1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee fornication! Every sin, whatsoever a man shall commit, is, outside his body, but, he that committeth fornication, bringeth sin into his own body.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
17But, he that joineth himself unto the Lord, is, one Spirit.
Cross References
Leviticus 15:18Also, a woman with whom man lieth carnally, then shall they bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.
Proverbs 5:3For, with sweet droppings, drip the lips of her that is a stranger, and, smoother than oil, is her mouth;
Proverbs 7:5That thou mayest be kept, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who, with her speeches, doth flatter.
Proverbs 9:16Whoso is simple, let him turn aside hither, and, as for him that lacketh sense, she saith to him:
Romans 6:12Let not sin, therefore, reign in your death-doomed body, that ye should be obedient to its covetings;
2 Corinthians 12:21Lest, when I again come, my God should humble me in regard to you,—and I should grieve over many who had before sinned, and not repented of the impurity, and fornication, and wantonness which they had 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 →