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

14And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. 15Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? By no means. What? know ye not that he who is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. 17But he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit. 18Flee immorality. Every sin that a man doeth is outside the body; but he that committeth immorality sinneth against his 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

• Whatἤē · orG2228
• yeεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• notοὐou · noG3756
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• joinedκολλάωkollaō · to joinG2853
• harlotπόρνηpornē · prostituteG4204
• isἐστίesti · he isG2076
• oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
• bodyσῶμαsōma · bodyG4983
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• twoδύοduo · twoG1417
• heφημίphēmi · to assertG5346
• beἔσομαιesomai · will beG2071
• oneεἰςeis · towardG1519
• oneμίαmia · firstG3391
• fleshσάρξsarx · fleshG4561

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 6:16

• Genesis 34:31And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
• Genesis 38:15When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
• Judges 16:1Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in to her.
• Matthew 21:31Which of the two did the will of his father? They say to him, The first. Jesus saith to them, Verily I say to you, That the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
• Hebrews 11:31By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, after she had received the spies with peace.
• Genesis 2:24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
• Matthew 19:5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they two shall be one flesh?
• Mark 10:8And they two shall be one flesh: so then they are no more two, but one flesh.
• Ephesians 5:31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they two shall be 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