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Do Not Be Sexually Immoral

12 “All[a] things are lawful[b] to me”, but not all things are beneficial[c]. “All things are lawful to me”, but I will not be mastered by any. 13 Foods[d] are for the stomach and the stomach for foods. But God will do-away-with[e] both this and these. But the body is not for sexual-immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body. 14 And God both raised the Lord and will raise us up by His power.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 6:12 Paul may have said this to the Corinthians about Jewish food restrictions, as he does in 10:23. But they were wrongly applying it to sexual matters.
  2. 1 Corinthians 6:12 Or, permitted. Paul may be quoting their slogan.
  3. 1 Corinthians 6:12 Or, useful, profitable, advantageous.
  4. 1 Corinthians 6:13 This too could be their slogan.
  5. 1 Corinthians 6:13 Or, bring to nothing.

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