1 Corinthians 6:17

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

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

In Context

16Or 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.

18Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.

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Cross References

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

1 Corinthians 12:13For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.

Ephesians 4:3Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace.

Philippians 2:5Let this mind be in you which 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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