1 Corinthians 6:18

Flee fornication. Every other sin which a man may commit, is apart from the body; but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his own body.

Noyes 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 that is connected with the Lord is one spirit with him.

19Know ye not, that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God, and that ye are not your own?

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Cross References

Proverbs 5:3Truly, the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil;

Proverbs 7:5That they may keep thee from the wife of another, From the stranger, that useth smooth words.

Proverbs 9:16“Whoever is simple, let him turn in hither!” And to him that is void of understanding she saith,

Romans 6:12Let not then sin reign in your mortal body, bringing you into subjection to its lusts,

2 Corinthians 12:21and lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many of those who have sinned already, and did not repent of the uncleanness, and fornication, and lasciviousness, which they 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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