1 Corinthians 6:15-17

6:15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Should I take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! 6:16 Or do you not know that anyone who is united with ¹  a prostitute is one body with her? ²  For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” ³  6:17 But the one united with ⁴  the Lord is one spirit with him. ⁵ 

Ezra 9:1-2

A Prayer of Ezra

9:1 Now when these things had been completed, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the local residents ⁶  who practice detestable things similar to those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 9:2 Indeed, they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race ⁷  has become intermingled with the local residents. Worse still, the leaders and the officials have been at the forefront of all of this!”

Ezra 9:1

A Prayer of Ezra

9:1 Now when these things had been completed, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the local residents ⁸  who practice detestable things similar to those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

Ezra 4:5

4:5 They were hiring advisers to oppose them, so as to frustrate their plans, throughout the time ⁹  of King Cyrus of Persia until the reign of King Darius ¹⁰  of Persia. ¹¹ 

Titus 1:15

1:15 All is pure to those who are pure. But to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their minds and consciences are corrupted.

[6:16]  ¹ tn Or “is in relationship with.”

[6:16]  ² tn Grk “is one body,” implying the association “with her.”

[6:16]  ³ sn A quotation from Gen 2:24.

[6:17]  ⁴ tn Grk “in relationship with.”

[6:17]  ⁵ tn Grk “is one spirit,” implying the association “with him.”

[9:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.” So also in v. 2.

[9:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “the holy seed,” referring to the Israelites as God’s holy people.

[9:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.” So also in v. 2.

[4:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “all the days of.”

[4:5]  ¹⁰ sn Darius ruled Persia ca. 522-486 B.C.

[4:5]  ¹¹ sn The purpose of the opening verses of this chapter is to summarize why the Jews returning from the exile were unable to complete the rebuilding of the temple more quickly than they did. The delay was due not to disinterest on their part but to the repeated obstacles that had been placed in their path by determined foes.