1 Corinthians 6:12-13

Flee Sexual Immorality

12 c "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be enslaved by anything. 13 d "Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food" - and God will destroy both one e and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but f for the Lord, and g the Lord for the body.

  1. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 10:23
    All things are lawful," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful," but not all things build up.
  2. Cross References
    Matthew 15:17
    Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled?
  3. Cross References
    Colossians 2:22
    ( referring to things that all perish as they are used) - according to human precepts and teachings?
  4. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 6:15
    Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!
    1 Corinthians 6:19
    Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own.
  5. Cross References
    Ephesians 5:23
    For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
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