them but the even greater truth was that He would be resident within them permanently. This truth of the permanently indwelling Spirit is one of the wonderful New Covenant realities (originally this promise was given to Judah and Israel in Jer 31:31 but applicable to the church 1Co 3:16). Through the prophet Ezekiel God promised… I will put My Spirit within you, and you will come to life. (Ezek 37:14, cp Ezek 11:19, 20, 37:26,27, 39:29. The final fulfillment of this promise will take place at the Second Coming when Christ will pour out His Spirit upon Israel - Zech 12:10+ and "all" Israel [all that compose "the remnant"] will be saved - see Ro 11:26, 27+) In the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit was often present with believers, but He did not indwell them. Moreover, His presence seemed to be conditional which is the grounds for David's prayer "Do not take Thy Holy Spirit from me." (Ps. 51:11+). In the New Testament believers now have a permanent present Paraclete, not with or among, but within. The indwelling presence of the Spirit is one of the proofs of salvation: You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him (Ro 8:9+, cp 1Cor 12:13+) And so Jesus’ promise in John 14 that the Holy Spirit would reside within them was not limited to the eleven apostles who were present that night. In fact the Holy Spirit indwells every Christian. In John 14:17 Jesus promised that "the Spirit of truth… abides with you and will be in you." In John 14:23, Jesus said "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him, and make Our abode with him." And so in this passage Paul affirms that "the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God." (1Cor 6:19) In his second letter there is a similar passage, where Paul asks the Corinthians… Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, "I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. 17 "Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE," says the Lord. "AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN; And I will welcome you. 18 "And I will be a father to you, And you shall be sons and daughters to Me," Says the Lord Almighty. 7:1 Therefore, having these promises (THOUGHT - Truth revealed always calls for a personal response! Scripture is not given to make us smarter sinners, but more like the Savior!), beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. (2Co 6:16, 17, 18, 7:1+) As D L Moody rightly said - "I think it is clearly taught in the Scripture that every believer has the Holy Ghost dwelling in him. He may be quenching the Spirit of God, and he may not glorify God as he should, but if he is a believer on the Lord Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost dwells in him. But I want to call your attention to another fact. I believe today, that though Christian men and women have the Holy Spirit dwelling in them, yet He is not dwelling within them in power; in other words, God has a great many sons and daughters without power." (D. L. Moody: Secret Power - ONLINE) Here is the index to Moody's book Secret Power... Chapter One: Power - It's Source Chapter Two: Power "In" and "Upon" Chapter Three: Witnessing In Power Chapter Four: Power In Operation Chapter Five: Power Hindered John