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1 Corinthians 6:16

Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”

1 Corinthians 6:16 BSB
  1. a Genesis 2:24 (see also LXX)

1 Corinthians 6:16 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 2:24 (19 votes) and Ephesians 5:31 (13 votes). 21 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Genesis 2 to Revelation 2.

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Which verses does 1 Corinthians 6:16 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Genesis 2:2419 votes

    For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

  2. Ephesians 5:3113 votes

    “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

  3. Mark 10:810 votes

    and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

  4. Matthew 19:5–68 votes

    and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”

  5. Matthew 21:31–324 votes

    Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you. For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.

  6. Genesis 34:313 votes

    But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”

  7. Genesis 38:243 votes

    About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”

  8. Judges 16:13 votes

    One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.

  9. Hebrews 11:313 votes

    By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.

  10. Genesis 38:152 votes

    When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.

Which verses point to 1 Corinthians 6:16?

The 10 strongest of 21.