1 Corinthians 6:9-15
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Wrongdoers Will Not Inherit The Kingdom. But You Were Cleansed of Such Things
9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be deceived. Neither sexually-immoral ones, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homo-erotic-partners[a], nor homosexuals[b], 10 nor thieves, nor greedy ones— not drunkards, not revilers, not swindlers— will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And some of you were these things. But you washed-them-away[c], but you were sanctified[d], but you were declared-righteous in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
Do Not Be Sexually Immoral
12 “All[e] things are lawful[f] to me”, but not all things are beneficial[g]. “All things are lawful to me”, but I will not be mastered by any. 13 Foods[h] are for the stomach and the stomach for foods. But God will do-away-with[i] both this and these. But the body is not for sexual-immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body. 14 And God both raised the Lord and will raise us up by His power.
Your Bodies Are Body-Parts of Christ: Flee Sexual Immorality
15 Do you not know that your bodies are body-parts[j] of Christ? Therefore, having taken-away the body-parts of Christ, shall I make them body-parts of a prostitute? May it never be!
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- 1 Corinthians 6:9 Or, catamites. That is, males kept by older males for this purpose.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 That is, males who engage in sex with other males.
- 1 Corinthians 6:11 Or, washed-away your sins; washed yourselves.
- 1 Corinthians 6:11 Or, made holy.
- 1 Corinthians 6:12 Paul may have said this to the Corinthians about Jewish food restrictions, as he does in 10:23. But they were wrongly applying it to sexual matters.
- 1 Corinthians 6:12 Or, permitted. Paul may be quoting their slogan.
- 1 Corinthians 6:12 Or, useful, profitable, advantageous.
- 1 Corinthians 6:13 This too could be their slogan.
- 1 Corinthians 6:13 Or, bring to nothing.
- 1 Corinthians 6:15 Or, limbs, members.
Ephesians 5:3
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
But Don’t Let Any Kind of Impurity Or Greed Exist Among You
3 But let sexual-immorality and all impurity or greed not even be named[a] among you, as is proper for saints—
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- Ephesians 5:3 That is, identified as part of your behavior.
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