Why should we glorify God in our body?
We should glorify God in our body because the body is the temple or dwelling place of the Holy Spirit, whom we have from God as a gift. We are not our own; we were bought with a price, the blood of Christ, and therefore belong to the Creator God.
Les explains from 1 Corinthians 6:19–20 that Paul asks, “Don’t you know that your body is the temple or the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have of God?” The Spirit is not something we buy; Simon in Samaria tried to buy the gift and power of the Holy Spirit, and Peter replied, “Your money perish with you.” It is a gift of God, and we are not our own. Verse 20 says we are bought with a price—not with our money, but with the blood of Christ, as Peter writes in his epistle. Therefore we are to glorify God in our body, because the body is the indwelling Spirit’s temple, and all belong to the Creator God Himself. Les then turns to Colossians chapter 3, calling it a tremendous statement that, without faith, we could not comprehend.
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
More Questions
Why does 1 Corinthians 6:20 tell us to glorify God in our body?
The reason 1 Corinthians 6:20 is in the text is to show us that since we have been bought with a price, the blood of Christ, we are to glorify God in our body.