1 Corinthians 6:13
11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
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.
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 members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- “Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods,” but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
- ASV
- Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:
- DARBY
- Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats; but God will bring to nothing both it and them: but the body [is] not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
- BLB
- “Foods for the belly and the belly for foods,” but God will nullify both this and these. Now the body [is] not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
- ÅB
- Maten er for buken, og buken for maten; og Gud skal gjøre ende på dem begge. Men legemet er ikke for hor, men for Herren, og Herren for legemet;
- OTB
- Mat er for magen og magen er for mat, men Gud vil gjøre ende på begge deler. Likevel er kroppen ikke for seksuell umoral, men for Herren, og Herren er for kroppen.
- B1930
- Maten er for buken, og buken for maten; og Gud skal gjøre ende på dem begge. Men legemet er ikke for hor, men for Herren, og Herren for legemet;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 6:19
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:16
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Read in contextRomans 6:12
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:15
Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 4:3–7
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
Read in contextMatthew 15:17
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
Read in contextEphesians 5:23
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
Read in contextRomans 14:7–9
For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
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