GOD'S WORD Translation GW
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12 Someone may say, "I'm allowed to do anything," but not everything is helpful. I'm allowed to do anything, but I won't allow anything to gain control over my life.
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“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.
13 Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food, but God will put an end to both of them. However, the body is not for sexual sin but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.
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You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.” The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
14 God raised the Lord, and by his power God will also raise us.
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By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also.
15 Don't you realize that your bodies are parts of Christ's body? Should I take the parts of Christ's body and make them parts of a prostitute's body? That's unthinkable!
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Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!
16 Don't you realize that the person who unites himself with a prostitute becomes one body with her? God says, "The two will be one."
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Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”
17 However, the person who unites himself with the Lord becomes one spirit with him.
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But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.
18 Stay away from sexual sins. Other sins that people commit don't affect their bodies the same way sexual sins do. People who sin sexually sin against their own bodies.
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Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.
19 Don't you know that your body is a temple that belongs to the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit, whom you received from God, lives in you. You don't belong to yourselves.
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Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
20 You were bought for a price. So bring glory to God in the way you use your body.
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you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
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