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Flee Sexual Immorality

12 (A)All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything. 13 (B)Food is for the [a]stomach and the [b]stomach is for food, but God will (C)do away with both [c]of them. Yet the body is not for sexual immorality, but (D)for the Lord, and (E)the Lord is for the body. 14 Now God has not only (F)raised the Lord, but (G)will also raise us up through His power. 15 (H)Do you not know that (I)your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take away the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? (J)May it never be! 16 Or (K)do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For He says, “(L)The two shall become one flesh.” 17 But the one who joins himself to the Lord is (M)one spirit with Him. 18 (N)Flee sexual immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the [d]sexually immoral man sins against his own body. 19 Or (O)do you not know that (P)your body is a [e]sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from [f]God, and that (Q)you are not your own? 20 For (R)you were bought with a price: therefore glorify God in (S)your body.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 6:13 Lit belly
  2. 1 Corinthians 6:13 Lit belly
  3. 1 Corinthians 6:13 Lit it and them
  4. 1 Corinthians 6:18 Or one who practices sexual immorality
  5. 1 Corinthians 6:19 The inner part of the temple
  6. 1 Corinthians 6:19 Or God? And you are not your own.

Avoid sexual immorality

12 I have the freedom to do anything, but not everything is helpful. I have the freedom to do anything, but I won’t be controlled by anything. 13 Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, and yet God will do away with both. The body isn’t for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body. 14 God has raised the Lord and will raise us through his power. 15 Don’t you know that your bodies are parts of Christ? So then, should I take parts of Christ and make them a part of someone who is sleeping around?[a] No way! 16 Don’t you know that anyone who is joined to someone who is sleeping around is one body with that person? The scripture says, The two will become one flesh.[b] 17 The one who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him. 18 Avoid sexual immorality! Every sin that a person can do is committed outside the body, except those who engage in sexual immorality commit sin against their own bodies. 19 Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you? Don’t you know that you have the Holy Spirit from God, and you don’t belong to yourselves? 20 You have been bought and paid for, so honor God with your body.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 6:15 Or a prostitute; commonly, women who sell their bodies to multiple sex partners but includes those who are sexually immoral
  2. 1 Corinthians 6:16 Gen 2:24