The Treatises of Cyprian

St. Cyprian of Carthage · c. 249–258 AD

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Section 64

That the sin of fornication is grievous

In the first Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians: “Every sin whatsoever a man doeth is outside the body; but he who committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. Ye are not your own, for ye are bought with a great price. Glorify and bear the Lord in your body.”