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Flee sexual immorality. "Every sin that a man does is outside the body," but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
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Flee, Don't Fight
Commentators stress the urgency of Paul's command to "Flee fornication." Unlike other sins that can be resisted, scholars like Albert Barnes and Matthew Henry note that sexual sin is best conquered by immediate flight. They argue that even reasoning about it or entertaining the thought can be polluting and dangerous. The only safe path is to retreat without hesitation.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Flee fornication. A solemn command of God—as explicit as any that thundered from Mount Sinai. None can disregard it with impunity—none can…
Flee (φευγετε). Present imperative. Have the habit of fleeing without delay or parley. Note abruptness of the asyndeton with no co…
19th Century
Anglican
Flee fornication.—These last three verses of the chapter contain a solemn exhortation to purity, arising from the previous argument.
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Those who commit sexual immorality sin against their own body—that is, by weakening and perverting the very life process, as well as human characte…
16th Century
Protestant
Flee fornication. Every sin, etc. Having set before us honorable conduct, he now shows how much we ought to abhor fornication…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Flee fornication As that which is hurtful, scandalous, and unbecoming Christians; avoid it, and all the occasions of…
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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 …
13th Century
Catholic
After rebuking the Corinthians about lawsuits, the Apostle now returns to condemn the sin of sexual immorality, which he mentioned in [Reference 1 …
