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1 Corinthians 6:13-18 Unity and the Body of Christ

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

14 By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also.

15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”

17 But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit.

18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

Cross References for 1 Corinthians 6:13-18

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John 6:49 - Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died. Click to read the verse John 6:49 Click to read the verse John 6:49

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1 Corinthians 8:8 - But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do. Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 8:8 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 8:8

Romans 6:12 - Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Click to read the verse Romans 6:12 Click to read the verse Romans 6:12

1 Corinthians 6:15 - Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members o... Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 6:15 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 6:15

2 Corinthians 11:2 - I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I... Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 11:2 Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 11:2

1 Corinthians 6:19 - Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have rec... Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 6:19 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 6:19

Romans 14:7-9 - For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone. Click to read the verse Romans 14:7-9 Click to read the verse Romans 14:7-9

Song of Songs 4:12 - You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride; you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain. Click to read the verse Song of Songs 4:12 Click to read the verse Song of Songs 4:12

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Colossians 2:22 - These are all destined to perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings. Click to read the verse Colossians 2:22 Click to read the verse Colossians 2:22

Matthew 15:17 - “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? Click to read the verse Matthew 15:17 Click to read the verse Matthew 15:17

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Mark 7:19 - For it doesn’t go into his heart but into his stomach, and then out of his body.” (In saying th... Click to read the verse Mark 7:19 Click to read the verse Mark 7:19

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Colossians 2:22-23 - These are all destined to perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings. Click to read the verse Colossians 2:22-23 Click to read the verse Colossians 2:22-23

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