1 Corinthians 6:13
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:
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In Context
14and God both raised the Lord, and will raise up as through his power.
Cross References
Matthew 15:17Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
Mark 7:19because it goeth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the draught? [This he said], making all meats clean.
John 6:49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
Romans 7:4Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ; that ye should be joined to another, [even] to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto God.
Romans 14:7For none of us liveth to himself, and none dieth to himself.
1 Corinthians 3:16Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth 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 →