1 Corinthians 6:17

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]

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.

Bible in Basic English
But he who is united to the Lord is one spirit.

Hebrew Names Version
But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.

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 Everything is permissible for me, but not everything is helpful. Everything is permissible for me, but I will not allow anything to control me.1 Corinthians 10:23;">[xr] ¹³ Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food, but God will put an end to both of them. The body is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.Matthew 15:17; Romans 14:17; 1 Corinthians 6:15,19-20; Ephesians 5:23; Colossians 2:22-23; 1Corinthians 2:15,19-20,1 Thessalonians 4:3,7;">[xr] ¹⁴ God raised the Lord, and by his power he will also raise us.Romans 6:5,8; 8:11; 2 Corinthians 4:14; Ephesians 1:19-20;">[xr] ¹⁵ You know that your bodies are parts of Christ, don't you? Should I take the parts of Christ and make them parts of a prostitute? Certainly not!Romans 12:5; 1 Corinthians 12:27; Ephesians 4:12,15-16; 5:30;">[xr] ¹⁶ You know that the person who unites himself with a prostitute becomes one body with her, don't you? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."Genesis 2:24">[fn]Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5; Ephesians 5:31;">[xr] ¹⁷ But the person who unites himself with the Lord becomes one spirit with him.John 17:21-23; Ephesians 4:4; 5:30;">[xr] ¹⁸ Keep on running away from sexual immorality. Any other sin that a person commits is outside his body, but the person who sins sexually sins against his own body.Romans 1:24; 6:12-13; 1 Thessalonians 4:4; Hebrews 13:4;">[xr] ¹⁹ You know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God, don't you? You do not belong to yourselves,Romans 14:7-8; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 2 Corinthians 6:16;">[xr] ²⁰ because you were bought for a price. Therefore, glorify God with your bodies.Acts 20:28; 1 Corinthians 7:23; Galatians 3:13; Hebrews 9:12; 1 Peter 1:18-19; 2 Peter 2:1; Revelation 5:9;">[xr]

Bible Verse Review
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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

Matthew 24:39
They were unaware of what was happeningof what was happening">[fn] until the flood came and swept all of them away. That's how it will be when the Son of Man comes.

Luke 17:27
PeopleThey">[fn] were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed all of them.

Romans 5:21
so that, just as sin ruled by bringing death,ruled in death">[fn] so also grace might rule by bringing justificationthrough justification">[fn] that results in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in union with Christ Jesus our Lord.Genesis 2:17; Romans 2:7; James 1:15; 1 Peter 1:4;">[xr]

Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, reverently prepared an ark to save his family, and by it he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.Genesis 6:13,22; Romans 3:22; 4:13; Philippians 3:9; 1 Peter 3:20;">[xr]

1 Peter 3:20
who disobeyed long ago in the days of Noah, when God waited patiently while the ark was being built. In it a few, that is, eight persons, were saved by water.Genesis 6:3,5, 13; 7:7; 8:18; Hebrews 11:7; 2 Peter 2:5;">[xr]

2 Peter 2:5
and if he did not spare the ancient world but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others when he brought the flood on the world of ungodly people;Genesis 7:1,7, 23; Hebrews 11:7; 1 Peter 3:19-20; 2 Peter 3:6;">[xr]

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!