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Berean Standard Bible

“Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!”

1 Corinthians 6:15

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Paul is confronting sexual immorality in the Corinthian church. He argues from the believers' union with Christ.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

World English Bible (WEB)

Don’t you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!

King James Version (KJV)

Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

American Standard Version (ASV)

Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take away the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Have you not known that your bodies are members of Christ? having taken, then, the members of the Christ, shall I make them members of an harlot? let it be not!

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

¿No sabéis que vuestros cuerpos son miembros de Cristo? ¿Quitaré pues los miembros de Cristo, y los haré miembros de una ramera? Lejos sea.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

¿No comprenden que sus cuerpos son miembros de Cristo? ¿Tomaremos un miembro de Cristo y lo uniremos a una prostituta? ¡Jamás!

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