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1 Corinthians 6:18

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Flee immorality. Every [other] sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Flee lewdness. Every sin that a man doeth, is without the body; but he that committeth lewdness, sinneth against his own body.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Flee fornication. Every sin which a man may practise is without the body, but he that commits fornication sins against his own body.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Flee fornication! Every sin, whatsoever a man shall commit, is, outside his body, but, he that committeth fornication, bringeth sin into his own body.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— flee the whoredom; every sin—whatever a man may commit—is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Fly fornication. Every sin that a man doth is without the body: but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Flee fornication: euery sinne that a man doeth, is without the bodie: but hee that committeth fornication, sinneth against his owne bodie.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Flee fornication: Euery sinne that a man doeth, is without the body: but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his owne body.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Keep away from fornication. Every sin that a man commits is outside his body; but he who commits adultery sins against his own body.
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— Flee from fornication: for every sin which a man committeth is without his body; but he who committeth fornication against his own body sinneth.
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— Flee whoredom. For every [other] sin which a man committeth, is external to his body; but he that committeth whoredom, sinneth against his own body.

Strong's Numbers & Red-LettersGreek New TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Flee 5343
{5343} Prime
φεύγω
pheugo
{fyoo'-go}
Apparently a primary verb; to run away (literally or figuratively); by implication to shun; by analogy to vanish.
z5720
<5720> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Imperative (See G5794)
Count - 592
fornication. 4202
{4202} Prime
πορνεία
porneia
{por-ni'-ah}
From G4203; harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively idolatry.
Every 3956
{3956} Prime
πᾶς
pas
{pas}
Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.
sin 265
{0265} Prime
ἁμάρτημα
hamartema
{ham-ar'-tay-mah}
From G0264; a sin (properly concrete).
that 3739
{3739} Prime
ὅς
hos
{hos}
Probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article G3588); the relative (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that.
y1437
[1437] Standard
ἐάν
ean
{eh-an'}
From G1487 and G0302; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty.
a man 444
{0444} Prime
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
{anth'-ro-pos}
From G0435 and ὤψ [[ops]] (the countenance; from G3700); manfaced, that is, a human being.
doeth 4160
{4160} Prime
ποιέω
poieo
{poy-eh'-o}
Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct).
z5661
<5661> Grammar
Tense - Aorist (See G5777)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Subjunctive (See G5792)
Count - 512
x1437
(1437) Complement
ἐάν
ean
{eh-an'}
From G1487 and G0302; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty.
is 2076
{2076} Prime
ἐστί
esti
{es-tee'}
Third person singular present indicative of G1510; he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are.
z5748
<5748> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - No Voice Stated (See G5799)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 1612
without 1622
{1622} Prime
ἐκτός
ektos
{ek-tos'}
From G1537; the exterior; figuratively (as a preposition) aside from, besides.
the x3588
(3588) Complement

ho
{ho}
The masculine, feminine (second) and neuter (third) forms, in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom).
body; 4983
{4983} Prime
σῶμα
soma
{so'-mah}
From G4982; the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively.
but 1161
{1161} Prime
δέ
de
{deh}
A primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.
he that committeth fornication 4203
{4203} Prime
πορνεύω
porneuo
{porn-yoo'-o}
From G4204; to act the harlot, that is, (literally) indulge unlawful lust (of either sex), or (figuratively) practise idolatry.
z5723
<5723> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Participle (See G5796)
Count - 2549
sinneth 264
{0264} Prime
ἁμαρτάνω
hamartano
{ham-ar-tan'-o}
Perhaps from G0001 (as a negative particle) and the base of G3313; properly to miss the mark (and so not share in the prize), that is, (figuratively) to err, especially (morally) to sin.
z5719
<5719> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 3019
against 1519
{1519} Prime
εἰς
eis
{ice}
A primary preposition; to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases.
his own 2398
{2398} Prime
ἴδιος
idios
{id'-ee-os}
Of uncertain affinity; pertaining to self, that is, one's own; by implication private or separate.
body. 4983
{4983} Prime
σῶμα
soma
{so'-mah}
From G4982; the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

1 Corinthians 6:18

_ _ Flee — The only safety in such temptations is flight (Genesis 39:12; Job 31:1).

_ _ Every sin — The Greek is forcible. “Every sin whatsoever that a man doeth.” Every other sin; even gluttony, drunkenness, and self-murder are “without,” that is, comparatively external to the body (Mark 7:18; compare Proverbs 6:30-32). He certainly injures, but he does not alienate the body itself; the sin is not terminated in the body; he rather sins against the perishing accidents of the body (as the “belly,” and the body’s present temporary organization), and against the soul than against the body in its permanent essence, designed “for the Lord.” “But” the fornicator alienates that body which is the Lord’s, and makes it one with a harlot’s body, and so “sinneth against his own body,” that is, against the verity and nature of his body; not a mere effect on the body from without, but a contradiction of the truth of the body, wrought within itself [Alford].

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on 1 Corinthians 6:12-20.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Corinthians 6:18

Flee fornication — All unlawful commerce with women, with speed, with abhorrence, with all your might. Every sin that a man commits against his neighbour terminates upon an object out of himself, and does not so immediately pollute his body, though it does his soul. But he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his own body — Pollutes, dishonours, and degrades it to a level with brute beasts.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

1 Corinthians 6:18

(13) Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

(13) Another argument why fornication is to be avoided, because it defiles the body with a peculiar type of filthiness.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
Flee:

Genesis 39:12-18 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. ... And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.
Proverbs 2:16-19 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words; ... None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
Proverbs 5:3-15 For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil: ... Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Proverbs 6:24-32 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. ... [But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Proverbs 7:5-23 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words. ... Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.
Proverbs 7:24-27 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. ... Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Proverbs 9:16-18 Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, ... But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.
Romans 6:12-13 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. ... Neither yield ye your members [as] instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God.
2 Timothy 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Hebrews 13:4 Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
1 Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

sinneth:

Romans 1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
1 Thessalonians 4:5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
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Gn 39:12. Pv 2:16; 5:3; 6:24; 7:5, 24; 9:16. Ro 1:24; 6:12. 1Th 4:5. 2Ti 2:22. He 13:4. 1P 2:11.

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