1 Corinthians 6:18 BSB

Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Φεύγετε	Pheugete	do flee	G5343 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
πορνείαν.	porneian	sexual immorality.	G4202 →
πᾶν	pan	Every	G3956 →
ἁμάρτημα	hamartēma	sin	G265 →
ὃ	ho	whatever	G3739 →
ἐὰν	ean	if	G1437 →
ποιήσῃ	poiēsē	shall do	G4160 →
ἄνθρωπος,	anthrōpos	a man,	G444 →
ἐκτὸς	ektos	outside	G1622 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
σώματός	sōmatos	body	G4983 →
ἐστιν·	estin	is;	G1510 →
ὁ	ho	the [one]	G3588 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
πορνεύων	porneuōn	sinning sexually	G4203 →
εἰς	eis	against	G1519 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
ἴδιον	idion	[their] own	G2398 →
σῶμα	sōma	body	G4983 →
ἁμαρτάνει.	hamartanei	sins.	G264 →

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

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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
Colossians 3:5
Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
leads to
- Romans 8:13
  For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Galatians 5:24
  Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Galatians 5:19–21
  The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
Through
2 Timothy 2:22
Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:11
  Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Peter 3:11
  He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
Through
1 Thessalonians 4:3
For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
leads to
- 1 Peter 4:2
  Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Romans 12:2
  Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of…
Through
1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
leads to
- 1 John 2:15–17
  Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.1 Thessalonians 4:3For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;Colossians 3:5Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.Romans 6:12–13Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.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 Corinthians 10:8We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.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,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.Galatians 5:19The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;1 Thessalonians 4:5not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;Proverbs 6:24–32to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.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.Proverbs 5:3–15Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,1 Corinthians 7:2But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.1 Timothy 6:11But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.Genesis 39:12–18She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.Proverbs 9:16–18“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

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