1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Wycliffe Bible

¹²All things be leaveful to me, but not all things be speedful. All things be leaveful to me, but I shall not be brought down under any man's power.

¹³Meat to the womb, and the womb to meats; and God shall destroy both this and that. And the body not to fornication, but to the Lord, and the Lord to the body.

¹⁴For God raised the Lord, and shall raise us by his virtue.

¹⁵Know ye not, that your bodies be members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and shall I make them the members of a whore? God forbid [Far be it].

¹⁶Whether ye know not, that he that cleaveth to a whore, is made one body? For he saith, There shall be twain in one flesh [There shall be two in one flesh].

¹⁷And he that cleaveth to the Lord, is one spirit.

¹⁸Flee ye fornication; all sin whatever sin a man doeth [all sin whatever a man shall do], is without the body; but he that doeth fornication, sinneth against his body.

¹⁹Whether ye know not, that your members be the temple of the Holy Ghost, that is in you, whom ye have of God, and ye be not your own?

²⁰For ye be bought with great price. Glorify ye, and bear ye God in your body.

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1 Corinthians 6:12-20

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Sexual Immorality

¹²“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial.^(A) “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. ¹³You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.”^(B) The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord,^(C) and the Lord for the body. ¹⁴By his power God raised the Lord from the dead,^(D) and he will raise us also.^(E) ¹⁵Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself?^(F) Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! ¹⁶Do 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]^(G) ¹⁷But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.^[b]^(H)

¹⁸Flee from sexual immorality.^(I) All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.^(J) ¹⁹Do you not know that your bodies are temples^(K) of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;^(L) ²⁰you were bought at a price.^(M) Therefore honor God with your bodies.^(N)