1 Corinthians 6:16
Or do you not see that he who is joined to a loose woman is one body with her? for God has said, The two of them will become one flesh.
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
17But he who is united to the Lord is one spirit.
Cross References
Genesis 2:24For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.
Genesis 38:15When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.
Judges 16:1Now Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a loose woman and went in to her.
Matthew 21:31Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you.
Ephesians 5:31For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
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 →