1 Corinthians 6:13
Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food. But God shall destroy both the stomach and food. And the body is not for fornication, but rather for the Lord; and the Lord is for the body.
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In Context
14Truly, God has raised up the Lord, and he will raise us up by his power.
Cross References
Matthew 15:17Do you not understand that everything that enters into the mouth goes into the gut, and is cast into the sewer?
Mark 7:19For it does not enter into his heart, but into the gut, and it exits into the sewer, purging all foods.”
John 6:49Your fathers ate manna in the desert, and they died.
Romans 7:4And so, my brothers, you also have become dead to the law, through the body of Christ, so that you may be another one who has risen from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.
Romans 14:7For none of us lives for himself, and none of us dies for himself.
1 Corinthians 3:16Do you not know that you are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God lives within 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 →