1 Corinthians 6:13
Food exists for the stomach, and the stomach for food; but God will put an end to both the one and the other. The body, however, exists, not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
14and, as God has raised the Lord, so he will raise up us also by the exercise of his power.
Cross References
Matthew 15:17“Do not you see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is afterwards expelled?
Mark 7:19because it does not pass into his heart, but into his stomach, and is afterwards got rid of? — in saying this Jesus pronounced all food ‘clean.’
John 6:49Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, and yet died.
Romans 7:4And so with you, my Brothers; as far as the Law was concerned, you underwent death in the crucified body of the Christ, so that you might be united to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that our lives might bear fruit for God.
Romans 14:7There is not one of us whose life concerns himself alone, and not one of us whose death concerns himself alone;
1 Corinthians 3:16Do not you know that you are God’s Temple, and that God’s Spirit has his home 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 →