1 Corinthians 6:17

But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

In Context

16Or know ye not that he who is joined to a harlot is one body? For, The two, he says, will be in one flesh.

18Flee fornication. Every sin, whatever a man may do, is outside the body, but he who fornicates sins against his own body.

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Cross References

John 3:6That which is begotten from the flesh is flesh, and that which is begotten from the Spirit is spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:13For also by one Spirit we are all immersed into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bondmen or freemen, and we were all made to drink into one Spirit.

Ephesians 4:3Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace,

Philippians 2:5Indeed have this way to think in you, that also was in Christ Jesus,

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 6:13-20

Against Fornication. ( a. d. 57.) 12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. 14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. 15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the… Read the whole commentary →

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