1 Corinthians 6:16
Or know you not, that he who is joined to a harlot, is made one body ? For they shall be, saith he, two in one flesh.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
17But he who is joined to the Lord, is one spirit.
Cross References
Genesis 2:24Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.
Genesis 38:15dummy verses inserted by amos
Judges 16:1He went also into Gaza, and saw there a woman a harlot, and went in unto her.
Matthew 21:31Which of the two did the father's will? They say to him: The first. Jesus saith to them: Amen I say to you, that the publicans and the harlots shall go into the kingdom of God before you.
Ephesians 5:31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be two in 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 →