1 Corinthians 6:18
16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
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
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Read in context1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
Read in contextColossians 3:5
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Read in contextRomans 6:12–13
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Read in context2 Timothy 2:22
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Read in contextHebrews 13:4
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:9
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Read in contextEphesians 5:3
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
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