Ask Pastor John Sex Is Worship
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Apr 6, 2026 
John Piper, pastor, theologian, and author, explores why Paul links sex to worship and the body to God’s temple. He discusses Corinthian false teachings that treated the body as irrelevant. He connects sexual ethics to living for God’s glory and argues sacredness, not just harm, defines sin.
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Body As Temple Makes Sex Worship
- Paul links bodily behavior to God by calling the believer's body a temple of the Holy Spirit, making bodily choices an issue of worship.
- John Piper emphasizes that Paul reframes sex from mere recreation to an act that can honor or profane God's dwelling within us.
Corinthian Slogan Minimized Bodily Sin
- Piper argues the phrase every sin a person commits is outside the body reflects a false Corinthian slogan minimizing the body's moral relevance.
- He reads Paul as countering that slogan, insisting sexual sin is a sin against one's own body and thus morally significant.
Flee Sexual Immorality To Glorify God
- Flee sexual immorality because the body matters morally; use your body to glorify God rather than treat sex as harmless recreation.
- Piper counsels believers to actively honor the temple by avoiding fornication and glorifying God in the body.
