1 Corinthians 6:18

Fly fornication. Every sin that a man doth, is without the body; but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his own body.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

In Context

17But he who is joined to the Lord, is one spirit.

19Or know you not, that your members are the temple of the Holy Ghost, who is in you, whom you have from God; and you are not your own ?

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:18The woman, with whom he copulateth, shall be washed with water, and shall be unclean until the evening.

Proverbs 5:3For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil.

Proverbs 7:5That she may keep thee from the woman that is not thine, and from the stranger who sweeteneth her words.

Proverbs 9:16He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she said:

Romans 6:12Let no sin therefore reign in your mortal body, so as to obey the lusts thereof.

2 Corinthians 12:21Lest again, when I come, God humble me among you: and I mourn many of them that sinned before, and have not done penance for the uncleanness, and fornication, and lasciviousness, that they have committed.

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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