1 Corinthians 6:16
Or know ye not, that whoever joineth himself to a harlot, is one body with her? For it is said, They twain shall be one body.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
17But he that joineth himself to our Lord, is with him one spirit.
Cross References
Matthew 21:31Which of these two performed the pleasure of his father? They say to him, The first. Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you That publicans and harlots go before you into the kingdom of God.
Ephesians 5:31For this reason, a man should quit his father and his mother, and adhere to his wife; and the two should 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 →