The body(our body) is for the Lord. 1 Cor 6:13
In the last part of chapter 6 Paul is telling the Church that our physical bodies need to be kept Holy for the Lord, they’re His, they were ‘bought for a price’. Corinth was a port city and an army garrison, also Venus/Aphrodite worship took place there, so promiscuity was widespread (same as society today).
‘Everything is permissible for me… but not everything is beneficial. Everything is permissible for me… but I will not be mastered by anything’. 1 Cor 6:12 Paul begins by expressing his freedom in Christ but immediately says that he won’t be mastered by anything(fight the good fight of faith).
Three times in these last 9 verses Paul uses the little phrase, ‘Do you not know?’and tells the Church some significant truths. Someone said that when Paul asks the Church do you not know, invariably we don’t know!
V15, Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ Himself?
V16, Do you not know that he unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh “. But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.
V19, Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honour God with your body.
Rom 12:1, Therefore, I urge you, brethren, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God…’ God wants our bodies because our souls and spirits are in them, if He has our bodies then He has us.
Derek Prince wrote a ‘Confession for Overcomers’, which includes two of the truths Paul stated in these verses.
My body is a temple for the Holy Spirit(V19), redeemed, cleansed and sanctified by the blood of Jesus. My members, the parts of my body, are instruments of righteousness, yielded to God for His service and for His glory. The devil has no place in me, no power over me, no unsettled claims against me. All has been settled by the blood of Jesus. I overcome Satan by the blood of the lamb and by the word of my testimony and I love not my life until the death. My body is for the Lord and the Lord is for my body(V 13).
You may want to speak this confession out over your own lives(God’s word never returns to Him void but always accomplishes what He desires) and contact Derek Prince Ministries which have this and other confessions on printed bookmarks/cards.
God bless and keep you today and everyday.