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To understand Paul's "main point" in 1 Corinthians 6:17-20, verses 15-16 should also be included. What Paul wants to teach us is that, as believers, it is our responsibility to glorify the Lord in body and in Spirit. Here's a detailed explanation:
1 Corinthians 6:15-16
Don’t you know that your bodies are a part of Christ’s body? So should I take a part of Christ’s body and make it part of a p r o s t i t u t e? Absolutely not!
Don’t you know that anyone joined to a p r o s t i t u t e is one body with her? For Scripture says, The two will become one flesh.
- Paul first teaches that intercourse is a spiritual activity that unites the spirit of a man and a woman into one. The "...two will become one flesh." originates from Genesis 2:24
1 Corinthians 6:17
But anyone joined to the Lord is one spirit with him.
- After we repent and accept Jesus Christ as our savior. We receive a new Spirit from the Lord.
1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee sexual immorality! Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the person who is sexually immoral sins against his own body.
- Notice that "Flee" is used rather than "Resist" because the temptation of sexual sin is so strong. So the best way to not commit sexual sin is to avoid it.
- Sexually immoral sins against his own body because it an addiction that comes from the thoughts of a person. It is not like drugs or devices that come from external sources.
1 Corinthians 6:19 - 20
Don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought at a price. So glorify God with your body.
- The new Spirit was given to believers through faith in Jesus Christ as our savior is pure and Holy, just like how the Lord is pure and Holy.
- As believers, who has a spirit that fears the Lord, we should love Jesus Christ by making our bodies pure and holy because the Spirit of Christ dwells within us.
- Remeber, God will not compromise his Holiness over Love. It is written: Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing (Habakkuk 1:13)
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