Food is for the stomach. Paul follows what Jesus said in Mark 7:15-23. Food is neutral, neither good nor bad, But neither food nor stomach are eternal matters. A man's body. Greek thought viewed man as "a soul imprisoned in a body of flesh;" the soul valuable, the flesh worthless. Jewish thought saw man as a unity - all parts equally valuable. Compare Paul's statement in 1 Thessalonians 5:23. Paul makes it plain here that a man's body is to be used to serve the Lord. And the Lord serves the body. By raising it from death and changing it! Compare Romans 8:23; 1 Corinthians 15:35-57; 1 John 3:1-3.

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