1 Corinthians 6:16
Or don’t you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, “The two”, he says, “will become one flesh.”
World English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
17But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.
Cross References
Genesis 2:24Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
Genesis 38:15When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.
Judges 16:1Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her.
Matthew 21:31Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom before you.
Ephesians 5:31“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife. Then 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 →