1 Corinthians 6:20for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
The setting
Corinth, Greece, ~55 AD. Paul writes to a church struggling with sexual immorality and pagan temple practices...
The emotion here: urgent concern for people destroying themselves
The original word
ēgorasthēte (ἠγοράσθητε) — purchased in the slave market, ownership transferred
Why it matters
Corinth had 1,000 temple prostitutes at the temple of Aphrodite on the Acrocorinth
Read with care
What most readers miss in 1 Corinthians 6:20
Paul is speaking to people who literally saw slaves bought and sold daily in the agora
Common misconceptionPeople think this is about general morality, but Paul is specifically addressing Christians who were visiting temple prostitutes, justifying it as 'just physical' since they were 'spiritual' people.
The thread continues
Verses that echo 1 Corinthians 6:20
Bible Genome reading
1 Corinthians 6:20 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
1 Corinthians 6:20 comes from the book of 1 Corinthians, written during the early_church period. These words are attributed to Paul. The dominant emotion in this verse is grateful, with a comfort power of 50% and a tone that is reverent. It belongs to the teaching genre of biblical literature. Key themes include redemption, stewardship. Notable phrases: bought with a price; glorify God. This verse contains a command.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same grateful
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
— John 3:16
“I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.”
— 2 Timothy 4:7
“It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.'”
— Acts 2:21
“for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,”
— Ephesians 2:8
“So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land o…”
— Genesis 45:8
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