15 (A)Do you not know that (B)your bodies are parts of Christ? Shall I then take away the parts of Christ and make them parts of a prostitute? [a](C)Far from it! 16 Or (D)do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For He says, “(E)The two shall become one flesh.” 17 But the one who joins himself to the Lord is (F)one spirit with Him. 18 (G)Flee sexual immorality. Every other sin that a person commits is outside the body, but the [b]sexually immoral person sins against his own body. 19 Or (H)do you not know that (I)your body is a [c]temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from [d]God, and that (J)you are not your own?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 6:15 Lit May it never happen!
  2. 1 Corinthians 6:18 Or one who practices sexual immorality
  3. 1 Corinthians 6:19 Or sanctuary
  4. 1 Corinthians 6:19 Or God? And you...own

15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself?(A) Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 16 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.”[a](B) 17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.[b](C)

18 Flee from sexual immorality.(D) All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.(E) 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples(F) of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;(G)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 6:16 Gen. 2:24
  2. 1 Corinthians 6:17 Or in the Spirit

15 Know 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? God forbid.

16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

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