1 Corinthians 6:18

Fly from fornication. Every sin which a man may commit is outside of his body; the one committing fornication sins against his own body.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

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

19Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? and you are not your own;

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Cross References

Romans 6:12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body that you should obey the lusts of it:

2 Corinthians 12:21lest, I again having come, my God will humble me before you, and I will mourn over many of those having previously committed sins, and not having repented over the uncleanness and the fornication and debauchery which they have done.

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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