Reference

1 Corinthians 6:16

What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
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And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.

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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.

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What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

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But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

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

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

One People of God

The verse 1 Corinthians 6:16 is explicitly discussing sexual union and its implications for the believer's body as a temple of the Holy Spirit, contrasting it with union with Christ. The phrase "one flesh" is directly quoted from Genesis 2:24, which describes the marital union between a man and a woman. There is no contextual indication within 1 Corinthians 6:16 or its immediate surrounding verses (6:15-20) that it is addressing the unity of believing Jews and Gentiles as "one people of God." Th