Shall destroy both it and them; they are both temporary, and God shall do away both at death. It follows that meats are among the indifferent things, in respect to which the believer should be careful that he does not abuse his Christian liberty.

For the Lord; the use to be made of the body is not an indifferent thing. He made and preserves it to be employed not in sinning, but in serving him.

The Lord for the body; he died that not only the soul, but the body also, should be saved from the effects of sin, and raised from the grace spiritual and immortal, to serve him for ever.

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