I Corinthians 5-8
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
I Corinthians 6:19-20
The immediate context here regards sexual conduct, with the obvious focus on the body and the need for holiness, a message that we would do well to heed, especially as our culture grows ever more overtly sexualized and ever more twisted in its thinking. But that middle sentence — You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. — goes well beyond sexual morality. It is a central truth that applies across the board throughout our lives.
You are not your own. How our natural selves rebel against that thought! But what is life in Christ apart from this truth? All sin is ultimately a rejection of the idea that we might owe allegiance to One other than our selves. But we do owe such allegiance: for you were bought with a price. The price paid is the Cross of Christ, a higher price than we can ever imagine, and one we must never forget.
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