And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
14. And God hath also raised up the Lord He shows from Christ’s condition how unseemly fornication is for a Christian man; for Christ having been received into the heavenly glory, what has he in common with the pollutions of this world? Two things, however, are contained in these words.
Some Corinthians thought fornication as lawful as eating meat, since their pagan city did not condemn it. But lawfulness is not the measure; fitness is. Consider your profession, your character, your hope, and beware lest you fall into bondage to appetite while claiming freedom in Christ.
AI summary
Commenting on 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
And God hath both raised up the Lord,.... God the Father has raised up from the dead the Lord Jesus Christ, though not exclusive of the Son, who was equally concerned in the resurrection of himself, whereby he demonstrated himself to be the Son of God, truly and properly God.