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   [11] And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified,   
   but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our   
   God.   
      
   Glorify God in Your Body   
      
   12 "All things are lawful to me," but not all things are helpful.   
   "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be brought   
   under the power of anything.   
   13 (Mt 15:17; 1Co 6:15) "Food is for the belly, and the belly is for food,"   
   but God will destroy both of them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality,   
   but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.   
   14 (Ac 2:24; Eph 1:19-20) God has raised up the Lord and will also raise us   
   up by His own power.   
   15 (Ro 12:5; 1Co 12:27) Do you not know that your bodies are the parts   
   of Christ? Shall I then take the parts of Christ and make them the parts   
   of a harlot? God forbid!   
   16 (Ge 2:24; Eph 5:31) What? 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."(Ge 2:24.)   
   17 (Jn 17:21-23) But he who is joined to the Lord becomes   
   one spirit with Him.   
   18 (Heb 13:4; 2Co 12:21) Escape from sexual immorality.   
   Every sin that a man commits is outside the body.   
   But he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.   
   19 (1Co 3:16; Jn 2:21) What? Do you not know that your body is the temple   
   of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God,   
   and that you are not your own?   
   20 (1Co 7:23; Ac 20:28; Ro 12:1) You were bought with a price.   
   Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.   
      
   [12] 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.   
   [13] 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.   
   [14] And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his   
   own power.   
   [15] 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.   
   [16] What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for   
   two, saith he, shall be one flesh.   
   [17] But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.   
   [18] Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but   
   he that commiteth fornication sinneth against his own body.   
   [19] 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?   
   [20] For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and   
   in your spirit, which are God's.   
      
   1 Corinthians 7   
      
   Questions About Marriage   
      
   1 (1Co 7:8) Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me:   
   "It is good for a man not to touch a woman."   
   2 (1Co 7:9) Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality,   
   let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.   
   3 (Ex 21:10; 1Pe 3:7) Let the husband render to the wife due affection,   
   and likewise the wife to the husband.   
   4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does.   
   Likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body,   
   but the wife does.   
   5 (Ex 19:15; 1Sa 21:4-5) Do not deprive one another except   
   with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer.   
   Then come together again, so that Satan does not tempt you   
   for lack of self-control.   
   6 (2Co 8:8; 1Co 7:12) I speak this as a concession and not as a command.   
   7 (Mt 19:11-12; 1Co 9:5) For I would that all men were even as I myself.   
   But every man has his proper gift from God, one after this manner   
   and another after that.   
   8 (1Co 7:1) I say to the unmarried and widows that it is good for them   
   if they live even as I am.   
   9 (1Ti 5:14; 1Co 7:2) But if they cannot restrain themselves, let them marry.   
   For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.   
   10 (Mt 5:32; Lk 16:18; Mal 2:14-16) Now to the married I command, not I,   
   but the Lord, do not let the wife depart from her husband.   
   11 But if she departs, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled   
   to her husband. And do not let the husband divorce his wife.   
   12 (1Co 7:6; 2Co 11:17) To the rest I speak, not the Lord:   
   If any brother has an unbelieving wife who consents to live with him,   
   he should not divorce her.   
   13 And if the woman has an unbelieving husband who consents to live with her,   
   she should not divorce him.   
   14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife,   
   and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband.   
   Otherwise, your children would be unclean. But now they are holy.   
   15 (Ro 14:19; 1Co 14:33) But if the unbeliever departs, let that one depart.   
   A brother or a sister is not bound in such cases. God has called us to peace.   
   16 (Ro 11:14) For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save   
   your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?   
      
   [1] Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man   
   not to touch a woman.   
   [2] Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and   
   let every woman have her own husband.   
   [3] Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also   
   the wife unto the husband.   
   [4] The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise   
   also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.   
   [5] Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that   
   ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that   
   Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.   
   [6] But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.   
   [7] For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his   
   proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.   
   [8] I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they   
   abide even as I.   
   [9] But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry   
   than to burn.   
   [10] And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the   
   wife depart from her husband:   
   [11] But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to   
   her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.   
   [12] But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that   
   believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her   
   away.   
   [13] And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be   
   pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.   
   [14] For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the   
   unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children   
   unclean; but now are they holy.   
   [15] But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is   
   not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.   
   [16] For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or   
   how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?   
      
   Living as God Called You   
      
   17 (1Co 4:17; 2Co 11:28) But as God has given to every man   
   and as the Lord has called every man, so let him walk.   
   This I command in all churches.   
   18 (Ac 15:5; 15:19) Is any man called while circumcised?   
   Let him not become uncircumcised. Is any man called while uncircumcised?   
   Let him not be circumcised.   
   19 (Gal 5:6; 6:15) Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing,   
   but the keeping of the commandments of God is everything.   
   20 Let each man remain in the same condition in which he was called.   
      
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