# 1 Corinthians 6.19 **Book:** [1 Corinthians](/codex/1-corinthians/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 17. But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 18. Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. > > **19. Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;** > > 20. for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body. (1 Corinthians 6:17-20, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 17. But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit. 18. Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. > > **19. Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,** > > 20. for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. (1 Corinthians 6:17-20, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 17. But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 18. Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. > > **19. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?** > > 20. For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. (1 Corinthians 6:17-20, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 17. And he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit; 18. flee the whoredom; every sin, whatever a man may commit, is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin. > > **19. Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own,** > > 20. for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's. (1 Corinthians 6:17-20, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** Paul the Apostle - **Audience:** Christian believers in Corinth - **Location:** composed in Ephesus; addressed to Corinth - **Time period:** composed c. AD 55-56 ## Theological reading ## Key words - [G2316 - theos](/codex/g2316-theos/), *theos* (Strong's G2316). Also appears in: [Matthew 1.23](/codex/matthew-1-23/), [Matthew 3.16](/codex/matthew-3-16/), [Matthew 5.9](/codex/matthew-5-9/). - [G4151 - pneuma](/codex/g4151-pneuma/), *pneuma* (Strong's G4151). Also appears in: [Matthew 1.18](/codex/matthew-1-18/), [Matthew 1.20](/codex/matthew-1-20/), [Matthew 3.16](/codex/matthew-3-16/). - [G4983 - soma](/codex/g4983-soma/), *soma* (Strong's G4983). Also appears in: [Matthew 6.25-26](/codex/matthew-6-25-26/), [Matthew 10.28](/codex/matthew-10-28/), [Matthew 27.59-60](/codex/matthew-27-59-60/). ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses. ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Argument from the Holy-Place Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-holy-place-convergence/) - [Argument from the Universal Burial Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-universal-burial-convergence/), via [1 Corinthians 6.19-20](/codex/1-corinthians-6-19-20/) - [Biblical Sexual Ethics Objection Defeater](/codex/biblical-sexual-ethics-objection-defeater/), via [1 Corinthians 6.15-20](/codex/1-corinthians-6-15-20/) **Concepts:** - [Biblical Stewardship](/codex/biblical-stewardship/), via [1 Corinthians 6.18-20](/codex/1-corinthians-6-18-20/), [1 Corinthians 6.19-20](/codex/1-corinthians-6-19-20/) - [Paraclete, Identity and Recipients](/codex/paraclete-identity-and-recipients/) - [Pentecost](/codex/acts-2/) - [Pneumatology](/codex/pneumatology/) - [Redemption](/codex/g0629-apolytrosis/), via [1 Corinthians 6.19-20](/codex/1-corinthians-6-19-20/) - [Spiritual Warfare](/codex/spiritual-warfare/), via [1 Corinthians 6.16-20](/codex/1-corinthians-6-16-20/) **People:** - [Solomon](/codex/solomon/) **Lexicon:** - [G4983 - soma](/codex/g4983-soma/), via [1 Corinthians 6.13-20](/codex/1-corinthians-6-13-20/), [1 Corinthians 6.19-20](/codex/1-corinthians-6-19-20/)