KJV: 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.
YLT: Have ye not known that your bodies are members of Christ? having taken, then, the members of the Christ, shall I make them members of an harlot? let it be not!
Darby: Do ye not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then, taking the members of the Christ, make them members of a harlot? Far be the thought.
ASV: Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take away the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid.
οἴδατε | know you |
Parse: Verb, Perfect Indicative Active, 2nd Person Plural Root: οἶδα Sense: to see. |
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ὅτι | that |
Parse: Conjunction Root: ὅτι Sense: that, because, since. |
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σώματα | bodies |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Plural Root: σῶμα Sense: the body both of men or animals. |
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ὑμῶν | of you |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 2nd Person Plural Root: σύ Sense: you. |
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μέλη | members |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Plural Root: μέλος Sense: a member, limb: a member of the human body. |
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Χριστοῦ | of Christ |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: Χριστός Sense: Christ was the Messiah, the Son of God. |
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ἄρας | Having taken |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: αἴρω Sense: to raise up, elevate, lift up. |
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μέλη | members |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: μέλος Sense: a member, limb: a member of the human body. |
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τοῦ | of the |
Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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Χριστοῦ | Christ |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: Χριστός Sense: Christ was the Messiah, the Son of God. |
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ποιήσω | shall I make |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Subjunctive Active, 1st Person Singular Root: ποιέω Sense: to make. |
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πόρνης | [them] of a prostitute |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: πόρνη Sense: a woman who sells her body for sexual uses. |
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μὴ | Never |
Parse: Adverb Root: μή Sense: no, not lest. |
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γένοιτο | may it be |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Optative Middle, 3rd Person Singular Root: γίνομαι Sense: to become, i. |
Greek Commentary for 1 Corinthians 6:15
Old word for limbs, members. Even the Stoics held the body to be common with the animals (Epictetus, Diss. l. iii. 1) and only the reason like the gods. Without doubt some forms of modern evolution have contributed to the licentious views of animalistic sex indulgence, though the best teachers of biology show that in the higher animals monogamy is the rule. The body is not only adapted for Christ (1 Corinthians 6:13), but it is a part of Christ, in vital union with him. Paul will make much use of this figure further on (12:12-31; Ephesians 4:11-16; Ephesians 5:30). [source]
First aorist active participle of αιρω airō old verb to snatch, carry off like Latin rapio (our rape). Make (ποιησω poiēsō). Can be either future active indicative or first aorist active subjunctive (deliberative). Either makes good sense. The horror of deliberately taking “members of Christ” and making them “members of a harlot” in an actual union staggers Paul and should stagger us. God forbid Optative second aorist in a negative wish for the future. May it not happen! The word “God” is not here. The idiom is common in Epictetus though rare in the lxx. Paul has it thirteen times and Luke once (Luke 20:16). [source]
Can be either future active indicative or first aorist active subjunctive (deliberative). Either makes good sense. The horror of deliberately taking “members of Christ” and making them “members of a harlot” in an actual union staggers Paul and should stagger us. [source]
Optative second aorist in a negative wish for the future. May it not happen! The word “God” is not here. The idiom is common in Epictetus though rare in the lxx. Paul has it thirteen times and Luke once (Luke 20:16). [source]
The word “God” is not here. The idiom is common in Epictetus though rare in the lxx. Paul has it thirteen times and Luke once (Luke 20:16). [source]
The body is not only for the Lord (1 Corinthians 6:13), adapted for Him: it is also united with Him. See Ephesians 4:16. [source]
The union of man and woman, whether lawful or unlawful, confers a double personality. Fornication effects this result in an immoral way. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for 1 Corinthians 6:15
The besetting sin of Corinth. Hence the numerous solemn and emphatic allusions to it in this epistle. See 1 Corinthians 5:11; 1 Corinthians 6:15-18; 1 Corinthians 10:8. [source]
The forming of Christ in them, their attainment of the complete inner life of Christians, is the object of the new birth. By their relapse they have retarded this result and renewed Paul's spiritual travail. The verb μορφοῦν N.T.oThe idea under different aspects is common. See Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:16; 1 Corinthians 6:15; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 3:17; Colossians 1:27. [source]