1 Corinthians 6:15
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.
Context
This verse from 1 Corinthians Chapter 6 connects to 10 cross-references. The Corinthians are taking one another to court before unbelievers — why not rather be wronged? Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? 'All things are lawful for me but not all things …
Other Translations
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.
Have ye not known that your bodies are members of Christ? having taken, then, the members of the Christ, shall I make <FI>them<Fi> members of an harlot? let it be not!
Do you not see that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? how then may I take what is a part of the body of Christ and make it a part of the body of a loose woman? such a thing may not be.
Cross References
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
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He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they …
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But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the …
And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, …
For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.