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.
• 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.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)And don’t you realize that if a man joins himself to a prostitute, he becomes one body with her? For the Scriptures say, “The two are united into one.”

Context of 1 Corinthians 6:16

14By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. 15Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 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.” 17But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit. 18Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.

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 34:31But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”
• Genesis 38:15When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.
• Judges 16:1One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her.
• Matthew 21:31“Which of the two did what his father wanted?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.
• Hebrews 11:31By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.
• Genesis 2:24That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
• Matthew 19:5and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
• Mark 10:8and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
• Ephesians 5:31“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will 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

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