Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [1 Corinthians: Chapter 6].
all" (Robertson and Plummer).
6:7 {Nay, already it is altogether a defect among you} (\•d• men
oun hol•s h•tt•ma humin estin\). "Indeed therefore there is to
you already (to begin with, \•d•\, before any question of courts)
wholly defeat." \H•tt•ma\ (from \h•ttaomai\) is only here, Ro
11:12; Isa 31:8 and ecclesiastical writers. See \h•ttaomai\
(from \h•tt•n\, less) in 2Co 12:13; 2Pe 2:19f. \Nik•\ was
victory and \h•tta\ defeat with the Greeks. It is defeat for
Christians to have lawsuits (\krimata\, usually decrees or
judgments) with one another. This was proof of the failure of
love and forgiveness (Col 3:13). {Take wrong} (\adikeisthe\).
Present middle indicative, of old verb \adike•\ (from \adikos\,
not right). Better undergo wrong yourself than suffer {defeat} in
the matter of love and forgiveness of a brother. {Be defrauded}
(\apostereisthe\). Permissive middle again like \adikeisthe\.
Allow yourselves to be robbed (old verb to deprive, to rob)
rather than have a lawsuit.
6:8 {Nay, but ye yourselves do wrong and defraud} (\alla humeis
adikeite kai apostereite\). "But (adversative \alla\, on the
contrary) you (emphatic) do the wronging and the robbing" (active
voices) "and that your brethren" (\kai touto adelphous\). Same
idiom as at close of verse 6. The very climax of wrong-doings,
to stoop to do this with one's brethren in Christ.
6:9 {The unrighteous} (\adikoi\). To remind them of the verb
\adike•\ just used. {The Kingdom of God} (\theou basileian\).
Precisely, God's kingdom. {Be not deceived} (\m• plan•sthe\).
Present passive imperative with negative \m•\. Do not be led
astray by plausible talk to cover up sin as mere animal
behaviourism. Paul has two lists in verses 9,10, one with
repetition of \oute\, neither (fornicators, idolaters,
adulterers, effeminate, or \malakoi\, abusers of themselves with
men or \arsenokoitai\ or sodomites as in 1Ti 1:10 a late word
for this horrid vice, thieves, covetous), the other with \ou\ not
(drunkards, revilers, extortioners). All these will fall short of
the kingdom of God. This was plain talk to a city like Corinth.
It is needed today. It is a solemn roll call of the damned even
if some of their names are on the church roll in Corinth whether
officers or ordinary members.
6:11 {And such were some of you} (\kai tauta tines •te\). A sharp
homethrust. Literally, "And these things (\tauta\, neuter plural)
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