1 Corinthians 6:16

• §796Paragraph 2 · The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy SpiritRead at vatican.va

  “The Apostle speaks of the whole Church and of each of the faithful, members of his Body, as a bride "betrothed" to Christ the Lord so as to become but one spirit with him.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 22:1-14; 25:1-13; 1 Cor 6:15-17; 2 Cor 11:2.

Gregory the Great

• Gregory the Great, Epistles, Books IX–XIV XI.16Book XI

  “We know how it is written, Two shall be one flesh (Matth. xix. 5; 1 Cor. vi. 16; Gen. ii. 24).” — the author cites it

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, Letters Letter 188

  “Yet, in relation with women, very strict expressions are to be found; as, for instance, the words of the apostle “He which is joined to a harlot is one body” and of Jeremiah, If a wife “become another man’s shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 16.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 55

  “Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body,” and so on.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 13–18.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 77

  “The apostle says: “he which is joined to an harlot is one body.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 16.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Modesty Chapter 16

  “Flee fornication.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 15–17.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity VI.3Book VI

  “Thence the apostle says, “He who is joined to a harlot, is one body;” he does not say, they are one or he is one; but he has added “body,” as though it were one body composed by being joined together of two different bodies, masculine and feminine.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 16, 17

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, The Institutes IX.3Book IX

  “…that spiritual temple of which Paul as a wise master builder laid the foundations, saying, “Ye are the temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwelleth in you:” and what the beams of this are like the bride tells us in the Song of Songs: “Our rafters are of cypress: the beams of our houses are of cedar.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 16; vi. 16.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies Book 3

  “Et quod matrimonium non dicat fomicationem, ostendit eo, quod subiungit: “An nescitis, quod qui adhæret meretrici, unum est corpus?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 16.

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.63Book III

  “But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 15–17.

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• Genesis 2:24

  Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.

• 1 Corinthians 7:16

  Cited together in Letters Letter 188.

• 1 Corinthians 9:27

  Cited together in Letters Letter 188.

• 1 Timothy 1:20

  Cited together in Letters Letter 188.

• Genesis 1:20

  Cited together in Letters Letter 188.

• Exodus 21:19

  Cited together in Letters Letter 188.

• 1 Kings 11:4

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.63.

• Tobit 4:12

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.63.

• Psalm 8:8

  Cited together in Letters Letter 188.

• Proverbs 17:28

  Cited together in Letters Letter 188.

• Proverbs 18:22

  Cited together in Letters Letter 188.

• Song of Songs 1:16

  Cited together in The Institutes IX.3.

• Jeremiah 3:1

  Cited together in Letters Letter 188.

• Nahum 1:9

  Cited together in Letters Letter 188.

• Matthew 5:32

  Cited together in Letters Letter 188.

• John 4:18

  Cited together in Letters Letter 188.

• 1 Corinthians 3:8

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity VI.3.