1 Corinthians 6:13
Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:
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14And God who made the Lord Jesus come back from the dead will do the same for us by his power.
Cross References
Matthew 15:17Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?
Mark 7:19Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean.
John 6:49Your fathers took the manna in the waste land--and they are dead.
Romans 7:4In the same way, my brothers, you were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, even to him who came again from the dead, so that we might give fruit to God.
Romans 14:7For every man's life and every man's death has a relation to others as well as to himself.
1 Corinthians 3:16Do you not see that you are God's holy house, and that the Spirit of God has his place 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 →