What happensPermalink
Paul rebukes the Corinthians for bringing lawsuits in secular courts instead of resolving them within the church. Believers who will one day judge the world should be wise enough to settle their own disputes. Paul reminds them that union with Christ makes sexual sin uniquely corrupting, for the believer’s body is a member of Christ Himself. God will raise our bodies as He raised Jesus; therefore, they are temples of the Holy Spirit, bought at a price.
Why it mattersPermalink
Both lawsuits and lust deny the sacredness of the body, corporate and personal, that belongs to God. Christ has redeemed it, so believers must use the body to display His glory.
Key versePermalink
For you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.