14. And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
The destiny of the body being what is stated in the pre- cedmg verse, it is not to perish, but is to share in the resur- rection of Christ. " He who raised Christ from the dead shall also quicken our mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in us,"* Rom. 8. 11. This verse is parallel to the second clause of V. 13. Of the stomach and meats, it is said, God will destroy both it and them ; of the Lord and the body it is said. As he raised up the one, he will also raise up the other. The cases, therefore, are widely different. The relation be- tween our organs of digestion and food is temporary ; the re- lation between Christ and the body is permanent. What concerns the former relation is a matter of indifference ; what concerns the other touches the groundwork of our nature and the design for which we were created. On this destiny of the body compare 15, 15. 20. 35-56. Phil. 3, 21. Rom. 8, 11. 2 Cor. 4, 14. 1 Thess. 4, 14.
15. 16. Know ye not that your bodies are the mem- bers of Christ ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make (them) the members of an harlot ? God for- bid. What ! know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body ? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
The design of these verses is to establish two points. First, that the relation between our bodies and Christ is of the intimate and vital character which had just been stated. And second, that the sin in question was inconsistent with that relation, and incompatible with it.
Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ f This is a conceded and familiar point of Christian doctrine, one with which they were supposed to be acquainted ; and which proved all that the Apostle had said of the relation be-
* Instead of the future 6|e76ps?, will raise up, Lachmann and Tischendorf after A. D. read i^eyeipei, he raises up. Meyer after B. 67, prefers e^-fjyeipey he raised up. According to this last reading the resurrection of believers is represented as involved in that of Christ. As they died when he died, so they rose when he rose. The common text however is the beat supported, ;uid gives a good sense.