If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them shall bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.
1 Corinthians 6:18 - New Revised Standard Version Shun fornication! Every sin that a person commits is outside the body; but the fornicator sins against the body itself. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Shun immorality and all sexual looseness [flee from impurity in thought, word, or deed]. Any other sin which a man commits is one outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. American Standard Version (1901) Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. Common English Bible Avoid sexual immorality! Every sin that a person can do is committed outside the body, except those who engage in sexual immorality commit sin against their own bodies. Catholic Public Domain Version Flee from fornication. Every sin whatsoever that a man commits is outside of the body, but whoever fornicates, sins against his own body. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Fly fornication. Every sin that a man doth, is without the body; but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his own body. |
If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them shall bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.
Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the degrading of their bodies among themselves,
Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites,
I fear that when I come again, my God may humble me before you, and that I may have to mourn over many who previously sinned and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and licentiousness that they have practiced.
Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness,
But fornication and impurity of any kind, or greed, must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints.
Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from fornication;
Shun youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Let marriage be held in honor by all, and let the marriage bed be kept undefiled; for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.