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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.

Flee From Sexual Immorality!

12 “All things are permitted for me”—but not all things are beneficial. “All things are permitted for me”—but I will not allow anything to control me. 13 “Foods are for the belly, and the belly is for foods, but God will do away with both of them.” However, the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body. 14 God raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by his power. 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then remove the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Certainly not! 16 Or[a] do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body with her? For it says, “The two will become one flesh.”[b] 17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him.

18 Flee from sexual immorality! Every sin that a person commits is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20 for you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 6:16 Some witnesses to the text omit Or.
  2. 1 Corinthians 6:16 Genesis 2:24