1 Corinthians 6:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.”
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“Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Corinthians 6:18 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 39:12She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
- Leviticus 15:18If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.
- Proverbs 2:16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
- Proverbs 5:3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
- Proverbs 6:24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
- Proverbs 7:5that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
- Proverbs 7:8crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,
- Proverbs 9:16“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
- Romans 1:24Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.
- Romans 6:12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
- 2 Corinthians 12:21I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.
- Ephesians 5:3But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.
- Colossians 3:5Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:3For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
- 1 Thessalonians 4:5not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
- 2 Timothy 2:22Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
- 1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
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