⁴ that each one of you know how to control his own ^(A)body^[a] in holiness and ^(B)honor,

⁹ But if they cannot exercise self-control, ^(A)they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

⁷ Likewise, ^(A)husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker ^(B)vessel, since they are heirs with you^[a] of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

¹⁵ Do you not know that ^(A)your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!

A Living Sacrifice

12 ^(A)I appeal to you therefore, brothers,^[a] by the mercies of God, ^(B)to present your bodies ^(C)as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.^[b]

^4 (A)Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge ^(B)the sexually immoral and adulterous.

² But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

Treasure in Jars of Clay

⁷ But we have this treasure in ^(A)jars of clay, ^(B)to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

^18 (A)Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin^[a] a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person ^(B)sins against his own body. ¹⁹ Or ^(C)do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? ^(D)You are not your own, ^20 (E)for you were bought with a price. ^(F)So glorify God in your body.