1 Corinthians 6:18

Flee sexual immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside his body; but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

Revised King James New Testament

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 with him.

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

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Cross References

Romans 6:12Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey its lusts.

2 Corinthians 12:21And I fear that, when I come again, my God may humble me before you, and I shall mourn over many who have sinned and have not repented of the impurity and sexual sin and licentiousness which they have committed.

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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