1 Corinthians 6:15 BSB

1 Corinthians 6:15

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Tertullian

Against Marcion Book V (220)

In the body will He raise us, because the body is for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. And suitably does he add the question: "Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? " What has the heretic to say? That these members of Christ will not rise again, for they are no longer our own? "For," he says, "ye are bought with a price.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Know ye not that your bodies are the members, of Christ,.... The whole persons of God's elect were chosen in Christ, and given to him, and made one with him, their bodies as well as their souls; and both are redeemed by him, and, in union with him, are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones: shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Know ye not ... - This is the third argument against licentiousness. It is, that we as Christians are united to Christ (compare the notes at Joh 15:1 ff); and that it is abominable to take the members of Christ and subject them to pollution and sin. Christ was pure - wholly pure. We are professedly united to him. We are bound therefore to be pure, as he was. Shall that which is a part, as it were, of the pure and holy Saviour, be prostituted to impure and unholy embraces? God forbid! - See the note at Rom 3:

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Οὐκ	Ouk	Surely	G3756 →
οἴδατε	oidate	you know
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
σώματα	sōmata	bodies	G4983 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
μέλη	melē	members	G3196 →
Χριστοῦ	Christou	of Christ	G5547 →
ἐστιν;	estin	are?	G1510 →
ἄρας	aras	Having taken	G142 →
οὖν	oun	then	G3767 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
μέλη	melē	members	G3196 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
Χριστοῦ	Christou	Christ	G5547 →
ποιήσω	poiēsō	shall I make	G4160 →
πόρνης	pornēs	[them] of a prostitute	G4204 →
μέλη;	melē	members?	G3196 →
μὴ	mē	Never	G3361 →
γένοιτο.	genoito	would it be!	G1096 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ephesians 4:12
to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11–14
  Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
- Ephesians 4:16
  From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.
- 1 Corinthians 12:27
  Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.
Through
Colossians 2:19
He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:15–16
  Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
- John 15:4–6
  Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.
Through
Romans 12:5
so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 12:20
  As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
Through
Ephesians 5:30
For we are members of His body.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 12:12–27
  The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
- Romans 12:5
  so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Corinthians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Corinthians