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Berean Standard Bible

“Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.”

1 Corinthians 6:18

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In this chapter Paul confronts sexual immorality in Corinth, where some argued that what the body does has no spiritual weight. He answers that the body belongs to the Lord and is meant for him, and will be raised.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

World English Bible (WEB)

Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

King James Version (KJV)

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

American Standard Version (ASV)

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

flee the whoredom; every sin -- whatever a man may commit -- is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body does sin.

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Huid la fornicación. Cualquier otro pecado que el hombre hiciere, fuera del cuerpo es; mas el que fornica, contra su propio cuerpo peca.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Por eso, precisamente, les digo que huyan de los pecados sexuales. Ningún otro tipo de pecado afecta al cuerpo como este. Cuando uno comete esos pecados, peca contra su propio cuerpo.

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