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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 11, 1875

The Commentary.

Tell me the meaning of Scriptures. One gem from that ocean is worth all the pebbles of earthly streams.—M’Cheyne.

BARNES’ NOTES ON 1 COR. 6:2; 7:19.

1 Cor. 6:2. The common interpretation that of Grotius, Beza, Calvin, Doddridge, &c., is that it refers to the future Judgment, and that Christians will in that day be employed in some manner in judging the world. That this is the true interpretation is apparent from the following reasons; 1. It is the obvious interpretation, that which will strike the great mass of men, and is likely, therefore, to be the true one. 2. It accords with the account in Matt. 19:28, and Luke 22:30. 3. It is the only one which gives a fair interpretation to the declaration in verse 3 that the saints should judge angels.

Chap. 7:19. Circumcision is nothing &c. It is of no consequence in itself, It is not that which God requires now. And the mere external rite can be of no consequence one way or the other. The heart is all; and that is what God demands. See note on Rom. 2:29.

But the keeping of the commandments of God, is something, is the main thing, is everything; and this can be done whether a man is circumcised or not.