Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! New Living Translation Don’t you realize that your bodies are actually parts of Christ? Should a man take his body, which is part of Christ, and join it to a prostitute? Never! English Standard Version Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! Berean Study Bible 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! Berean Literal Bible Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Having taken then the members of the Christ, shall I make them members of a prostitute? Never may it be! King James Bible 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. New King James Version Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! New American Standard Bible Do you not know that your bodies are parts of Christ? Shall I then take away the parts of Christ and make them parts of a prostitute? Far from it! NASB 1995 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take away the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be! NASB 1977 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take away the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? May it never be! Amplified Bible Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Am I therefore to take the members of Christ and make them part of a prostitute? Certainly not! Christian Standard Bible Don’t you know that your bodies are a part of Christ’s body? So should I take a part of Christ’s body and make it part of a prostitute? Absolutely not! Holman Christian Standard Bible Don't you know that your bodies are a part of Christ's body? So should I take a part of Christ's body and make it part of a prostitute? Absolutely not! American Standard Version 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. Contemporary English Version Don't you know that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? Is it right for me to join part of the body of Christ to a prostitute? No, it isn't! Douay-Rheims Bible Know you 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. English Revised Version 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. Good News Translation You know that your bodies are parts of the body of Christ. Shall I take a part of Christ's body and make it part of the body of a prostitute? Impossible! GOD'S WORD® Translation Don't you realize that your bodies are parts of Christ's body? Should I take the parts of Christ's body and make them parts of a prostitute's body? That's unthinkable! International Standard Version You know that your bodies belong to the Messiah, don't you? Should I take what belongs to the Messiah and unite them with a prostitute? Certainly not! Literal Standard Version Have you not known that your bodies are members of Christ? Having taken, then, the members of the Christ, will I make [them] members of a prostitute? Let it not be! NET Bible Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Should I take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! New Heart English Bible Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Should I then take the members of Christ, and make them members of a prostitute? Absolutely not. Weymouth New Testament Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take away the members of Christ and make them the members of a prostitute? No, indeed. World English Bible Don't you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be! Young's Literal Translation Have ye not known that your bodies are members of Christ? having taken, then, the members of the Christ, shall I make them members of an harlot? let it be not! Additional Translations ... Study Bible Members of Christ…14By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also. 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! 16Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”… Cross References Luke 20:16 He will come and kill those tenants, and will give the vineyard to others." And when the people heard this, they said, "May such a thing never happen!" Romans 12:5 so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another. 1 Corinthians 6:3 Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life! 1 Corinthians 6:13 "Food for the stomach and the stomach for food," but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 1 Corinthians 6:17 But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit. 1 Corinthians 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it. Ephesians 5:30 For we are members of His body. Treasury of Scripture Know you 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. your. 1 Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 1 Corinthians 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. 1 Corinthians 12:27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. God. Genesis 44:17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. Luke 20:16 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid. Romans 3:3,4,6,31 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? … (15) Shall I then . . .?--Having shown the great dignity which attaches to our bodies as immortal members of Christ, the Apostle asks with indignant emphasis, "Shall I take them out from that high and holy membership, and make them members of an harlot?" The double act of taking them away from their glorious union with Christ, and joining them to a base body, is implied in the Greek.Verse 15. - Members of Christ. We find the same metaphor in 1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 5:30. The Church is often alluded to as "the body of Christ" (Ephesians 1:23; Colossians 1:18; Colossians 2:19, etc.). Elsewhere the union between Christ and Christians is described by the metaphor of a tree and its branches; a building and the stones of which it is composed (Ephesians 2:21, 22). God forbid. An admirable idiom to express the real force of the original, which means, "May it never be!" (for the rationale of the Greek phrase, I may refer to my 'Brief Greek Syntax,' p. 135). It occurs in Romans 3:4, 6, 31; Romans 6:15; Romans 7:7, 13; Romans 9:14; Romans 11:1, 11; Galatians 2:17; Galatians 3:21. The formula, which involves the indignant rejection of some false conclusion, is characteristic of the second group of St. Paul's Epistles, but especially (as will be seen) of the Epistle to the Romans. Parallel Commentaries ... Lexicon Do you not knowοἴδατε (oidate) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's Greek 1492: To know, remember, appreciate. that ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. your ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. bodies σώματα (sōmata) Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural Strong's Greek 4983: Body, flesh; the body of the Church. From sozo; the body, used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively. are ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. members μέλη (melē) Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural Strong's Greek 3196: A bodily organ, limb, member. Of uncertain affinity; a limb or part of the body. of Christ? Χριστοῦ (Christou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. Shall I then take ἄρας (aras) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 142: To raise, lift up, take away, remove. the τὰ (ta) Article - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. members μέλη (melē) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's Greek 3196: A bodily organ, limb, member. Of uncertain affinity; a limb or part of the body. of Christ Χριστοῦ (Christou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. and unite [them] ποιήσω (poiēsō) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. with a prostitute? πόρνης (pornēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's Greek 4204: A prostitute; met: an idolatrous community. Feminine of pornos; a strumpet; figuratively, an idolater. Never! γένοιτο (genoito) Verb - Aorist Optative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. Jump to Previous Bodies Body Christ Far Forbid Harlot Indeed Loose Means Members Part Prostitute Thought UniteJump to Next Bodies Body Christ Far Forbid Harlot Indeed Loose Means Members Part Prostitute Thought UniteLinks 1 Corinthians 6:15 NIV1 Corinthians 6:15 NLT 1 Corinthians 6:15 ESV 1 Corinthians 6:15 NASB 1 Corinthians 6:15 KJV 1 Corinthians 6:15 BibleApps.com 1 Corinthians 6:15 Biblia Paralela 1 Corinthians 6:15 Chinese Bible 1 Corinthians 6:15 French Bible 1 Corinthians 6:15 Clyx Quotations NT Letters: 1 Corinthians 6:15 Don't you know that your bodies (1 Cor. 1C iC 1Cor i cor icor) |
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