1 Corinthians 6:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Don't you know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Do you not know that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of a harlot? God forbid.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Know ye{G1492} not{G3756} that{G3754} your{G5216} bodies{G4983} are{G2076} members{G3196} of Christ?{G5547} shall I{G142} then{G3767} take{G142} away the members{G3196} of Christ,{G5547} and make{G4160} them members{G3196} of a harlot?{G4204} God{G3361} forbid.{G1096}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Know ye{G1492}{(G5758)} not{G3756} that{G3754} your{G5216} bodies{G4983} are{G2076}{(G5748)} the members{G3196} of Christ{G5547}? shall I{G142} then{G3767} take{G142}{(G5660)} the members{G3196} of Christ{G5547}, and make{G4160}{(G5661)} them the members{G3196} of an harlot{G4204}? God forbid{G3361}{G1096}{(G5636)}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Ether remember ye not that youre bodyes are the members of Christ? Shall I now take the members of Christ and make them the members of an harlot? God forbyd.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Knowe ye not that youre bodies are the mebres of Christ? Shal I now take the membres of Christ, and make them the membres of an harlot? God forbyd.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Knowe yee 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.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Knowe ye not that your bodies are the members of Christe? Shall I then take the members of Christe, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbyd.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Don't you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Have ye not known that your bodies are members of Christ? having taken, then, the members of the Christ, shall I make `them' members of an harlot? let it be not!

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take away the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take away the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Do you not see that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? how then may I take what is a part of the body of Christ and make it a part of the body of a loose woman? such a thing may not be.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Don't you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Should I take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 12:5 : 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
  • 1 Cor 12:27 : 27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
  • Eph 5:30 : 30 because we are members of His body.
  • Luke 20:16 : 16 He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others. When they heard this, they said, 'May it never happen!'
  • Eph 4:12 : 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ,
  • Eph 4:15-16 : 15 But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into him who is the head—Christ. 16 From him the whole body, being joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love as each part does its work.
  • Eph 5:23 : 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.
  • Rom 3:3-4 : 3 What if some were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify the faithfulness of God? 4 Absolutely not! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written: "So that You may be justified in Your words and prevail when You are judged."
  • Gal 2:17 : 17 But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!
  • Gal 3:21 : 21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.
  • Gal 6:14 : 14 But as for me, may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
  • Eph 1:22-23 : 22 And He put all things under His feet and made Him head over all things for the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
  • 1 Cor 6:13 : 13 Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food, but God will destroy both one and the other. The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
  • 1 Cor 6:19 : 19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
  • 1 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.
  • Rom 3:31 : 31 Do we then nullify the law by this faith? Absolutely not! Instead, we uphold the law.
  • Rom 6:2 : 2 Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?
  • Rom 6:15 : 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Certainly not!
  • Rom 7:7 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, 'You shall not covet.'
  • Rom 7:13 : 13 Did what is good then become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, in order to be recognized as sin, used what is good to bring about my death, so that sin might become utterly sinful through the commandment.
  • Col 2:19 : 19 Such a person does not hold fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that comes from God.
  • Gen 44:17 : 17 But Joseph said, "Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose possession the cup was found will be my slave. As for the rest of you, go back to your father in peace."
  • Rom 3:6 : 6 Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 6:16-20
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    16 Or do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."

    17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.

    18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every sin a person commits is outside the body, but the one who sins sexually sins against their own body.

    19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

    20 You were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body and spirit, which are God's.

  • 1 Cor 6:13-14
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    78%

    13 Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food, but God will destroy both one and the other. The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

    14 God has both raised the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.

  • Eph 5:28-31
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    28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

    29 For no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,

    30 because we are members of His body.

    31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

  • 1 Cor 3:16-17
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    16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

    17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

  • 1 Cor 6:9
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    9 Don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who practice homosexuality,

  • 1 Cor 12:14-15
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    14 Indeed, the body is not one member but many.

    15 If the foot should say, 'Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,' it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.

  • 1 Cor 12:12
    74%

    12 Just as the body is one but has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so also is Christ.

  • 1 Cor 12:27
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    27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

  • Rom 7:4
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    4 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another—to Him who was raised from the dead—in order that we might bear fruit for God.

  • Rom 6:12-13
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    12 Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

    13 Do not present the parts of your body as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and the parts of your body as instruments of righteousness to God.

  • 1 Cor 7:4-5
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    4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

    5 Do not deprive one another, except by mutual agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

  • Rom 6:15-16
    2 verses
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    15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Certainly not!

    16 Do you not know that if you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

  • 2 Cor 6:14-17
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    14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

    15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever?

    16 What agreement can there be between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: 'I will dwell among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.'

    17 Therefore, 'Come out from among them and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.'

  • 1 Thess 4:3-5
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    3 For this is God’s will: your sanctification—that you abstain from sexual immorality.

    4 That each of you knows how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

    5 not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God.

  • Rom 6:19
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    19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you presented the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present them as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.

  • Rom 6:2
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    2 Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

  • Rom 12:4-5
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    4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members serve the same function,

    5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

  • 1 Cor 5:9-10
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    72%

    9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

    10 I did not at all mean the sexually immoral people of this world, or the greedy, or swindlers, or idolaters. In that case, you would have to leave the world.

  • 1 Cor 5:1
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    1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and a kind of immorality that is not even found among the Gentiles—a man is sleeping with his father’s wife.

  • 1 Cor 6:11
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    11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

  • 1 Cor 12:19-20
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    19 If they were all one member, where would the body be?

    20 But as it is, there are many members, yet one body.

  • 2 Cor 11:2
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    2 For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

  • Col 3:5
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    5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

  • 1 Cor 7:35
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    35 I am saying this for your benefit, not to restrict you, but so that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 10:16
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    16 The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?

  • Heb 13:4
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    4 Marriage is to be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

  • Rom 1:24
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    24 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.

  • 1 Cor 12:24
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    24 whereas our presentable parts have no need of it. But God has composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it,

  • 1 Cor 5:6
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    6 Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough?