1 Corinthians 6:18

16 Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”

17 But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

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

20 you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
KJV
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
WEB
Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
ASV
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
DARBY
Flee fornication. Every sin which a man may practise is without the body, but he that commits fornication sins against his own body.
BLB
Flee the sexual immorality. Every sin, whatever a man might do, is outside the body, but the one committing sexual immorality sins against [his] own body.
ÅB
Flykt hor! Enhver synd som et menneske kan gjøre, er utenfor legemet; men den som driver hor, synder mot sitt eget legeme.
OTB
Unngå seksuell umoral. Enhver annen synd et menneske begår er utenfor kroppen, men den som er seksuelt umoralsk synder mot sin egen kropp.
B1930
Fly hor! Enhver synd som et menneske kan gjøre, er utenfor legemet; men den som driver hor, synder mot sitt eget legeme.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Peter 2:11

    Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 4:3

    For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;

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  • Colossians 3:5

    Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

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  • Romans 6:12–13

    Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

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  • 2 Timothy 2:22

    Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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  • Hebrews 13:4

    Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

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  • 1 Corinthians 6:9

    Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,

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  • Ephesians 5:3

    But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

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