1 Corinthians 6:16

Do you not know that he who is joined to the harlot is one body? for it says, They two shall be one flesh.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

15Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? then taking the members of Christ, shall I make them the members of a harlot? it could not be so.

17But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:31Which one of the two did the will of the father? They say to Him, The first. Jesus says to them, Truly I say unto you, that the publicans and harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

Ephesians 5:31on account of this a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife: and they two shall be 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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