"Food is for the belly and the belly for food, you say. True; and one day God will put an end to both. But the body is not for fornication; it is for the Lord--and the Lord for the body." 1st Corinthians 6:13 The Broadman Bible Commentary In the Broadman Commentary it talks most about how the Corinthians were using a phrase of the day to justify the practice of sexual immoralities. Food is for the …
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…raise us by His power. He is trying to tell them that there physical actions would affect more than just there body (stomach) but would also affect the body (soul). Paul even goes on to say that we do not even need these physical things. In chapter 8, verse 8, he says, "Food will not bring us closer to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do."