1 Corinthians 6:16
Doe ye not knowe, that he which coupleth himselfe with an harlot, is one body? for two, sayeth he, shalbe one flesh.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
17But hee that is ioyned vnto the Lord, is one spirite.
Cross References
Genesis 2:24Therefore shall man leaue his father and his mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
Genesis 38:15When Iudah sawe her, he iudged her an whore: for she had couered her face.
Judges 16:1Then went Samson to Azzah, and sawe there an harlot, and went in vnto her.
Matthew 21:31Whether of them twaine did the will of the father? They saide vnto him, The first. Iesus saide vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, that the Publicanes and the harlots goe before you into the kingdome of God.
Ephesians 5:31For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they twaine shalbe 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 →