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1 Corinthians 6:16

Eastern Fathers

John Chrysostom

Then he makes out how the fornicator becomes this, saying thus, "Know ye not that he that is joined unto a harlot is one body?" How is this evident? "For the twain, saith He, shall become one." For the conjunction suffers the two no longer to be two, but makes them both one.

Homily on 1 Corinthians 18 ↗

Western Saints

Thomas Aquinas

Thirdly he presents the minor, saying: Do you not know that he who joins his body to a prostitute, namely, by fornicating, becomes one body with her? Namely, by an unclean union. To prove this he appeals to the authority of Genesis, saying, For it is written, namely in Gen (2:24), the two, namely man and woman, become one flesh, i.e., by the carnal union they are made one flesh, and so the members of one become the other's members. …

Commentary on 1 Corinthians ↗