1 Corinthians 6:11-20
11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
Glorify God in Body and Spirit
12 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
13 Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
14 And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.
15 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 harlot? Certainly not!
16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For “the two, ” He says, “shall become one flesh.”
17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Context
- Why does Paul remind them of ‘from whence they came?’ (1 Corinthians 1:4-10, 6:9-11)
Reflection
- What is ‘permissible’; and how can we be controlled by both good and worldly-fleshly things? (1 Corinthians 10:23, 24, Romans 6:16-18, John 8:34-36)
- Why is sexuality good and created by God? (Genesis 2:24, Matthew 19:5, 1 Corinthians 7:3-4, Hebrews 13:4)
- What makes sexual sin unique from other sins? (Mark 7:18, Proverbs 6:30-32)
- Why are we to flee? (Genesis 39:12, Job 31:1, 2 Timothy 2:22, Colossians 3:13, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8)
- How are our bodies His holy temple? (Exodus 40:34, 2 Corinthians 6:16, Romans 12:1)
Testimony Time
- What price was paid for me?
- What’s my response? (Matthew 20:28, Romans 6:17, 18, Ephesians 1:7, 1 Peter 1:18, 19, Revelation 5:9)