1 Corinthians 6:16

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

14God brought the Lord back to life, and by his power God will also bring us back to life. 15Don’t you realize that your bodies are parts of Christ’s body? Should I take the parts of Christ’s body and make them parts of a prostitute’s body? That’s unthinkable! Don’t you realize that the person who unites himself with a prostitute becomes one body with her? God says, “The two will be one.” 17However, the person who unites himself with the Lord becomes one spirit with him. 18Stay away from sexual sins. Other sins that people commit don’t affect their bodies the same way sexual sins do. People who sin sexually sin against their own bodies.

1 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Whatἤē · orG2228
• know yeεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• notοὐou · noG3756
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• is joinedκολλάωkollaō · to joinG2853
• to an harlotπόρνηpornē · prostituteG4204
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
• bodyσῶμαsōma · bodyG4983
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• twoδύοduo · twoG1417
• saith heφημίphēmi · to assertG5346
• ·εἰςeis · towardG1519
• fleshσάρξsarx · fleshG4561

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 6:16

• Genesis 34:31Simeon and Levi asked, “Should Shechem have been allowed to treat our sister like a prostitute?”
• Genesis 38:15When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
• Judges 16:1Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and slept with her.
• Matthew 21:31“Which of the two sons did what the father wanted?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “I can guarantee this truth: Tax collectors and prostitutes are going into God’s kingdom ahead of you.
• Hebrews 11:31Faith led the prostitute Rahab to welcome the spies as friends. She was not killed with those who refused to obey God.
• Genesis 2:24That is why a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and they will become one flesh.
• Matthew 19:5and that he said, ‘That’s why a man will leave his father and mother and will remain united with his wife, and the two will be one’?
• Mark 10:8and the two will be one. So they are no longer two but one.
• Ephesians 5:31That’s why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will be one.

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

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 6:16

• Adultery
• Chastity
• Lasciviousness
• Marriage
• Quotations and Allusions
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

• Angel
• Extortioner
• Harlot
• Judgment
• Marriage
• Price
• Wash
• Ye
• Corinthians, First Epistle to the
• Crime; Crimes

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