Every life on earth is interconnected, but our foremost foundational connection is Christ.
For what He did for us will have effects even in our afterlife, because of the price He paid for us each with His sacrifice.
“Bought with a price” is more than a Bible verse—it is a reminder of your value, purpose, and identity in Christ and the worth of His sacrifice.
Be encouraged to live with purity, gratitude, and devotion as you walk closer with God each day.
Your Body As a Temple And The Price Paid
19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
(1 Corinthians 6:19-20)
In the above, Paul’s response was to the Corinthians culture and belief, which saw sexual immorality as harmless.
The belief that your body is a temple of God, and thus glorifying God with our bodies is to reject this view, understanding that sexual intimacy is designed for the covenant of marriage alone, thus procreation.
It further involves exercising self-control and honoring others by treating them with dignity, not as objects for personal and sexual pleasure.
As Christians we should be recognising and respecting that our physical bodies are not our own primarily, but a gift from God, and are thus instruments for honoring God in our daily deeds and actions.
The Holy Spirit resides in each body thus is a temple, the house of God.
The body needs to say “thank you” to Jesus, as this body was bought with a price, and the price for our own body being saved for salvation was that Jesus’ body was broken and destroyed.
Because of this, we are called to honor Him with our lives, remembering that the cost of our freedom was His suffering.
‘Bought with a price’ would also be defined as the shedding of the precious blood of Jesus and His ultimate sacrifice on the cross.
Choosing to Pay the Price
We like our freedom, and wouldn’t want that to be taken away.
God gave us that freedom starting with our first parent Adam.
We by nature have misused our freedom to corrupt our lives and bodies with sinfulness.
This sinfulness has strayed us away from God.
There is a pit of distrust, hopelessness, doubt, and un-botherness between man and God.
Humans are in a fallen state.
There is a divine intervention required so as to be healed.
Human forgiveness and redemption needs to be bought with a price.
The price of redemption cannot be bought with the highest currency of the world or by any good deeds by the highest saints, but the price is already paid by the “Son of God” by His sacrifice on the cross.
Jesus bought our redemption,forgiveness, and oneness with God, with a price.
Jesus had a human will to pick and choose, He also had a freedom of choice like us each.
Jesus struggled between wanting to avoid suffering—“take this cup from me”—and choosing to follow God’s will—“not my will, but yours be done.”
His choice was free, not forced, but His heart full of love and mercy for us humans made Him choose sacrifice over Himself.
We were bought with a price, Jesus died for you, me, and all humanity till the end of time.
A Will to Repay
We cannot repay the price of Jesus’ sacrifice.
The sacrifice is infinite, a priceless gift that cannot be “earned back” or bought.
We are not even worthy to repay, and all our worthiness comes because of His love,mercy and grace.
For every Christian their worthiness is found in Christ’s righteousness rather than their own actions.
As finite humans we cannot repay Jesus’ sacrifice, thus it being impossible, but we can live a life of gratitude and thankfulness towards Christ for all the favour and grace received.
The price paid by Christ is a gift, not debt, but a grace “unmerited favor”.
Our lives that Jesus bought with a price, if could be repaid, it would be a wage or a transaction, not a grace.
Also Jesus’ final words on the cross, “It is finished,” indicate that debt for our sin was fully paid, leaving nothing for humans to add or pay.
We cannot repay for our lives bought with a price by Christ, but we as Christians should live our lives and body where the spirit dwells, living in gratitude and devotion.
With our bodies, we should honor God by choosing purity over corruption, service over selfishness, and compassion over cruelty.
Every act of kindness, every moment of self-control, every step taken in obedience becomes a way of offering ourselves back to Him.
We glorify God in how we speak, how we act, and how we care for others.
In doing so, our lives become living testimonies of His mercy, showing that the price He paid was not in vain.
To repay is to surrender daily, letting our bodies be instruments of worship, love, and holiness, and asking Jesus to always be by our sides.
This would truly be a true obedience to 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
