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1 Corinthians 6:18
18Flee fornication. Every sin which a man may practise is without the body, but he that commits fornication sins against his own body.
1 Corinthians 6:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
- New International Version (NIV)Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
Context of 1 Corinthians 6:18
16Do ye not know that he [that is] joined to the harlot is one body? for the two, he says, shall be one flesh. 17But he that [is] joined to the Lord is one Spirit. Flee fornication. Every sin which a man may practise is without the body, but he that commits fornication sins against his own body. 19Do ye not know that your body is [the] temple of the Holy Spirit which [is] in you, which ye have of God; and ye are not your own? 20for ye have been bought with a price: glorify now then God in your body.
Read all of 1 Corinthians 61 Corinthians 6:18 word by word
Φεύγετε τὴν πορνείαν. πᾶν ἁμάρτημα ὃ ἐὰν ποιήσῃ ἄνθρωπος, ἐκτὸς τοῦ σώματός ἐστιν· ὁ δὲ πορνεύων εἰς τὸ ἴδιον σῶμα ἁμαρτάνει.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 6:18
- Genesis 39:12Then she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me! But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran out.
- Proverbs 2:16To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words;
- Proverbs 5:3For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
- Proverbs 6:24to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
- Proverbs 7:5that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.
- Proverbs 7:24And now, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
- Proverbs 9:16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,
- Romans 6:12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body to obey its lusts.
- 2 Timothy 2:22But youthful lusts flee, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those that call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.
- Hebrews 13:4[Let] marriage [be held] every way in honour, and the bed [be] undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers will God judge.
- 1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I exhort [you], as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
- Romans 1:24Wherefore God gave them up [also] in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies between themselves:
- 1 Thessalonians 4:5(not in passionate desire, even as the nations who know not God,)
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 6:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Flee fornication - Abominate, detest, and escape from every kind of uncleanness. Some sins, or solicitations to sin, may be reasoned with; in the above cases, if you parley you are undone; reason not, but Fly! Sinneth against his own body - Though sin of every species has a tendency to destroy life, yet none are so mortal as those to which the apostle refers; they strike immediately at the basis of the constitution. By the just judgment of God, all these…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Flee fornication - A solemn command of God - as explicit as any that thundered from Mount Sinai. None can disregard it with impunity - none can violate it without being exposed to the awful vengeance of the Almighty. There is force and emphasis in the word “flee” ́ pheugateMan should escape from it; he should not stay to reason about it; to debate the matter; or even to contend with his propensities, and to try the strength of his virtue. There are some…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. 18-20For Christians, the body is a temple of the Holy Spirit (see study note on 1 Corinthians 3:16–17; compare 2 Corinthians 6:16). Sexual sin violates this sacred space and the divine presence. You are not your own: Christians cannot claim their bodies as their own because they have been bought with a high price, the blood of Christ (compare 1 Corinthians 7:23; Revelation 5:9). Christ has claimed every part of their lives for God’s glory (see Romans 14:7–9; 2…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. Flee--The only safety in such temptations is flight (Ge 39:12; Job 31:1). Every sin--The Greek is forcible. "Every sin whatsoever that a man doeth." Every other sin; even gluttony, drunkenness, and self-murder are "without," that is, comparatively external to the body (Mr 7:18; compare Pr 6:30-32). He certainly injures, but he does not alienate the body itself; the sin is not terminated in the body; he rather sins against the perishing accidents of…Read the comment
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