1 Corinthians 6:18 Cross References - JPS_ASV_Byz

¹⁸ Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body, but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

¹² that she caught him by his garment, saying: 'Lie with me.' And he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. ¹³ And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, ¹⁴ that she called unto the men of her house, and spoke unto them, saying: 'See, he hath brought in a Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice. ¹⁵ And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled, and got him out.' ¹⁶ And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home. ¹⁷ And she spoke unto him according to these words, saying: 'The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me. ¹⁸ And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled out.'

¹⁶ To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words; ¹⁷ That forsaketh the lord of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. ¹⁸ For her house sinketh down unto death, and her paths unto the shades; ¹⁹ None that go unto her return, neither do they attain unto the paths of life;

³ For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil; ⁴ But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. ⁵ Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on the nether-world; ⁶ Lest she should walk the even path of life, her ways wander, but she knoweth it not. ⁷ Now therefore, O ye children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth. ⁸ Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house; ⁹ Lest thou give thy vigour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel; ¹⁰ Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in the house of an alien; ¹¹ And thou moan, when thine end cometh, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, ¹² And say: 'How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; ¹³ Neither have I hearkened to the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! ¹⁴ I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.' ¹⁵ Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

²⁴ To keep thee from the evil woman, from the smoothness of the alien tongue. ²⁵ Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her captivate thee with her eyelids. ²⁶ For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a loaf of bread, but the adulteress hunteth for the precious life. ²⁷ Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? ²⁸ Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched? ²⁹ So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not go unpunished. ³⁰ Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; ³¹ But if he be found, he must restore sevenfold, he must give all the substance of his house. ³² He that committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding; he doeth it that would destroy his own soul.

⁵ That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words. ⁶ For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice; ⁷ And I beheld among the thoughtless ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, ⁸ Passing through the street near her corner, and he went the way to her house; ⁹ In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness. ¹⁰ And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart. ¹¹ She is riotous and rebellious, her feet abide not in her house; ¹² Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, and lieth in wait at every corner. ¹³ So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face she said unto him: ¹⁴ 'Sacrifices of peace-offerings were due from me; this day have I paid my vows. ¹⁵ Therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek thy face, and I have found thee. ¹⁶ I have decked my couch with coverlets, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt. ¹⁷ I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. ¹⁸ Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us solace ourselves with loves. ¹⁹ For my husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey; ²⁰ He hath taken the bag of money with him; he will come home at the full moon.' ²¹ With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield, with the blandishment of her lips she enticeth him away. ²² He goeth after her straightway, as an ox that goeth to the slaughter, or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool; ²³ Till an arrow strike through his liver; as a bird hasteneth to the snare - and knoweth not that it is at the cost of his life. ²⁴ Now therefore, O ye children, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth. ²⁵ Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. ²⁶ For she hath cast down many wounded; yea, a mighty host are all her slain. ²⁷ Her house is the way to the nether-world, going down to the chambers of death.

¹⁶ 'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; and as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him: ¹⁷ 'Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.' ¹⁸ But he knoweth not that the shades are there; that her guests are in the depths of the nether-world.

²⁴ Wherefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves:

¹² Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof: ¹³ neither present your members unto sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves unto God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

⁹ Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,

²¹ lest again when I come my God should humble me before you, and I should mourn for many of them that have sinned heretofore, and repented not of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they committed.

³ But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints,

⁵ Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry,

³ For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication,

⁵ not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God,

²² But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

⁴ Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

¹¹ Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul,