OET interlinear 1 COR 6:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

φεύγετε

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Φεύγετε τήν πορνείαν Παν ἁμάρτημα ὅ ἐάν ποιήσῃ ἄνθρωπος ἐκτός τοῦ σώματος ἐστίν ὁ δέ πορνεύων εἰς τό ἴδιον σῶμα ἁμαρτάνει)

Here Paul wants the Corinthians to avoid sexual immorality as urgently as if it were an enemy or danger that they might Flee from. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this figure of speech with a comparable metaphor or express the idea plainly. Alternate translation: [Carefully stay away from] or [Fight against]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὴν πορνείαν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Φεύγετε τήν πορνείαν Παν ἁμάρτημα ὅ ἐάν ποιήσῃ ἄνθρωπος ἐκτός τοῦ σώματος ἐστίν ὁ δέ πορνεύων εἰς τό ἴδιον σῶμα ἁμαρτάνει)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind immorality, you can express the idea by using an adjective such as “immoral.” Alternate translation: [what is sexually immoral] or [sexually immoral behavior]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-exceptions

πᾶν ἁμάρτημα ὃ ἐὰν ποιήσῃ ἄνθρωπος ἐκτὸς τοῦ σώματός ἐστιν, ὁ δὲ πορνεύων εἰς τὸ ἴδιον σῶμα ἁμαρτάνει

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Φεύγετε τήν πορνείαν Παν ἁμάρτημα ὅ ἐάν ποιήσῃ ἄνθρωπος ἐκτός τοῦ σώματος ἐστίν ὁ δέ πορνεύων εἰς τό ἴδιον σῶμα ἁμαρτάνει)

If it would appear in your language that Paul was making a statement here and then contradicting it, you could reword this to avoid using exception language. Alternate translation: [Almost every sin that a man might commit is outside the body, but the one who is sexually immoral sins against his own body]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ἄνθρωπος & τὸ ἴδιον

˓a˒_person & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Φεύγετε τήν πορνείαν Παν ἁμάρτημα ὅ ἐάν ποιήσῃ ἄνθρωπος ἐκτός τοῦ σώματος ἐστίν ὁ δέ πορνεύων εἰς τό ἴδιον σῶμα ἁμαρτάνει)

Although man and his are masculine, Paul is using these words to refer to anyone, whether man or woman. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express man and his with non gendered words or refer to both genders. Alternate translation: [a man or woman … his or her own]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐκτὸς τοῦ σώματός ἐστιν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Φεύγετε τήν πορνείαν Παν ἁμάρτημα ὅ ἐάν ποιήσῃ ἄνθρωπος ἐκτός τοῦ σώματος ἐστίν ὁ δέ πορνεύων εἰς τό ἴδιον σῶμα ἁμαρτάνει)

Here Paul speaks as if sins were located outside the body. By speaking in this way, he means that most sins do not affect the body the way sexual immorality does. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind this figure of speech plainly or with a comparable metaphor. Alternate translation: [does not directly affect the body] or [is apart from the body]