Analogy
The body metaphor in 1 Corinthians 12 is not poetic decoration. It is a claim about how God has designed His people. No part can…
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Analogy
You Are Not Your Own
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Paul reminds believers that their bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit and that they are not their own—they were bought with a price. The language is ownership language. In a culture that treats the body primarily as a project of self-expression or personal preference, the biblical claim is still radical: we belong to Another, and that belonging is meant to shape how we treat what has been entrusted to us.
How you’d preach it
Direct application of the text. Useful for teaching on stewardship of the body without sliding into legalism.
- Presence
- Generosity
- Identity
1 Corinthians 6:19-20