⁹ Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. ^(A)Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor ^[a]homosexuals, nor ^[b]sodomites, ¹⁰ nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ And such were ^(B)some of you. ^(C)But you were washed, but you were ^[c]sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

Glorify God in Body and Spirit

^12 (D)All things are lawful for me, but all things are not ^[d]helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of ^[e]any. ^13 (E)Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for ^(F)sexual immorality but ^(G)for the Lord, ^(H)and the Lord for the body. ¹⁴ And ^(I)God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up ^(J)by His power.

¹⁵ Do you not know that ^(K)your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! ¹⁶ Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For ^(L)“the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.” ^17 (M)But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.

^18 (N)Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins ^(O)against his own body. ¹⁹ Or ^(P)do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, ^(Q)and you are not your own? ²⁰ For ^(R)you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body ^[f]and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Principles of Marriage

7 Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me:

^(A)It is good for a man not to touch a woman. ² Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. ^3 (B)Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. ⁴ The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. ^5 (C)Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that ^(D)Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Walk in Love

5 Therefore^(A) be imitators of God as dear ^(B)children. ² And ^(C)walk in love, ^(D)as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God ^(E)for a sweet-smelling aroma.

³ But fornication and all ^(F)uncleanness or ^(G)covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;