1 Corinthians 6:13

New International Reader's Version

Some of you say, “Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food. And God will destroy both of them.” But the body is not meant for sexual sins. The body is meant for the Lord. And the Lord is meant for the body.

Cross References

Matthew 15:17

“Don’t you see? Everything that enters the mouth goes into the stomach. Then it goes out of the body.

Matthew 15:20

Those are the things that make you ‘unclean.’ But eating without washing your hands does not make you ‘unclean.’ ”

Mark 7:19

It doesn’t go into their heart. It goes into their stomach. Then it goes out of the body.” In saying this, Jesus was calling all foods “clean.”

John 6:27

Do not work for food that spoils. Work for food that lasts forever. That is the food the Son of Man will give you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”

John 6:49

Long ago your people ate the manna in the desert, and they still died.

Romans 12:1

Brothers and sisters, God has shown you his mercy. So I am asking you to offer up your bodies to him while you are still alive. Your bodies are a holy sacrifice that is pleasing to God. When you offer your bodies to God, you are worshiping him in the right way.

Romans 14:17

God’s kingdom is not about eating or drinking. It is about doing what is right and having peace and joy. All this comes through the Holy Spirit.

Romans 6:12

So don’t let sin rule your body, which is going to die. Don’t obey its evil desires.

Romans 7:4

My brothers and sisters, when Christ died you also died as far as the law is concerned. Then it became possible for you to belong to him. He was raised from the dead. Now our lives can be useful to God.

1 Corinthians 3:16

Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple? Don’t you know that God’s Spirit lives among you?

1 Corinthians 6:15

Don’t you know that your bodies belong to the body of Christ? Should I take what belongs to Christ and join it to a prostitute? Never!

1 Corinthians 6:19

Don’t you know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit? The Spirit is in you, and you have received the Spirit from God. You do not belong to yourselves.

2 Corinthians 11:2

My jealousy for you comes from God himself. I promised to give you to only one husband. That husband is Christ. I wanted to be able to give you to him as if you were a pure virgin.

2 Corinthians 5:15

Christ died for everyone. He died so that those who live should not live for themselves anymore. They should live for Christ. He died for them and was raised again.

Galatians 5:24

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed their sinful desires to his cross. They don’t want these things anymore.

Ephesians 5:23

The husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the church. The church is Christ’s body. He is its Savior.