Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
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Gill's Exposition
Flee fornication,.... As that which is hurtful, scandalous, and unbecoming Christians; avoid it, and all the occasions of it, that may lead unto it, and be incentives of it:
every sin that a man…
Barnes' Notes
Flee fornication - A solemn command of God - as explicit as any that thundered from Mount Sinai. None can disregard it with impunity - none can violate it without being exposed to the awful vengeance…
Adam Clarke
Flee fornication - Abominate, detest, and escape from every kind of uncleanness. Some sins, or solicitations to sin, may be reasoned with; in the above cases, if you parley you are undone; reason not,…
The twelfth verse and former part of the thirteenth seem to relate to that early dispute among Christians about the distinction of meats, and yet to be prefatory to the caution that follows against…
Cambridge Bible
Every sin that a man doeth is without the body That is, every other sinful act which affects the body approaches it from without and affects particular members. But this sin takes the body itself as a…
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