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Sex Creates a "One Flesh" Union
Commentators explain that Paul quotes Genesis 2:24, which originally described the sacred bond of marriage. He applies this "one flesh" principle to sexual immorality to show that it is not a casual act. It creates a profound, one-body union, which in this case is a sinful perversion of the unity God intended for marriage.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 6:15–16
18th Century
Theologian
Do you not know, etc.? This is the third argument against licentiousness. It is that we, as Christians, are united to Christ (com…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 6:16
One body (εν σωμα). With the harlot. That union is for the harlot the same as with the wife. The words quoted from Ge 2:24 describ…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 6:16
19th Century
Bishop
What?—As if someone might question and resent the strength of the previous words, and wish them “watered down.” “Do you not know t…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 6:16
A further argument that the Christian’s body is for the Lord is that God’s people are members of his mystical body (cf. [Reference 1 Corinthians 12…
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 6:16
16th Century
Theologian
Know ye not that he that is joined to an harlot: He brings out more fully the greatness of the injury that is done to Christ by the man wh…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 6:16
17th Century
Pastor
What? know you not that he which is joined to an harlot ,
&c.] Not in marriage, but in carnal copulation, and unclea…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 6:12–20
17th Century
Minister
Some among the Corinthians seem to have been ready to say, All things are lawful for me. This dangerous notion St. Paul opposes. There is …