1 Corinthians 6:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You also say, “Food is meant for our bodies, and our bodies are meant for food.” But I tell you that God will destroy them both. We are not supposed to do indecent things with our bodies. We are to use them for the Lord who is in charge of our bodies.

Cross References

Matthew 15:17

Don't you know that the food you put into your mouth goes into your stomach and then out of your body?

Matthew 15:20

These are what make you unclean. Eating without washing your hands will not make you unfit to worship God.

Mark 7:19

It doesn't go into your heart, but into your stomach, and then out of your body.” By saying this, Jesus meant that all foods were fit to eat.

John 6:27

Don't work for food that spoils. Work for food that gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because God the Father has given him the right to do so.”

John 6:49

Your ancestors ate manna in the desert, and later they died.

Romans 12:1

Dear friends, God is good. So I beg you to offer your bodies to him as a living sacrifice, pure and pleasing. That's the most sensible way to serve God.

Romans 14:17

God's kingdom isn't about eating and drinking. It is about pleasing God, about living in peace, and about true happiness. All this comes from the Holy Spirit.

Romans 6:12

Don't let sin rule your body. After all, your body is bound to die, so don't obey its desires

Romans 7:4

That is how it is with you, my friends. You are now part of the body of Christ and are dead to the power of the Law. You are free to belong to Christ, who was raised to life so that we could serve God.

1 Corinthians 3:16

All of you know that you are God's temple and that his Spirit lives in you.

1 Corinthians 6:15

Don't you know that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? Is it right for me to join part of the body of Christ to a prostitute? No, it isn't!

1 Corinthians 6:19

You know that your body is a temple where the Holy Spirit lives. The Spirit is in you and is a gift from God. You are no longer your own.

2 Corinthians 11:2

I am as concerned about you as God is. You were like a virgin bride I had chosen only for Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:15

And Christ did die for all of us. He died so we would no longer live for ourselves, but for the one who died and was raised to life for us.

Galatians 5:24

And because we belong to Christ Jesus, we have killed our selfish feelings and desires.

Ephesians 5:23

A husband is the head of his wife, as Christ is the head and the Saviour of the church, which is his own body.