1 Corinthians Chapter 6, Verse 20
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20: ηγορασθητε γαρ τιμης δοξασατε δη τον θεον εν τω σωματι υμων και εν τω πνευματι υμων ατινα εστιν του θεου
20: For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your
body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
20: For you are bought with a great price. Glorify and bear God in
your body.
For ye are bought. Ye Christians are purchased; and by right of purchase should therefore be employed as he directs. This doctrine is often taught in the New Testament; and the argument is often urged, that therefore Christians should be devoted to God. 1Cor 7:23 1 Pet 1:18, 1 Pet 1:19, 1 Pet 2:9 2 Pet 2:1 Rev 5:9. See "Acts 20:28".
With a price. timhv. A price is that which is paid for an article, and which, in the view of the seller, is a fair compensation, or a valuable consideration why he should part with it; that is, the price paid is as valuable to him as the thing itself would be. It may not be the same thing either in quality or quantity, but it is that which to him is a sufficient consideration why he should part with his property. When an article is bought for a valuable consideration, it becomes wholly the property of the purchaser. He may keep it, direct it, dispose of it. Nothing else is to be allowed to control it without his consent. The language here is figurative. It does not mean that there was strictly a commercial transaction in the redemption of the church, a literal quid pro quo, for the thing spoken of pertains to moral government, and not to commerce.
Glorify God. Honour God; live to him. See "Mt 5:16"; See "Jn 12:28"; See "Jn 17:1".
In your body, etc. Let your entire person be subservient to the glory of God. Live to him: let your life tend to his honour. No stronger arguments could be adduced for purity of life, and they are such as all Christians must feel.
