1 Corinthians 6:13
“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
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In Context
14By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.
Cross References
Matthew 15:17“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
Mark 7:19because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated, thus purifying all foods.”
John 6:49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.
Romans 7:4Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
Romans 14:7For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.
1 Corinthians 3:16Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit 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 →