1Co 6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Hi Arion,
I never really grasped that scripture, to me, sin is sin, what I don’t understand is the classification of sin, sins outside the body and sin inside the body.
What is the significant’s of the two opposites , inside and outside ?
I understand the body is the temple of God, I understand if I say I will do a certain thing is to make myself God unless I say if it’s the Lords will before I say what I will do.
Why would intoxication not be considered a sin within the body seeing where one must consume alcohol in excess ? The body is still the temple of God .
Do sins against ones own body keep them in the lake of fire longer than sins outside the body would ?
Does God make this distinction that all would be guilty? I cannot think of any other sin outside of sex/ fornication that has the greatest pull of all sin.
Hey Rick,
I think it might have something to do with being joined to another and that you are no longer two but one flesh.
1 Cor 16:15-19
15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For “the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.”[a] 17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
2 Corinthians 11:1-3
11 Oh, that you would bear with me in a little folly—and indeed you do bear with me. 2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity[a] that is in Christ.
It appears that we being the bride of Christ are to remain faithful to Him and remain a virgin bride until the day of the wedding and we are married. Only then can the marriage be consummated. If however, we take ourselves and be joined to another then we are committing adultery against Christ our Groom and the marriage can be annulled.
Revelation 19:5-9
5 Then a voice came from the throne, saying, “Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, both[a] small and great!”
6 And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns! 7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” 8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
9 Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’” And he said to me, “These are the true sayings of God.”
John 3:29
The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
It appears those that died not having attained the promise but having embraced it from a far off are the friends of the bridegroom while His church is the bride herself. That's us! Christ being the groom of course.
I know there are natural shadows of this spiritual reality in the old testatement as well. Remember Isreal's idoletry against God as she went whoring after other gods. So then God brought upon her swift judgement for her unfaithfulness. Jeremiah talks about this. See Ezekiel 16 as well.
Anyway, Hope this helps, maybe not too much but a little!
God bless,
Alex