1 Corinthians 6:13 (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.
Catechism · 1
“So glorify God in your body.” — Catechism footnote: 1 Cor 6:13-15, 19-20.
Fathers and councils · 12
Irenaeus of Lyons
“But God hath both raised up the Lord, and shall raise us up by His own power.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 13, 14.
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Jerome
“And there are many warnings like 1 Cor. vi. 13, as to the danger arising from food.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“…to tempt the Lord Himself in the wilderness; and why the apostle cries: “Meats for the belly and the belly for meats, but God shall destroy both it and them;” and why he speaks of the self-indulgent as men “whose God is their belly.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 13.
Read the whole comment“Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body,” and so on.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 13–18.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“To this effect also Paul bears witness, saying, ‘Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats; but God shall destroy both it and them.’” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 13.
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Tertullian
“…“Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: God maketh a full end both of the one and of the others; but the body (is) not for fornication, but for God:” for “Let Us make man,” said God, “(conformable) to Our image and likeness.”” — editor's note: Ver. 13.
Read the whole comment““The body,” says he, “is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body,” just as the temple is for God, and God for the temple.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 13.
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Gregory the Great
“Let the former hear, Meat for the belly, and the belly far meats; but God shall destroy both it and them (1 Cor. vi. 13).” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria
““For meats are done away with,” as the apostle himself says; but this nourishment on milk leads to the heavens, rearing up citizens of heaven, and members of the angelic choirs.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 13.
Read the whole comment“But we who seek the heavenly bread must rule the belly, which is beneath heaven, and much more the things which are agreeable to it, which “God shall destroy,” says the apostle, justly execrating gluttonous desires.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 13.
Read the whole comment““Omnia enim licent, sed non omnia expediunt,” ait Apostolus.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 13, x. 23.
Read the whole comment““Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats, which God shall destroy,”—that is, such as think and live as if they were made for eating, and do not eat that they may live as a consequence, and apply to knowledge as the primary end.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 13.
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Cross-references · 11
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.14.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.6.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.14.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.14.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.14.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.6.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.6.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.6.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.6.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.6.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.6.