An Overlooked Problematic Passage For Full Preterism [1 Cor 6:13-14]

An Overlooked Problematic Passage For Full Preterism [1 Cor 6:13-14]

Yet the body is not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.  Now God has not only raised the Lord but will also raise us up through His power. (1 Cor 6:13-14) (NASB)

This passage is one I noticed years ago which seems pretty straightforward when it comes to the nature of the resurrection if one has no presuppositions and are doing exegesis instead of "theology." The same body that is not for "immorality" (or fornication) is the same body that will be raised. As we go on in the chapter it is even clearer that Paul isn't speaking of some "corporate body."

Paul in the previous chapter, 1 Cor 5 is dealing with sexual immorality within the church. A man has taken his Father's wife. That is literal sexual immortality, same as 1 Cor 6:9-10. So sandwiched in between 1 Cor 5 and 1 cor 6::9-10 which both speak of LITERAL PHYSICAL sexual immorality we have Cor 6:13-15 saying flee sexual immorality! No guesswork involved. (Unless you have a previous theology like Covenant Eschatology)

In vs. 18 Paul states, "Flee immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body." (NASB) Again it doesn't take a very deep bible student to see that Paul is speaking of the believer's physical body. I could take the time and do a deeper exegesis but this should suffice.