1 Corinthians 6:13
meats are for the belly, and the belly for meats, but God will destroy both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
14And as God hath raised up the Lord, so will He raise up us by his power.
Cross References
Matthew 15:17Do ye not yet know, that whatever goeth into the mouth passeth to the belly and is discharged downwards?
Mark 7:19because it entreth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all his food.
John 6:49but this is the bread which cometh down from heaven,
Romans 7:4And thus, my brethren, ye also are dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye might become another's, even his who is raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto God.
Romans 14:7For none of us liveth to himself, and no one dieth to himself:
1 Corinthians 3:16Do ye not know that ye are the temple of God, and 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 →