1 Corinthians 6:18
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18 (A)Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins (B)against his own body.
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1 Corinthians 6:18
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18 (A)Flee sexual immorality. Every other sin that a person commits is outside the body, but the [a]sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
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- 1 Corinthians 6:18 Or one who practices sexual immorality
Matthew 5:28-29
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28 But I say to you that whoever (A)looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 (B)If your right eye causes you to [a]sin, (C)pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
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- Matthew 5:29 Lit. stumble or offend
Matthew 5:28-29
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28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman (A)with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 Now (B)if your right eye is causing you to sin, tear it out and throw it away from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, [a]than for your whole body to be thrown into [b](C)hell.
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- Matthew 5:29 Lit and that your whole body not be
- Matthew 5:29 Gr Gehenna
Ephesians 5:3-4
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Ephesians 5:3-4
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3 But (A)sexual immorality [a]or any impurity or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among [b]saints; 4 and there must be no (B)filthiness [c]or foolish talk, or vulgar joking, which (C)are not fitting, but rather (D)giving of thanks.
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- Ephesians 5:3 Lit and all
- Ephesians 5:3 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
- Ephesians 5:4 Lit and
Ephesians 5:5-6
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5 For [a]this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any (A)inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
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- Ephesians 5:5 NU know this
Ephesians 5:5-6
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5 For this you know with certainty, that (A)no sexually immoral or [a]impure or greedy person, which [b]amounts to an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom (B)of Christ and God.
6 (C)See that no one deceives you with empty words, for because of these things (D)the wrath of God comes upon (E)the [c]sons of disobedience.
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- Ephesians 5:5 I.e., morally impure
- Ephesians 5:5 Lit is
- Ephesians 5:6 I.e., people opposed to God
Galatians 5:19
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19 Now (A)the works of the flesh are evident, which are: [a]adultery, [b]fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,
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- Galatians 5:19 NU omits adultery
- Galatians 5:19 sexual immorality
Galatians 5:19
New American Standard Bible
19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: (A)sexual immorality, impurity, indecent behavior,
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Galatians 5:21
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21 envy, [a]murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that (A)those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
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- Galatians 5:21 NU omits murders
Galatians 5:21
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21 envy, (A)drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not (B)inherit the kingdom of God.
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1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
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1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
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3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you (A)abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that (B)each of you know how to [a]possess his own [b](C)vessel in sanctification and (D)honor, 5 not in [c](E)lustful passion, like the Gentiles who (F)do not know God;
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- 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or acquire
- 1 Thessalonians 4:4 I.e., body; or wife
- 1 Thessalonians 4:5 Lit passion of lust
1 Thessalonians 4:7
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7 For God did not call us to uncleanness, (A)but in holiness.
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1 Thessalonians 4:7
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7 For (A)God has not called us for [a](B)impurity, but in sanctification.
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- 1 Thessalonians 4:7 I.e., moral corruption
Hebrews 12:16
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16 lest there be any (A)fornicator or [a]profane person like Esau, (B)who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.
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- Hebrews 12:16 godless
Hebrews 12:16
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16 that there be no (A)sexually immoral or (B)godless person like Esau, (C)who sold his own birthright for a single meal.
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Romans 13:13
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13 (A)Let us walk [a]properly, as in the day, (B)not in revelry and drunkenness, (C)not in lewdness and lust, (D)not in strife and envy.
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- Romans 13:13 decently
Romans 13:13
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13 Let’s [a](A)behave properly as in the day, (B)not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and debauchery, not in strife and jealousy.
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- Romans 13:13 Lit walk
Acts 15:28-29
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28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: 29 (A)that you abstain from things offered to idols, (B)from blood, from things strangled, and from (C)sexual[a] immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well.
Farewell.
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- Acts 15:29 Or fornication
Acts 15:28-29
New American Standard Bible
28 For (A)it seemed good to (B)the Holy Spirit and to (C)us to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials: 29 that you abstain from (D)things sacrificed to idols, from (E)blood, from (F)things strangled, and from (G)acts of sexual immorality; [a]if you keep yourselves free from such things, you will do well. Farewell.”
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- Acts 15:29 Lit from which keeping yourselves free
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