Flee Sexual Immorality: Your Body Was Bought
Paul's command to flee sexual immorality rests on a deeper ground than willpower: the body belongs to God, who bought it at a price. Grace comes first, and the call to purity follows.
Your Body a Temple: 1 Corinthians 6:19–20
Paul grounds the body's worth in redemption and the Spirit's presence, not in fitness or appearance. Because God bought the body, it is his, and the call to glorify him in it is a call away from the immorality the passage names.
Hebrews 13:4: Marriage Held in Honor by All
Hebrews 13:4 tells the gathered community to treat marriage as honorable and the marriage bed as undefiled, and it grounds that call in God's judgment. The verse speaks to everyone among God's people, not only to married couples.
1 Corinthians 6:12–20: Sex Before Marriage
Paul does not treat sex before marriage as a private choice in a neutral body. He argues that the body belongs to Christ, is indwelt by the Spirit, and will be raised, so sexual sin strikes at the gospel itself.