Sermon Tone Analysis

God wants us to be holy, just as he is holy.

The church in Corinth, just as the church today, struggled with unholy sexual practices and attitudes.

Our culture is obsessed with sex.

The church in Corinth struggled over the same tensions we struggle with today.

You will notice that vs. 12 in the NIV uses quotes while the KJV does not.

Most scholars believe that Paul was likely quoting words he had heard some members of the Corinth church use.

Paul wants immature Corinthians to know that you may have the right to do everything but not everything is beneficial to you or glorifying to God.

6:13 the stomach for food Describes a person’s sexual appetite using a well-known euphemism from the ancient world.

The logic of the metaphor is that just as the stomach’s appetite is meant to be satisfied with food, so the body is meant to be satisfied through sexual activity.

God will abolish both of them Many Greeks rejected the idea of a bodily resurrection because they believed that death separated the body and spirit permanently (see Acts 17:32).

6:14 will raise us up Believers should not misuse their bodies for sexual immorality because God cares about their bodies that will be resurrected; rather, they must recognize that their bodies belong to the Lord, who will resurrect them (15:35–41).

Our sexual appetite is so powerful that it causes people to risk everything.

Look back at vs. 9

vs. 18

Flee - Have you ever heard someone calmly say flee?

There is something different about a sexual sin.

Inside & outside the body.

vs. 19

“temples” - plural

vs. 20 - What was that price?