1 Corinthians 6:13
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 6:13 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 6:13 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornicatio..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 6:13 — 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. Meats: not flesh only, but food of any kind”
— 1 Corinthians 6:13 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 6:13 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 6:13
“He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 6:13: god, destroy, lord
“And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: body: Heb. belly”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 6:13: belly, god, body
“Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 6:13: god, both, now
“And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 6:13: god, now, lord
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea...: Heb. Yea, because, etc.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 6:13: god, now, lord
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