1 Corinthians 6:18

flee the whoredom; every sin — whatever a man may commit — is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.

Young's Literal Translation

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

17And he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit;

19Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own,

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:18'And a woman with whom a man lieth with seed of copulation, they also have bathed with water, and been unclean till the evening.

Proverbs 5:3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil [is] her mouth,

Proverbs 7:5To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

Proverbs 9:16'Who [is] simple? let him turn aside hither.' And whoso lacketh heart — she said to him,

Romans 6:12Let not then the sin reign in your mortal body, to obey it in its desires;

2 Corinthians 12:21lest again having come, my God may humble me in regard to you, and I may bewail many of those having sinned before, and not having reformed concerning the uncleanness, and whoredom, and lasciviousness, that they did practise.

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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