1 Corinthians 6:12–20

Flee Sexual Immorality

^12c“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. ^13d“Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one ^eand the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but ^ffor the Lord, and ^gthe Lord for the body. ¹⁴And ^hGod raised the Lord and ⁱwill also raise us up ^jby his power. ¹⁵Do you not know that ^kyour bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! ¹⁶Or do you not know that he who is joined⁴ to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, ^l“The two will become one flesh.” ¹⁷But he who is joined to the Lord ^mbecomes one spirit with him. ¹⁸ⁿFlee from sexual immorality. Every other sin⁵ a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person ^osins against his own body. ¹⁹Or ^pdo you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? ^qYou are not your own, ^20rfor you were bought with a price. ^sSo glorify God in your body.