The Body Is the Lord’s

^12 (A)All things are permitted for me, but not all things are of benefit. All things are permitted for me, but I will not be mastered by anything. ^13 (B)Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, however God will ^(C)do away with both ^[a]of them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but ^(D)for the Lord, and ^(E)the Lord is for the body.

^20 (A)Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. ^(B)All things indeed are clean, but ^(C)they are evil for the person who eats ^[a]and causes offense. ^21 (D)It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother or sister stumbles.