1 CORINTHIANS 6:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.”
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.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 6:18
“Flee fornication.” He said not, “abstain from fornication,” but “Flee:” that is, with all zeal make to yourselves deliverance from that evil. “Every sin that a man does is without the body; but he that commits fornication sins against his own body.” This is less than what went before; but since he had to speak of fornicators, he amplifies that guilt by topics drawn from all quarters, from greater things and smaller alike, making the charge heinous. And, in fact, that former…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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