In verse 13 Paul stressed that the body is meant for the Lord and the Lord for the body, so here in 6:17 the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit. Just as he countered the hedonism and destructive eschatology of the Corinthians in 1 Corinthians 6:14, so in verse 17 he counters the fallacy of a Christian joining himself to a prostitute. Indeed, he quotes Genesis 2:24 to make his point. 14 Most translations have something similar to “is one with her in body,” but Paul is more direct-there are no longer two but one. themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the. 13 The Greek text is more direct and powerful than usually comes across in English translation-“Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body?” (verse 16, NASB). The great truth he expounds is that sexual intercourse produces oneness of body. In 1 Corinthians 6:16, 17 he turns the argument around, with another “Don’t you know” statement, this time starting with union to a prostitute. 10 Because a person exists only in a body, the resurrection is a necessity, and immorality is a scandal against the body. He counters Corinthian dualism with a wholistic anthropology of resurrection. But for Paul, death is not a release but an enemy (1 Cor.
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Lying just beneath the surface of the Corinthian viewpoint is a philosophy of dualism-the immortal soul is trapped within the physical body and will be set free at death. Our bodies are destined for immortality, so using them now for immorality is inconsistent with the Christian life. 9 It is a striking argument, even if at first it seems a little odd to our modern ears. The assurance of our resurrection is the bodily resurrection of Jesus from the dead.8 It is wrong to be involved in sexual immorality because God will raise our bodies on the last day. Second, he indicates that our bodies are destined not for destruction but for resurrection-an eschatology of restoration. First, he insists that the body is designed not for sexual immorality but for the Lord-a teleology of sanctification, dedication to God, not to sin. In the last part of verse 13 and in verse 14 Paul marshals two arguments that respond step by step to the first part of verse 13.
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