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I. INEXCUSABLE. On the ground of —

1. Christian liberty (ver. 12).

2. Necessity.

II. MORALLY EVIL. It is —

1. To prostitute the property of God.

2. To incur a fearful penalty in the resurrection.

III. DEGRADING.

1. To all.

2. Especially Christian professors, who dishonour Christ, themselves, and their bodies.

IV. SACRILEGIOUS.

1. The body designed as the temple of the Holy Ghost.

2. Redeemed by Christ.

3. Consecrated to God.

(J. Lyth, D. D.)

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KJV: 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.

WEB: "Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods," but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.