No, I tell you, but unless you [a]repent, you will all likewise perish.

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  1. Luke 13:3 Or are repentant

No, I tell you, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”

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But (A)sexual immorality [a]or any impurity or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among [b]saints;

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  1. Ephesians 5:3 Lit and all
  2. Ephesians 5:3 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people

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.

(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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  1. Ephesians 5:5 I.e., morally impure
  2. Ephesians 5:5 Lit is
  3. Ephesians 5:6 I.e., people opposed to God

21 For from within, out of the [a]hearts of people, come the evil thoughts, acts of sexual immorality, thefts, murders, acts of adultery, 22 deeds of greed, wickedness, deceit, indecent behavior, [b](A)envy, slander, [c]pride, and foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within and defile the person.”

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  1. Mark 7:21 heart
  2. Mark 7:22 Lit an evil eye
  3. Mark 7:22 Or arrogance

43 And (A)if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed, than, having your two hands, to go into [a](B)hell, into the (C)unquenchable fire.[b]

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  1. Mark 9:43 Gr Gehenna
  2. Mark 9:43 Late mss repeat v 48 here as v 44

45 And if your foot is causing you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life without a foot, than, having your two feet, to be thrown into [a](A)hell.[b]

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  1. Mark 9:45 Gr Gehenna
  2. Mark 9:45 Late mss repeat v 48 here as v 46; cf. note 2 v 43

47 And (A)if your eye is causing you to sin, throw it away; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be thrown into [a](B)hell, 48 (C)where their worm does not die, and (D)the fire is not extinguished.

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  1. Mark 9:47 Gr Gehenna

and those who are (A)in the flesh cannot please God.

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13 for (A)if you are living in accord with the flesh, you are going to die; but if by the Spirit you are (B)putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

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19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: (A)sexual immorality, impurity, indecent behavior, 20 idolatry, (B)witchcraft, hostilities, (C)strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, (D)selfish ambition, dissensions, (E)factions, 21 envy, (F)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 (G)inherit the kingdom of God.

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Or (A)do you not know that the unrighteous will not (B)inherit the kingdom of God? (C)Do not be deceived; (D)neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor [a]homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor those habitually drunk, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will (E)inherit the kingdom of God.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 6:9 Two Gr words in the text, prob. submissive and dominant male homosexuals

The Mystery of Resurrection

50 Now I say this, brothers and sisters, that (A)flesh and blood cannot (B)inherit the kingdom of God; nor does [a]the perishable inherit [b](C)the imperishable.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:50 Lit corruption
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:50 Lit incorruption

27 and (A)nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those [a]whose names are (B)written in the Lamb’s book of life.

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  1. Revelation 21:27 Lit who have been written

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