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1 Corinthians 6:17

But he who is united to the Lord is one spirit.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adultery;   Chastity;   Fellowship;   Lasciviousness;   Righteous;   Thompson Chain Reference - Government;   The Topic Concordance - Body;   Communion;   Sexual Activities;   Whoredom;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Chastity;   Union with Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Adultery;   Body;   Corinth;   Fornication;   Marriage;   Prostitution;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Christians, Names of;   Corinthians, First and Second, Theology of;   Holy, Holiness;   Paul the Apostle;   Prostitution;   Union with Christ;   Worship;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Church;   Union to Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Adultery;   Athaliah;   Concubine;   Harlot;   Idol;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Body;   Body of Christ;   Church;   Fertility Cult;   Fornication;   Immorality;   Marriage;   People of God;   Philosophy in the New Testament;   Prostitution;   1 Corinthians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Corinthians, First Epistle to the;   Marriage;   Paul the Apostle;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Abstinence;   Commandment;   Fornication ;   Impotence;   Justification;   Man;   Marriage;   Quotations;   Union with God;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jude, the Epistle of;   Regeneration;   Text and Manuscripts of the New Testament;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for September 21;   Every Day Light - Devotion for May 31;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But anyone joined to the Lord is one spirit with him.
King James Version (1611)
But hee that is ioyned vnto the Lord, is one spirit.
King James Version
But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
English Standard Version
But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.
New American Standard Bible
But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
New Century Version
But the one who joins with the Lord is one spirit with the Lord.
Amplified Bible
But the one who is united and joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
Legacy Standard Bible
But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
Berean Standard Bible
But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.
Contemporary English Version
But anyone who is joined to the Lord is one in spirit with him.
Complete Jewish Bible
but the person who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.
Darby Translation
But he that [is] joined to the Lord is one Spirit.
Easy-to-Read Version
But anyone who is joined with the Lord is one with him in spirit.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But hee that is ioyned vnto the Lorde, is one spirite.
George Lamsa Translation
But he who unites himself with our LORD becomes one with him in spirit.
Good News Translation
But he who joins himself to the Lord becomes spiritually one with him.
Lexham English Bible
But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with him.
Literal Translation
But the one being joined to the Lord is one spirit.
American Standard Version
But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
Hebrew Names Version
But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.
International Standard Version
But the person who unites himself with the Lord becomes one spirit with him.John 17:21-23; Ephesians 4:4; 5:30;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
But, he who attacheth to our Lord is with him one spirit.
Murdock Translation
But he that joineth himself to our Lord, is with him one spirit.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But he that is ioyned vnto the Lord is one spirite.
English Revised Version
But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
World English Bible
But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But he that is joined to the Lord is one Spirit.
Weymouth's New Testament
But he who is in union with the Master is one with Him in spirit.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he that cleueth to the Lord, is o spirit.
Update Bible Version
But he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit.
Webster's Bible Translation
But he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit.
New English Translation
But the one united with the Lord is one spirit with him.
New King James Version
But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
New Living Translation
But the person who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him.
New Life Bible
But if you join yourself to the Lord, you are one with Him in spirit.
New Revised Standard
But anyone united to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, he that joineth himself unto the Lord, is, one Spirit.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.
Revised Standard Version
But he who is united to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But he that is ioyned vnto the Lorde is one sprete.
Young's Literal Translation
And he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But he that cleueth vnto the LORDE, is one sprete.
Mace New Testament (1729)
but he that is attach'd to the Lord, is united to him by one and the same spirit.
Simplified Cowboy Version
But the one who rides with the Lord is one with him.

Contextual Overview

12 I am free to do all things; but not all things are wise. I am free to do all things; but I will not let myself come under the power of any. 13 Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body: 14 And God who made the Lord Jesus come back from the dead will do the same for us by his power. 15 Do you not see that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? how then may I take what is a part of the body of Christ and make it a part of the body of a loose woman? such a thing may not be. 16 Or do you not see that he who is joined to a loose woman is one body with her? for God has said, The two of them will become one flesh. 17 But he who is united to the Lord is one spirit. 18 Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body. 19 Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves; 20 For a payment has been made for you: let God be honoured in your body.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Corinthians 12:13, John 3:6, John 17:21-23, Ephesians 4:3, Ephesians 4:4, Ephesians 5:30, Philippians 2:5

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:24 - and they shall be one flesh Deuteronomy 13:4 - and cleave Psalms 86:11 - unite Isaiah 56:3 - joined 1 Corinthians 1:1 - through

Cross-References

Genesis 2:7
And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.
Genesis 6:3
And the Lord said, My spirit will not be in man for ever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will be a hundred and twenty years.
Genesis 6:4
There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.
Genesis 6:7
And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.
Genesis 6:12
And God, looking on the earth, saw that it was evil: for the way of all flesh had become evil on the earth.
Genesis 6:13
And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.
Genesis 6:14
Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood with rooms in it, and make it safe from the water inside and out.
Genesis 6:20
Two of every sort of bird and cattle and of every sort of living thing which goes on the earth will you take with you to keep them from destruction.
Genesis 6:21
And make a store of every sort of food for yourself and them.
Genesis 6:22
And all these things Noah did; as God said, so he did.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He that is joined unto the Lord,.... As every elect person is; his whole person, soul and body, is united to the Lord Jesus Christ, to his whole person, as God-man and Mediator; even as Adam and Eve, whose marriage was a representation of the marriage between Christ and his church, were personally united, and were called by the same name; and as the whole human nature of Christ, consisting of a true body and a reasonable soul, was united to the person of the Son of God; and as appears from the influence that union with Christ has upon the redemption, sanctification, and resurrection of the body. The ground, foundation, and bond of which union is, not the Spirit on Christ's part; for the Spirit being received as a spirit of regeneration, sanctification, c. is a fruit of union to Christ, and an evidence of it nor faith on our part, which as a grace is not ours, but the gift of God, and is a fruit of union; nor is it of an uniting nature, but is a grace of communion; and the foundation of all its acts, as seeing Christ, going to him, receiving of him, walking on in him; c. is a previous union to Christ but it is the everlasting and unchangeable love of Christ to them, shown in his choice of them, in his covenant with his Father on their behalf, in his engaging for them as a surety, in assuming their nature, and acting, both in time and eternity, as the representative of them, which is the bond and cement of their union, and from which there can be no separation. This union is first discovered in the effectual calling, and will be more manifest hereafter. Now he that is in this sense united to Christ,

is one spirit; for this union is a spiritual one; it is complete and perfect; near and indissoluble; by virtue and in consequence of it, God's chosen ones come to have and enjoy the same spirit in measure, which Christ their head and Mediator has without measure: hence they have the Spirit of God, as a spirit of illumination and conversion, of faith and holiness, of adoption, and as the earnest, pledge, and seal of their future glory. And since so it is, fornication, which makes them one flesh with an harlot, ought studiously to be abstained from.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But he that is joined to the Lord - The true Christian, united by faith to the Lord Jesus; see John 15:1 ff.

Is one spirit - That is, in a sense similar to that in which a man and his wife are one body. It is not to be taken literally; but the sense is, that there is a close and intimate union; they are united in feeling, spirit, intention, disposition. The argument is beautiful. It is, “As the union of souls is more important than that of bodies; as that union is more lasting, dear, and enduring than any union of body with body can be, and as our union with him is with a Spirit pure and holy, it is improper that we should sever that tie, and break that sacred bond, by being joined to a harlot. The union with Christ is more intimate, entire, and pure than that can be between a man and woman; and that union should be regarded as sacred and inviolable.” O, if all Christians felt and regarded this as they should, how would they shrink from the connections which they often form on earth! Compare Ephesians 4:4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 17. Is one spirit. — He who is united to God, by faith in Christ Jesus, receives his Spirit, and becomes a partaker of the Divine nature. Who can change such a relationship for communion with a harlot; or for any kind of sensual gratification? He who can must be far and deeply fallen!


 
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