1 Corinthians 6:16
Don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
17But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.
Cross References
Genesis 2:24For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Genesis 38:15When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
Judges 16:1One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.
Matthew 21:31Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
Ephesians 5:31“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become 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 →