1 Corinthians 6:16

Know you not that whosoever attacheth to a harlot is one body? For it is said, The two shall be one body.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

In Context

15Know you not that your bodies are members of the Meshiha? Shall one take a member of the Meshiha to make it a member of a harlot? Never!

17But, he who attacheth to our Lord is with him one spirit.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:31Which of these two did the will of his father? They say to him, The elder. Jeshu saith to them, Amen I tell you, the tribute-takers and harlots go before you into the kingdom of Aloha.

Ephesians 5:31Because of this a man leaveth his father and his mother, and cleaveth unto his wife, and they two 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 →

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