1 Corinthians 6:13
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.
Cross-reference
In 1 Corinthians 6:19, Paul says the body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, extending the idea that the body belongs to the Lord.
In 1 Corinthians 6:15, Paul explains that our bodies are members of Christ, reinforcing that they are not for immorality but for the Lord.
In 1 Corinthians 3:16, Paul earlier called believers God's temple; here he applies the same temple concept to the individual body.
1 Corinthians 9:27 shows Paul disciplining his body — a practical outworking of the principle that the body belongs to the Lord.
1 Corinthians 8:8 says food does not bring us closer to God — reinforcing Paul's point that food is temporary and the body is for the Lord.
1 Corinthians 5:1 reports a specific case of sexual immorality in the church — the very sin this verse says the body is not for.
In Matthew 15:20, Jesus concludes that eating doesn't defile — directly aligning with Paul's point that the body's purpose isn't about food.
1 Thessalonians 4:3-7 expands on the same call to avoid sexual immorality and control the body in holiness and honor.
2 Corinthians 5:15 says we live for Christ who died for us, reinforcing that the body is for the Lord.
Romans 14:7-9 states that we live and die for the Lord, expanding 'the body is for the Lord' to all of life.
In Matthew 15:17, Jesus explains that food passes through the stomach and out — supporting Paul's idea that food is physically temporary and not morally defiling.
Romans 12:1 urges presenting your body as a living sacrifice, directly paralleling the call that the body is for the Lord.
Romans 6:12 commands not letting sin reign in your body, aligning with 'body not for immorality' in 1 Cor 6:13.
In John 6:27, Jesus contrasts perishable food with eternal food — deepening Paul's point that physical food is temporary while the body is for the Lord.
In Mark 7:19, Jesus declares all foods clean — showing that material food is irrelevant to spiritual defilement, matching Paul's argument.
Romans 1:24 shows the consequence of dishonoring the body through impurity — the judgment Paul warns against here.
Acts 15:20 directly commands Gentiles to abstain from sexual immorality — the same moral requirement Paul applies to the body in this verse.
Colossians 3:5 lists sexual immorality among earthly vices to put to death, reinforcing Paul's call to purity.
Ephesians 5:3 directly commands avoiding sexual immorality — the same sin Paul warns against in 6:13.
Revelation 2:14 links eating food sacrificed to idols with sexual immorality — the same combination Paul addresses in 6:13.
In Colossians 2:22, Paul says ascetic rules involve things that perish with use — similar to his statement that food and stomach will be destroyed.
In Colossians 2:23, outward severity to the body has no value — reinforcing Paul's point that physical concerns like food are not ultimate.
Romans 14:20 warns against destroying God's work for food — both verses treat food as secondary to the body's higher purpose for God.
1 Timothy 4:3 warns against forbidding foods — showing that food is good, while 6:13 says it's temporary, not sinful.
Titus 1:15 teaches that purity comes from within, complementing Paul's argument that the body belongs to the Lord.
Hebrews 13:9 warns against relying on foods for spiritual benefit, aligning with 6:13's dismissal of food as ultimate.
In Romans 14:17, Paul says the kingdom is not about eating/drinking — broadening the principle that food is secondary to spiritual matters.
In John 6:49, the manna-eating ancestors died — illustrating that even miraculous food cannot give eternal life, echoing the perishable nature Paul mentions.