1 Corinthians 6:17

But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

In Context

16Don’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.”

18Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

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Cross References

John 3:6Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:13For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given into one Spirit to drink.

Ephesians 4:3and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

Philippians 2:5Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:

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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