¹² 'All things are lawful for me'? Yes, but not all are good for me. 'All things are lawful for me'? Yes, but I am not going to let anything master me. ¹³ 'Food is meant for the stomach, and the stomach for food'? Yes, and God will do away with the one and the other. The body is not meant for immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body; ¹⁴ and the God who raised the Lord will also raise us by his power. ¹⁵ Do you not know your bodies are members of Christ? Am I to take Christ's members and devote them to a harlot? Never! ¹⁶ Do you not know that he who joins himself to a harlot is one with her in body (for the pair, it is said, shall become one flesh), ¹⁷ while he who joins himself to the Lord is one with him in spirit.

¹⁸ Shun immorality! Any other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his body. ¹⁹ Do you not know your body is the temple of the holy Spirit within you ??the Spirit you have received from God? You are not your own, ²⁰ you were bought for a price; then glorify God with your body.