1 Corinthians Chapter 6, Verse 15
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15: ουκ οιδατε οτι τα σωματα υμων μελη χριστου εστιν αρας ουν τα μελη του χριστου ποιησω πορνης μελη μη γενοιτο
15: 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.
15: Know you 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!
Know ye not, etc. This is the third argument against licentiousness. It is, that we, as Christians, are united to Christ, (comp. See "Jn 15:1, etc.;) and that it is abominable to take the members of Christ, and subject them to pollution and sin. Christ was pure, wholly pure. We are professedly united to him. We are bound therefore to be pure, as he was. Shall that which is a part, as it were, of the pure and holy Saviour, be prostituted to impure and unholy embraces?
God forbid. See "Rom 3:4". This expresses the deep abhorrence of the apostle at the thought. It needed not argument to show it. The whole world revolted at the idea; and language could scarcely express the abomination of the very thought.
