1 Corinthians 6:18

Shun all immorality. Every other sin that people commit is something outside the body; but an immoral person sins against their own body.

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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

17while a man who is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit?

19Again, don’t you know that your body is a shrine of the Holy Spirit that is within you – the Spirit which you have from God?

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Cross References

Romans 6:12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal bodies and compel you to obey its cravings.

2 Corinthians 12:21I am afraid that, on my next visit, my God may humble me in regard to you, and that I may have to mourn over many who have long been sinning, and have not repented of the impurity, immorality, and sensuality, in which they have indulged.

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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