1 Corinthians 6:13 ““Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

“Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods,” but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

American Standard Version

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:

Geneva Bible 1599

Meates are ordeined for the bellie, and the belly for the meates: but God shall destroy both it, and them. Nowe the bodie is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the bodie.

Darby Translation

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats; but God will bring to nothing both it and them: but the body [is] not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Young's Literal Translation

the meats [are] for the belly, and the belly for the meats. And God both this and these shall make useless; and the body [is] not for whoredom, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;

Bible in Basic English

Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

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Cross references

“Meats for”

Matthew 15:17 Romans 14:17 Matthew 15:20 Mark 7:19

Matthew 15:17 · BSB

“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?

Romans 14:17 · BSB

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 15:20 · BSB

These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”

Mark 7:19 · BSB

because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)

“but God”

1 Corinthians 10:3–5 John 6:27 John 6:49 Colossians 2:22 Colossians 2:23

1 Corinthians 10:3–5 · BSB

They all ate the same spiritual food

John 6:27 · BSB

Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”

John 6:49 · BSB

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.

Colossians 2:22 · BSB

These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.

Colossians 2:23 · BSB

Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

“but for”

1 Corinthians 6:19 1 Corinthians 3:16 Romans 6:12 1 Corinthians 6:15 1 Thessalonians 4:3–7 Ephesians 5:23

1 Corinthians 6:19 · BSB

Do 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 3:16 · BSB

Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

Romans 6:12 · BSB

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

1 Corinthians 6:15 · BSB

Do 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 4:3–7 · BSB

For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;

Ephesians 5:23 · BSB

For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.

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

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