1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Expanded Bible

Use Your Bodies for God’s Glory

¹² “·I am allowed to do all things [^LAll things are lawful/permissible for me; ^Cprobably a slogan the Corinthians were using; see also 7:1; 8:1, 4; 10:23],” but not all things are ·good for me to do [profitable; beneficial]. “·I am allowed to do all things [^LAll things are lawful/permissible for me],” but I will not let anything make me its slave. ¹³ “Food is for the stomach, and the stomach for food, but God will ·destroy [do away with] them both [^Cprobably another Corinthian slogan (v. 12), meaning only the spirit matters, not what we do with our physical bodies; Paul disagrees].” The body is not for sexual sin but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body. ¹⁴ By his power God has raised the Lord from the dead and will also raise us from the dead. ¹⁵ ·Surely [Don’t…?] you know that your bodies are ·parts [members] of Christ himself. Should I take the ·parts [members] of Christ and join them to a prostitute? ·Never [Absolutely not; May it never be]! ¹⁶ Don’t you know that anyone who joins with a prostitute [^Cin a sexual relationship] becomes one body with the prostitute? For it is written in the Scriptures, “The two will become one ·body [flesh; Gen. 2:24].” ¹⁷ But the one who joins with the Lord [^Cin spiritual union] is one spirit with the Lord.

¹⁸ So ·run away from [flee; stay away from] sexual sin. Every other sin people do is outside their bodies, but those who sin sexually sin against their own bodies. ¹⁹ ·You should [^LDon’t you…?] know that your body is a temple for the Holy Spirit who is in you and was given to you by God. So you do not belong to yourselves, ²⁰ because you were ·bought by God [^Lbought] for a price. So honor God with your bodies.