1 Corinthians 6:13
the meats [are] for the belly, and the belly for the meats. And God will make useless both this and these; and the body [is] not for whoredom, but for the LORD, and the LORD for the body;
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In Context
14and God raised both the LORD, and will raise us up through His power.
Cross References
Matthew 15:17Do you not understand that all that is going into the mouth passes into the belly, and is cast forth into the drain?
Mark 7:19Because it does not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and into the drain it goes out, purifying all the meats.”
John 6:49your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and they died;
Romans 7:4So that, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of the Christ, for your becoming another’s, who was raised up out of the dead, that we might bear fruit to God;
Romans 14:7For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself;
1 Corinthians 3:16Have you not known that you 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 →