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1 Corinthians 6:13

“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

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ASV

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

KJV

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

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πορνείᾳporneiafor sexual immoralityG4202 →
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κυρίῳ,kuriōLord,G2962 →
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1 John 4:4You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.1 Corinthians 6:19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;1 Corinthians 3:16Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?Romans 6:12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.Romans 1:24Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.Ephesians 5:3But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.1 Corinthians 6:15Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!1 Thessalonians 4:3–7For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;1 Corinthians 8:8But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.Colossians 2:22These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.Matthew 15:17“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?Ephesians 5:23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.Hebrews 13:9Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.1 Corinthians 5:1It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.Colossians 3:5Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.1 Timothy 4:3They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.Romans 14:7–9For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.Romans 14:17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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