Here in verse 12 of 1Corinthians 6 Paul talks about the fact that our body and that of the LORD's church are alike and one and the same. My study Bible's differ on this point for one calls this section, "Flee Sexual Immorality," while another "The Body Is the LORD's." is it any wonder that there is so much disparity in the church. When we have already seen that we are to be on one mind or of one accord. Lets see what we shall find.
1Corinthians 6:12-20 "All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 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. And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. (Genesis 2:24) But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's." (KJV)
1Corinthians 6:12-20 "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be dominated by anything. "Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food"—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written (in Genesis 2:24), "The two will become one flesh." But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body." (ESV)
1Corinthians 6:12-20 "I am free to do what i want, but if what I do is inappropriate, i refrain from doing it and will not be snared by sudden notions. Your appetite for food and sex does not define you. Your life is tailor-made for GOD; you fit him like a glove; he fulfills your deepest longings! ("You know the old saying, "First you eat to live, and then you live to eat?" Well, it may be true that the body is only a temporary thing, but that's no excuse for stuffing your body with food, or indulging it with sex. Since the Master honors you with a body, honor him with your body!" --The Message. "But you cannot say that our physical body was made for sexual promiscuity; it was made for GOD. and GOD is the answer to our deepest longings." ---Phillips) GOD reveals in dramatic fashion the value he places of the human body our jiont resurrection with Jesus from the dead. (Faith sees us joined in his death and alive with him in his resurrection. It is plain for all to see that death lost its dominion over Christ in his resurrection; it need not ecer die again to prove a further point! [Romans 6:8-9]) This means that your bodies are co-members of his; which makes it absurd to even consider engaging his body in sexual promiscuity! Sex involves so much more than two bodies joining together; Scripture speaks of a sacred union of tow lives becoming one. How can we reduce this sacred union to harlotry? (There's more to sex than mere skin on skin. Sex is as much spiritual mystery as physical fact. --the Message) In our union with him we are one spirit with the LORD. Therefore Flee fornication! Every sexual sin is a violation of the sacredness of the human body and scars the conscience of the individual like no other sin does. (The best way to escape temptation is to remember who and who's you are.) Do you not realize that your body by design is the sacred shrine of the spirit of GOD (2Corinthians 6:16); he echoes GOD within you. Your body does not even belond to you in the first place. You are bought and paid for, spirit, soul and body. All of you are his. Live your life conscious of the enormous price wherewith GOD has values you. Your while being to him and exhibits him. You are his address; you are his real estate." (The Mirror)
Form this point Paul turns his attentions to marriage, which the LORD willing we shall love at next time. Until then may the LORD be with you in the power of his divine power.
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