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Do you notοὐκknowοἴδατεthatὅτιyourὑμῶνbodiesτὰ σώματαareἐστινmembersμέληof the Messiah?ΧριστοῦShall I thenοὖνtakeἄραςthe membersτὰ μέληof the Messiahτοῦ Χριστοῦand make themποιήσωmembersμέληof a prostitute?πόρνηςBy no means!μὴ γένοιτο
1 Corinthians 6:15
Study it in the app“Do you not know that your bodies are members of the Messiah? Shall I then take the members of the Messiah and make them members of a prostitute? By no means!”
The bodies of those who believe are members of the MessiahPurity
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 6:15, word by word
- knowοἴδατεoidate
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidate” appears- bodiesσώματαsōmata
body
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōmata” appears- areἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- membersμέληmelē
body member
Each believer, as part of the Messiah's body.
Where else “melē” appears- of the MessiahΧριστοῦChristou
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christou” appears- takeἄραςaras
pick up
To lift something from the ground or take it in one's hands.
Where else “aras” appears- and make themποιήσωpoiēsō
make into
To make someone into something: "I will make you fishers".
Where else “poiēsō” appears- of a prostituteπόρνηςpornēs
prostitute
Prostitute.
Where else “pornēs” appears- By no meansγένοιτοgenoito
be it so
"Let it be so"; or "by no means!".
Where else “genoito” appears
The context
14And God both raised the Lord and will raise up us through his power.
15 · This verse (above)
16Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For, it says, The two will become one flesh.