American Standard Version
1 Corinthians 6:16
16Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.
1 Corinthians 6:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
- New International Version (NIV)Do you not 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.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, "The two will become one flesh."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For “the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.”
Context of 1 Corinthians 6:16
14and God both raised the Lord, and will raise up us through his power. 15Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take away the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid. Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh. 17But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 18Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Read all of 1 Corinthians 61 Corinthians 6:16 word by word
ἢ οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ὁ κολλώμενος τῇ πόρνῃ ἓν σῶμά ἐστιν; ἔσονται γάρ φησιν οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν·Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 6:16
- Genesis 34:31And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?
- Genesis 38:15When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face.
- Judges 16:1And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.
- Matthew 21:31Which of the two 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.
- Hebrews 11:31By faith Rahab the harlot perished not with them that were disobedient, having received the spies with peace.
- Genesis 2:24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
- Matthew 19:5and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?
- Mark 10:8and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.
- Ephesians 5:31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 6:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16He that is joined to a harlot is one body - In Sohar Genes., fol. 19, we have these remarkable words: Whosoever connects himself with another man's wife, does in effect renounce the holy blessed God, and the Church of the Israelites.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-20Verses 12-20 Some among the Corinthians seem to have been ready to say, All things are lawful for me. This dangerous conceit St. Paul opposes. There is a liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, in which we must stand fast. But surely a Christian would never put himself into the power of any bodily appetite. The body is for the Lord; is to be an instrument of righteousness to holiness, therefore is never to be made an instrument of sin. It is an honour…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-17Being a Christian means being spiritually connected to Christ in both life and death (see Romans 6:3–11). Because of this, believers' bodies are parts of Christ (see 1 Corinthians 12:12–28; Romans 12:4–5). This spiritual connection (see John 14:20; 17:21–23) means they should not misuse their bodies by joining with a prostitute.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. Justification of his having called fornicators "members of an harlot" (1Co 6:15). joined--by carnal intercourse; literally, "cemented to": cleaving to. one body--with her. saith he--God speaking by Adam (Ge 2:24; Mt 19:5). "He which made them at the beginning said," &c. (Ep 5:31).Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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