1 Corinthians 6:16 · World English Bible
1 Corinthians 6:16 Meaning Or Don’t You Know That He
Or don’t you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, “The two”, he says, “will become one flesh.”
What does 1 Corinthians 6:16 mean?
Whatever the mind joins itself to, it becomes one body with, and to fasten consciousness onto the lower appetites is to fuse the self to them until they share a single flesh. The body is meant as the temple of the holy ghost, yet it takes the form of whatever it unites with, so union with the harlot of the senses drags the whole temple down into that low register.
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Whatever the mind joins itself to, it becomes one body with, and to fasten consciousness onto the lower appetites is to fuse the self to them until they share a single flesh. The body is meant as the temple of the holy ghost, yet it takes the form of whatever it unites with, so union with the harlot of the senses drags the whole temple down into that low register.
The number 2 is the number of secrets, the split between spirit and flesh that longs to resolve into one. When the 2 become one flesh, the direction of the joining decides everything: bound to the sense-nature, the temple loses its light; the point is that a person becomes what they merge their consciousness into.
Body: the temple of the holy ghost, the flesh built to house the light of consciousness Harlot: the lower sense-nature and its appetites that the mind can fuse itself onto 2: the number of secrets, the division of spirit and flesh seeking to become one
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Live 1 Corinthians 6:16 today
- Look at what you scrolled last night and ask honestly whether you want to be shaped like that. Your feed is not something you watch; it is something you slowly become.
- Spend an hour with someone who makes you more like the person you want to be, and let that be the company you fuse to today. Choosing who you join is most of the work.
- When craving hits hard, whether it is a drink, a screen, or an argument you want to win, pause and name what joining it would make you for the next hour. Then decide with that in front of you.
What have I been merging myself into without ever choosing it?
The same truth in other traditions
Dhammapada
What you dwell on, you become, because the mind takes the shape of its habits. Thought repeated turns into character without asking permission.
Bhagavad Gita 2
Attention turned toward the senses binds a person to them, and the one who keeps feeding appetite is slowly owned by it. Where you place the mind decides what you are made of.
Stoicism · Epictetus
You will come to resemble whatever you spend your time with, so choose company and habits the way you would choose food. Nothing you join stays outside you.
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