1 Corinthians 6:10-12
Holman Christian Standard Bible
10 no thieves,(A) greedy(B) people, drunkards, verbally abusive people,(C) or swindlers(D) will inherit God’s kingdom. 11 And some of you used to be like this.(E) But you were washed, you were sanctified,(F) you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Glorifying God in Body and Spirit
12 “Everything is permissible(G) for me,”[a] but not everything is helpful. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be brought under the control of anything.
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- 1 Corinthians 6:12 The words in quotation marks are most likely slogans used by some Corinthian Christians and corrected by Paul.
1 Corinthians 6:10-12
New International Version
10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers(A) will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were.(B) But you were washed,(C) you were sanctified,(D) you were justified(E) in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Sexual Immorality
12 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial.(F) “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.
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