⁸ Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters.^{(A) 9} Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God?^(B) Do not be deceived:^(C) Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers^(D) nor men who have sex with men^{[a](E) 10} nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers^(F) will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ And that is what some of you were.^(G) But you were washed,^(H) you were sanctified,^(I) you were justified^(J) in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

²¹ Those who cleanse themselves from the latter will be instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.^(A)