1 Corinthians 6:18 Cross References - Coverdale

¹⁸ Fle whordome. All synnes yt a man doth, are without the body. But he that commytteth whordome, synneth agaynst his awne body.

¹² And she caught him by his garment, & sayde: Slepe with me. But he left the garment in hir hande, and fled, and gat him out of the house. ¹³ Now wha she sawe that he had left his garmet in hir hande, and fled out, ¹⁴ she called the folkes in the house, and sayde vnto the: Lo, he hath brought vs in the Hebrue, to do vs shame. He came in here vnto me, to slepe by me: but I cried with loude voyce. ¹⁵ And whan he herde that I made a noyse & cried, he left his garmet here by me, and fled, and ranne out. ¹⁶ And she layed vp his garmet by her, tyll his master came home, ¹⁷ and tolde him euen the same wordes, and sayde: The Hebrue seruaunt whom thou broughtest here vnto vs, came in here to me, for to do me shame. ¹⁸ But whan I made a noyse and cried, he left his garment here by me, and fled out.

¹⁶ That thou mayest be delyuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne: which geueth swete wordes, ¹⁷ forsaketh the hu?bande of hir youth, and forgetteth the couenaunt of hir God. ¹⁸ For hir house is enclyned vnto death, and hir pathes vnto hell. ¹⁹ All they that go in vnto her, come not agayne, nether take they holde of the waye of life.

³ For the lippes of an harlot are a droppinge hony combe, and hir throte is softer then oyle. ⁴ But at ye last she is as bitter as wormwod, and as sharpe as a two edged swerde. ⁵ Hir fete go downe vnto death, and hir steppes pearse thorow vnto hell. ⁶ She regardeth not the path of life, so vnstedfast are hir wayes, that thou canst not knowe them. ⁷ Heare me therfore (o my sonne) and departe not fro the wordes of my mouth. ⁸ Kepe thy waye farre from her, and come not nye ye dores of hir house. ⁹ That thou geue not thine honor vnto another, and thy yeares to the cruell. ¹⁰ That other men be not fylled with thy goodes, & that thy labours come not in a straunge house. ¹¹ Yee that thou mourne not at the last (when thou hast spent thy body and goodes) ¹² and then saye: Alas, why hated I nurtoure? why dyd my hert despyse correccion? ¹³ Wherfore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my teachers, & herkened not vnto them that infourmed me? ¹⁴ I am come almost in to all mysfortune, in the myddest of the multitude and congregacion. ¹⁵ Drinke of the water of thine owne well, and of the ryuers that runne out of thine owne spriges.

²⁴ that they maye kepe the fro the euell woman, & from the flaterynge tonge of the harlott: ²⁵ yt thou lust not after her beuty in thine herte, & lest thou be take wt hir fayre lokes. ²⁶ An harlot wil make a ma to begg his bred, but a maried woman wil hunt for ye precious life. ²⁷ Maye a man take fyre in his bosome, and his clothes not be brent? ²⁸ Or can one go vpon hote coales, and his fete not be hurte? ²⁹ Euen so, who so euer goeth in to his neghbours wife, and toucheth her, can not be vngiltie. ³⁰ Men do not vtterly despyse a thefe, that stealeth to satisfie his soule, when he is hongerie: ³¹ but yf he maye be gotten, he restoreth agayne seuen tymes asmoch, or els he maketh recompence with all the good of his house. ³² But who so comitteth aduoutrie with a woma, he is a foole, and bryngeth his life to destruccion.

⁵ that she maye kepe ye fro ye strauge woma, & fro ye harlot which geueth swete wordes. ⁶ For out of the wyndowe of my house I loked thorow the trelies, ⁷ & behelde the simple people: & amonge other yonge folkes I spyed one yonge foole ⁸ goinge ouer the stretes, by the corner in the waye towarde the harlottes house ⁹ in the twylight of of the euenynge, when it begane now to be night and darcke. ¹⁰ And beholde, there mett him a woma in an harlottes apparell ¹¹ (a disceatfull, waton & an vnstedfast woma: whose fete coude not abyde in ye house, ¹² now is she without, now i ye stretes, & lurketh i euery corner) ¹³ she caught ye yoge ma, kyssed him & was not ashamed, sayege: ¹⁴ I had a vowe to paye, & this daye I perfourme it. ¹⁵ Therfore came I forth to mete the, that I might seke thy face, and so I haue founde the. ¹⁶ I haue deckte my bed with coueringes & clothes of Egipte. ¹⁷ My bed haue I made to smell of Myrre, Aloes and Cynamom. ¹⁸ Come, let vs lye together, & take oure pleasure till it be daye light. ¹⁹ For the good man is not at home, he is gone farre of. ²⁰ He hath taken the bagg of moneye with him, who can tell whe he cometh home? ²¹ Thus with many swete wordes she ouercame him, and with hir flateringe lippes she wanne him. ²² Immediatly he foloweth her, as it were an oxeled to the slaughter (and like as it were to the stockes, where fooles are punyshed) ²³ so longe till she hath wounded his lyuer with hir darte: like as yf a byrde haisted to the snare, not knowinge that the parell of his life lyeth there vpo. ²⁴ Heare me now therfore (o my sonne) and marcke the wordes of my mouth. ²⁵ Let not thine herte wandre in hir wayes, & be not thou disceaued in hir pathes. ²⁶ For many one hath she wouded and cast downe, yee many a stronge ma hath she slayne. ²⁷ Hir house is the waye vnto hell, where men go downe to the chambers of death.

¹⁶ Who so is ignoraunt (sayeth she) let him come hither, and to the vnwyse she sayeth: ¹⁷ stollen waters are swete, & the bred that is preuely eaten, hath a good taist. ¹⁸ But they cosider not that death is there, and that hir gestes go downe to hell.

²⁴ Wherfore God likewyse gaue them vp vnto their hertes lustes in to vnclennes, to defyle their awne bodies in them selues,

¹² Let not synne reigne therfore in youre mortall bodye, that ye shulde obeye vnto the lustes of it. ¹³ ether geue ye ouer youre membres vnto synne to be wapens of vnrighteousnes, but geue ouer youre selues vnto God, as they that off deed are become lyuynge, and youre membres vnto God to be wapes off righteousnes.

⁹ Knowe ye not that ye vnrighteous shal not inheret the kyngdome of God? Be not disceaued. Nether whoremongers, ner worshippers off ymages, ner breakers off wedlocke, ner weaklinges, nether abusers of them selues with mankynde,

²¹ lest whan I come agayne, God bringe me lowe amoge you & lest I be constrayned to bewayle many of the yt haue synned before, & haue not repented ouer ye vnclennesse and whordome, and wantonnes, which they haue comytted.

³ As for whordome and all vnclennes, or couetousnes, let it not be named amoge you, as it becommeth sayntes:

⁵ Mortifye therfore youre mebres which are vpon earth, whordome, vnclennes, vnnaturall lust, euell concupiscece, and couetousnes, which is a worshippynge of Idols:

³ For this is the will of God, euen youre sanctifienge, that ye shulde absteyne from whordome,

⁵ & not in the lust of concupiscence, as the Heythen which knowe not God.

²² Fle thou the lustes of youth, but folowe righteousnes, faith, loue, peace, with all them that call vpon the LORDE with pure hert.

⁴ Let wedlocke be had in pryce in all poyntes, & let ye chamber be vndefyled. For whorekepers and aduouterers God wil iudge.

¹¹ Dearly beloued, I beseke you as straungers and pilgrems, absteyne fro the fleshly lustes, which fighte agaynst the soule,