1 Corinthians 6:13
The foods are for the belly and the belly for foods, but God will abolish both this and these things. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
14And God both raised up the Lord and will raise us up through his power.
Cross References
Matthew 15:17Do ye not yet understand, that everything entering into the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into a toilet?
Mark 7:19because it does not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the toilet (making all foods clean)?
John 6:49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
Romans 7:4Therefore, my brothers, ye also became dead to the law through the body of Christ in order for ye to become to another, to him who was raised from the dead, so that we would bear fruit to God.
Romans 14:7For none of us lives to himself, and no man dies to himself.
1 Corinthians 3:16Know ye not that ye are a temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you?
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 6:13-20
Against Fornication. ( a. d. 57.) 12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. 14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. 15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the… Read the whole commentary →