12 but (A)the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into (B)the outer darkness; in that place (C)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

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12 But the subjects of the kingdom(A) will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”(B)

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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 fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor [a]effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will (E)inherit the kingdom of God. 11 (F)Such were some of you; but you were (G)washed, but you were (H)sanctified, but you were (I)justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

The Body Is the Lord’s

12 (J)All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything. 13 (K)Food is for the [b]stomach and the [c]stomach is for food, but God will (L)do away with both [d]of them. Yet the body is not for immorality, but (M)for the Lord, and (N)the Lord is for the body. 14 Now God has not only (O)raised the Lord, but (P)will also raise us up through His power. 15 (Q)Do you not know that (R)your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take away the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? (S)May it never be! 16 Or (T)do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For He says, “(U)The two shall become one flesh.” 17 But the one who joins himself to the Lord is (V)one spirit with Him. 18 (W)Flee immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the [e]immoral man sins against his own body. 19 Or (X)do you not know that (Y)your body is a [f]temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from [g]God, and that (Z)you are not your own? 20 For (AA)you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in (AB)your body.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 6:9 I.e. effeminate by perversion
  2. 1 Corinthians 6:13 Lit belly
  3. 1 Corinthians 6:13 Lit belly
  4. 1 Corinthians 6:13 Lit it and them
  5. 1 Corinthians 6:18 Or one who practices immorality
  6. 1 Corinthians 6:19 Or sanctuary
  7. 1 Corinthians 6:19 Or God? And you...own

Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God?(A) Do not be deceived:(B) Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers(C) nor men who have sex with men[a](D) 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers(E) will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were.(F) But you were washed,(G) you were sanctified,(H) you were justified(I) 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.(J) “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. 13 You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.”(K) The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord,(L) and the Lord for the body. 14 By his power God raised the Lord from the dead,(M) and he will raise us also.(N) 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself?(O) Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”[b](P) 17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.[c](Q)

18 Flee from sexual immorality.(R) All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.(S) 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples(T) of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;(U) 20 you were bought at a price.(V) Therefore honor God with your bodies.(W)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 6:9 The words men who have sex with men translate two Greek words that refer to the passive and active participants in homosexual acts.
  2. 1 Corinthians 6:16 Gen. 2:24
  3. 1 Corinthians 6:17 Or in the Spirit

19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: [a](A)immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, (B)sorcery, enmities, (C)strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, (D)disputes, dissensions, [b](E)factions, 21 envying, (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. 22 But (H)the fruit of the Spirit is (I)love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, (J)self-control; against such things (K)there is no law. 24 Now those who [c]belong to (L)Christ Jesus have (M)crucified the flesh with its passions and (N)desires.

25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also [d]walk (O)by the Spirit. 26 Let us not become (P)boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.

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  1. Galatians 5:19 I.e. sexual immorality
  2. Galatians 5:20 Or heresies
  3. Galatians 5:24 Lit are of Christ Jesus
  4. Galatians 5:25 Or follow the Spirit

19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality,(A) impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.(B) I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.(C)

22 But the fruit(D) of the Spirit is love,(E) joy, peace,(F) forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control.(G) Against such things there is no law.(H) 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh(I) with its passions and desires.(J) 25 Since we live by the Spirit,(K) let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited,(L) provoking and envying each other.

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(A)But for the cowardly and [a]unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in (B)the lake that burns with fire and [b]brimstone, which is the (C)second death.”

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  1. Revelation 21:8 Or untrustworthy
  2. Revelation 21:8 I.e. burning sulphur

But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars(A)—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur.(B) This is the second death.”(C)

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