Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. — The imperative pheugete (flee) is unusual in Paul—he elsewhere counsels standing firm. Sexual immorality is exceptional in its direct violation of bodily integrity. The statement that other sins are 'outside the body' (exō tou sōmatos) is often misinterpreted; Paul likely means sexual sin uniquely violates one's own body as sacred space. The violation is not merely external but profoundly self-harm.

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