1 Corinthians 6:13
Meates are ordeined for the bellie, and the belly for the meates: but God shall destroy both it, and them. Nowe the bodie is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the bodie.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
14And God hath also raised vp the Lord, and shall raise vs vp by his power.
Cross References
Matthew 15:17Perceiue ye not yet, that whatsoeuer entreth into the mouth, goeth into the bellie, and is cast out into the draught?
Mark 7:19Because it entreth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught which is the purging of all meates?
John 6:49Your fathers did eate Manna in the wildernesse, and are dead.
Romans 7:4So yee, my brethren, are dead also to the Law by ye body of Christ, that ye should be vnto an other, euen vnto him that is raised vp from the dead, that we should bring foorth fruite vnto God.
Romans 14:7For none of vs liueth to himselfe, neither doeth any die to himselfe.
1 Corinthians 3:16Knowe ye not that ye are the 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 →