1 Corinthians 6:15
Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? Far be it!
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
14And God both raised the Lord, and will also raise up us by his power.
16Know ye not that he who is joined to a harlot is one body? For the two, says he, shall be one flesh.
Cross References
Luke 20:16He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And hearing it, they said: Far be it!
Romans 3:6Far be it! For then how shall God judge the world?
Romans 6:2Far be it! How shall we who died to sin, live any longer therein?
Romans 7:7What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Far be it! But I had not known sin, except through law; for I had not known coveting, if the law had not said: Thou shalt not covet.
Romans 12:5so we, the many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of another.
1 Corinthians 6:19Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom ye have from God, and ye are not your own?
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 →