1 Corinthians 6:20

for ye were bought with. price: glorify God therefore in your body.

'for' -proof and justification for the statement, 'ye are not your own.'

'bought with. price' -the price being, the blood of Christ. (1 Peter 1:18; Matthew 20:28 'ransom'). Incidently, since the Church at Corinth was composed of purchased people (1 Corinthians 1:2; Acts 20:28); and the purchased people are said to constitute God's kingdom (Revelation 1:5; Revelation 5:9); the Church and the Kingdom was refer to the same relationship.

'glorify God therefore in your body' -'so use every part of your body to give glory back to God' (Tay) (Romans 12:1).

A verse needs to be referred to more often. Practical applications are demanded from such. conclusion:

1.. am glorifying God or am. dishonoring God with my body? Does my speech, dress, and bodily activity bring honor to God? When people observe what my body says, and what it wears, and how it acts and where it is found to hang out, is it clear to all that my body serves God? Or, would people never guess that. professed to be. Christian?

2. Right now, "who" is in charge of my body. Me or Christ? Who calls the shots, for what my body will do this week and where it will be found? Do. really demonstrate the truth, that. have been bought with. price? That. am not longer my own?

Fee offers some good concluding remarks,

'Sexual immorality is still sin, even though it has been justified under every conceivable rationalization. Those who take Scripture seriously are not prudes or legalists at this point; rather, they recognize that God has purchased us for higher things.' [Note:. p. 266]