1 Corinthians 6:16
Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
17But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
Cross References
Genesis 2:24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Genesis 38:15When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; for she had covered her face.
Judges 16:1And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
Matthew 21:31Whether of the twain did the will of his father? They say, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
Ephesians 5:31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the twain shall become 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 →