'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.' — Paul cites Genesis 2:24, the foundational text on marital union. The quotation establishes that sexual union creates a one-flesh reality, a permanent existential bond. By applying this to illicit sexual relations, Paul implies that sexual immorality creates an unintended but real bodily union with a prostitute—an anti-marriage, an anti-covenant bond that contradicts the believer's primary covenant with Christ.

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