1 Corinthians 6:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁶ Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Or do you not know and realize that when a man joins himself to a prostitute, he becomes one body with her? The two, it is written, shall become one flesh. [Gen. 2:24.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Don’t you know that anyone who is joined to someone who is sleeping around is one body with that person? The scripture says, “The two will become one flesh”.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And do you not know that whoever is joined to a harlot becomes one body? "For the two," he said, "shall be as one flesh."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Or know you not, that he who is joined to a harlot, is made one body? For they shall be, saith he, two in one flesh.

1 Corinthians 6:16 Cross References

Genesis 2:24

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Genesis 34:31

And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?

Genesis 38:15

When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; for she had covered her face.

Genesis 38:24

And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and moreover, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

Mark 10:8

and the twain shall become one flesh: so that they are no more twain, but one flesh.

1 Corinthians 6:3

Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more, things that pertain to this life?

Ephesians 5:31

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the twain shall become one flesh.

Hebrews 11:31

By faith Rahab the harlot perished not with them that were disobedient, having received the spies with peace.

Judges 16:1

And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.