1 Corinthians 6:16

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Or don’t you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, “The two”, he says, “will become one flesh.”Genesis 2:24”

— WEB

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

— KJV

“Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.”

— ASV

Cross-references

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Genesis 2:24 "Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh."
Ephesians 5:31 "“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”Genesis 2:24"
Mark 10:8 "and the two will become one flesh,Genesis 2:24 so that they are no longer two, but one flesh."
Matthew 19:5-6 "and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’G…"
Matthew 21:31-32 "Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax …"
Genesis 34:31 "They said, “Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?”"
Judges 16:1 "Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her."
Genesis 38:24 "About three months later, Judah was told, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute. Moreover, behold, she is with child by…"

Commentary

Justification of his having called fornicators "members of an harlot" (Co1 6:15). joined--by carnal intercourse; literally, "cemented to": cleaving to. one body--with her. saith he--God speaking by Adam (Gen 2:24; Mat 19:5). "He which made them at the beginning said," &c. (Eph 5:31).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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