1 Corinthians 6:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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."

Additional Resources

Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    What? Do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body? For two, says He, shall be one flesh.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Or{G2228} know ye{G1492} not{G3756} that{G3754} he that{G3588} is joined{G2853} to a harlot{G4204} is{G2076} one{G1520} body?{G4983} for,{G1063} The twain,{G1417} saith he,{G5346} shall become{G2071} {G1519} one{G1520} flesh.{G4561}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    What{G2228}? know ye{G1492}{(G5758)} not{G3756} that{G3754} he which is joined{G2853}{(G5746)} to an harlot{G4204} is{G2076}{(G5748)} one{G1520} body{G4983}? for{G1063} two{G1417}, saith he{G5346}{(G5748)}, shall be{G2071}{(G5704)} one{G1519}{G3391} flesh{G4561}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Do ye not vnderstonde that he which coupleth him selfe with an harlot is become one body? For two (saith he) shalbe one flesshe.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Or do ye not knowe, that he which cleueth vnto an harlot, is one body? For they shalbe two ( sayeth he) in one flesshe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Doe ye not knowe, that he which coupleth himselfe with an harlot, is one body? for two, sayeth he, shalbe one flesh.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Know ye not, that he whiche coupleth him selfe with an harlot, is one body? For two (sayth he) shalbe one fleshe.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Or do you not know that anyone who is united with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said,“The two will become one flesh.”

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 2:24 : 24 For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
  • Eph 5:31 : 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.
  • Mark 10:8 : 8 'and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one.'
  • Matt 19:5-6 : 5 And he said, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.
  • Matt 21:31-32 : 31 Which of the two did the will of his father? They said, 'The first.' Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.' 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him. And even when you saw it, you did not later change your minds and believe him.
  • Heb 11:31 : 31 By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had welcomed the spies in peace.
  • Gen 34:31 : 31 But they replied, "Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?"
  • Gen 38:15 : 15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, because she had covered her face.
  • Gen 38:24 : 24 About three months later, Judah was told, 'Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant as a result.' Judah said, 'Bring her out and let her be burned!'
  • Judg 16:1 : 1 Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to her.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Cor 6:15
    90%

    15 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!

  • 1 Cor 6:17-20
    4 verses
    88%

    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.

  • Matt 19:5-6
    2 verses
    80%

    5 And he said, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

    6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.

  • Mark 10:7-9
    3 verses
    79%

    7 'For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,'

    8 'and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one.'

    9 'Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.'

  • Eph 5:28-32
    5 verses
    79%

    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.

    32 This mystery is great—but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

  • 1 Cor 6:13
    76%

    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.

  • Gen 2:24
    75%

    24 For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

  • 1 Cor 7:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Heb 13:4
    74%

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

  • 1 Cor 7:2
    73%

    2 But because of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

  • 1 Cor 6:9
    73%

    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,

  • 2 Cor 6:14-17
    4 verses
    73%

    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 Cor 5:1
    73%

    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.

  • Ezek 16:32
    72%

    32 You adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

  • Rom 7:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3 Consequently, while her husband is still alive, she would be called an adulteress if she joins herself to another man; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so she would not be an adulteress by becoming another man’s wife.

    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.

  • 1 Cor 3:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Prov 6:26
    71%

    26 For a prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man hunts a precious life.

  • Prov 6:32
    71%

    32 But a man who commits adultery has no sense; he destroys himself.

  • 1 Thess 4:3-5
    3 verses
    71%

    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.

  • 1 Cor 7:16
    71%

    16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

  • Luke 16:18
    71%

    18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

  • Ezek 16:35
    70%

    35 Therefore, O prostitute, hear the word of the LORD.

  • 1 Cor 12:12
    70%

    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 7:27
    69%

    27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

  • 2 Cor 11:2
    69%

    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.

  • Jer 3:1
    69%

    1 If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, should he take her back again? Wouldn't such a land become completely defiled? You have lived as a prostitute with many lovers—yet you want to return to me? declares the LORD.

  • 1 Cor 5:9
    69%

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

  • Rom 12:5
    69%

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

  • Rev 17:2
    69%

    2 With her, the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her immorality.

  • Rom 6:16
    69%

    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?

  • 1 Cor 12:14
    69%

    14 Indeed, the body is not one member but many.

  • 1 Cor 10:16
    69%

    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?