1 Corinthians 6:13
Meats for the stomach, and the stomach for meats: but God will destroy both this and them. The body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
14but God both raised up the Lord, and will raise you up through his power.
Cross References
Matthew 15:17Do you know that everything entering into the mouth goes into the stomach, and is cast out into excrement?
Mark 7:19Because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is cast out into the excrement, purifying all edibles.
John 6:49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and died;
Romans 7:4So, my brethren, ye are dead to the law through the body of Christ, that ye should be married to another, to him who is risen from the dead, in order that we may bring forth fruit unto God.
Romans 14:7For no one of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself:
1 Corinthians 3:16Do you not know that you are the 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 →