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1 Corinthians 6:16

Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? for the two, he says, shall become one flesh.

Revised King James New Testament

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 the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of a prostitute? Never.

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

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Cross References

Matthew 21:31Which of the two did the will of his father? They said to him, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, That the tax gatherers and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you.

Ephesians 5:31For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and the 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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