1 Corinthians 6:18

The Temple of the Holy Spirit

17But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.18Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

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Berean Standard Bible
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
American Standard Version (1901)
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Bible in Basic English
Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Fly fornication. Every sin that a man doth, is without the body; but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his own body.
Free Bible Version
Stay away from sexual immorality! All other sins that people commit are outside of the body, but sexual immorality is a sin against your own body.
Geneva Bible 1599
Flee fornication: euery sinne that a man doeth, is without the bodie: but hee that committeth fornication, sinneth against his owne bodie.
King James (Authorized) Version
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Plain English Version
So never sleep with anyone that is not your own wife or husband and do what married people do together. Get away from that sort of bad thing. You see, other bad things that you do are outside of your own body. But if you sleep with a person you are not married to, you hurt your own body.
Translation for Translators
Always ◄run away from/avoid► committing sexually immoral acts. Other sins that people commit do not affect their bodies, but those who commit sexually immoral acts sin against their own bodies.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Run away from sexual immorality! Every other sin that a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
Noah Webster Bible
Flee lewdness. Every sin that a man doeth, is without the body; but he that committeth lewdness, sinneth against his own body.
World English Bible
Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
Young's Literal Translation
flee the whoredom; every sin — whatever a man may commit — is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.