1st Corinthians Chapter 6 verse 16 Holy Bible
Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.
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Or do you not see that he who is joined to a loose woman is one body with her? for God has said, The two of them will become one flesh.
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Do ye not know that he [that is] joined to the harlot is one body? for the two, he says, shall be one flesh.
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What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
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Or don't you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, "The two," says he, "will become one flesh."
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have ye not known that he who is joined to the harlot is one body? `for they shall be -- saith He -- the two for one flesh.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - What, know ye not, etc.? The clause is used to explain and justify the strong expression which he had used in the previous verse. It involves an argument against the sin which is the most original and impressive which could have been used. To this passage especially is due the tone taken by Christians as to these sins, which differed so totally from that taken by heathen. They two. The words do not occur in Genesis 2:24, but are always so quoted in the New Testament (Matthew 19:5; Mark 10:8; Ephesians 5:31). Saith he. This is a vague Jewish formula of quotation, adopted to avoid the needless introduction of the sacred Name. "He" is "God" in Scripture. Shall be one flesh; rather, shall become. This appeal to Genesis 2:24 (Matthew 19:5) is equivalent to the rule that no intercourse between the sexes is free from sin except under the sanction of marriage.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) What?--As if some one might question and resent the strength of the previous words, and wish them "watered down." "Do you not know that my strong assertion is true? It is not merely my statement; it is to be found in the Old Testament, 'Two shall be one flesh.'" This was originally (Genesis 2:24) applied to marriage, as showing the intimacy of that sacred union, but here St. Paul applies it to one aspect of a union which, in one respect, was identical with marriage. Of course the other parts of the Apostle's argument do not apply to marriage, the union being a sacred one; two becoming one flesh in marriage is no degradation of a member of Christ--nay, it is a sacred illustration of the complete unity of Christ and His body the Church. (Comp. 1Corinthians 11:29, and Notes there.)
