1 Corinthians 6:13

Easy To Read Version

“Food is for the stomach, and the stomach for food.” Yes. And God will destroy them both. But the body is not for sexual sin. The body is for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.

Cross References

Matthew 15:17

Surely you know that all the food that enters a person’s mouth goes into the stomach. Then that food goes out of the body.

Matthew 15:20

These things make a person wrong. But not washing his hands before he eats does not make a person wrong.”

Mark 7:19

Food does not go into a person’s mind. Food goes into the stomach. Then that food goes out of the body.” (When Jesus said this, he meant that there is no food that is wrong for people to eat.)

John 6:27

Earthly food spoils and ruins. So don’t work to get that kind of food. But work to get the food that stays good always and gives you life forever. The Son of Man {\cf2\super [87]} will give you that food. God the Father showed that he is with the Son of Man.”

John 6:49

Your ancestors {\cf2\super [93]} ate the manna (food) God gave them in the desert. But it didn’t keep them from dying.

Romans 12:1

So brothers and sisters, I beg you to do something. God has shown us great mercy. So offer your lives as a living sacrifice {\cf2\super [130]} to God. Your offering must be only for God and will be pleasing to him. This offering of yourselves is the spiritual way for you to worship (serve) God.

Romans 14:17

In the kingdom of God, eating and drinking are not important. In the kingdom of God, the important things are these: living right with God, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [143]}

Romans 6:12

But don’t let sin control you in your life here on earth. You must not be ruled by the things your sinful self makes you want to do.

Romans 7:4

In the same way, my brothers and sisters, your old selves died and you became free from the law {\cf2\super [52]} through the body of Christ. Now you belong to someone else. You belong to the One (Christ) that was raised from death. We belong to Christ so that we can be used in service to God.

1 Corinthians 3:16

You should know that you yourselves are God’s temple (house). God’s Spirit {\cf2\super [19]} lives in you.

1 Corinthians 6:15

Surely you know that your bodies are parts of Christ himself. So I must never take the parts of Christ and join those parts to a prostitute {\cf2\super [37]} !

1 Corinthians 6:19

You should know that your body is a temple (house) for the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [40]} The Holy Spirit is in you. You have received the Holy Spirit from God. You don’t own yourselves.

2 Corinthians 11:2

I feel jealousy for you. And this jealousy is a jealousy that comes from God. I promised to give you to Christ. Christ must be your only husband. I want to give you to Christ to be his pure bride. {\cf2\super [30]}

2 Corinthians 5:15

Christ died for all people so that the people who live would not continue to live for themselves. He died for them and was raised from death so that those people would live for him.

Galatians 5:24

Those people who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified (killed) their own sinful selves. They have given up their old selfish feelings and the evil things they wanted to do.

Ephesians 5:23

The husband is the head of the wife, the same as Christ is the head of the church. The church is Christ’s body—Christ is the Savior of the body.