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1 Corinthians 6:14

What does 1 Corinthians 6:14 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Corinthians 6:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What 1 Corinthians 6:14 means

Paul anchors his ethic in the resurrection: God raised the Lord Jesus and will also raise believers by His power. This affirms the body’s enduring value. The future includes transformed, embodied life, so how we use our bodies now matters. Sexual sin is not trivial, because the body is part of God’s redemptive plan. The resurrection power that raised Christ guarantees believers’ bodily future and calls them to honor God with their present physical lives. Paul ties destiny to duty—our coming glory shapes current conduct, turning the body from a playground of appetite into a sphere of holiness and hope.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and God both raised the Lord, and will raise up us through his power.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and God both raised the Lord, and will raise up us through his power.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And God who made the Lord Jesus come back from the dead will do the same for us by his power.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and God both the Lord did raise, and us will raise up through His power.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Now God hath raised up the Lord and will raise us up also by his power.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

AndGod has both raised up the Lord, and will raise us up from among [the dead] by his power.

Context

Building on verse 13’s claim that the body is for the Lord, Paul now gives the ultimate reason: resurrection. The body’s future raises the stakes of present choices. With that foundation, verses 15–17 will press the union-with-Christ argument: our bodies are members of Christ and cannot be joined to a prostitute. The flow moves from destiny to identity to practical prohibition.

v.13Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

v.14This passage

v.15Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take away the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Romans 6:4

    We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

  • Romans 8:11

    But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall give life also to your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:15

    Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we witnessed of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead are not raised.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:23

    But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ’s, at his coming.

  • John 5:28

    Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice,

  • Philippians 3:10

    that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death;

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