1 Corinthians 6:18

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

Berean Standard Bible

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 unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.

19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:18If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.

Proverbs 5:3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,

Proverbs 7:5that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.

Proverbs 9:16“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

Romans 6:12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

2 Corinthians 12:21I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.

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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