Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. (A)Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor [a]homosexuals, nor [b]sodomites,

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  1. 1 Corinthians 6:9 catamites, those submitting to homosexuals
  2. 1 Corinthians 6:9 male homosexuals

knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is [a]contrary to sound doctrine,

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  1. 1 Timothy 1:10 opposed

19 Now (A)the works of the flesh are evident, which are: [a]adultery, [b]fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, [c]murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that (B)those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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  1. Galatians 5:19 NU omits adultery
  2. Galatians 5:19 sexual immorality
  3. Galatians 5:21 NU omits murders

13 (A)If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.

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(A)neither filthiness, nor (B)foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, (C)which are not fitting, but rather (D)giving of thanks. For [a]this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any (E)inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

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  1. Ephesians 5:5 NU know this

22 You shall not lie with (A)a male as with a woman. It is an abomination.

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10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

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15 [a]But (A)outside are (B)dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.

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  1. Revelation 22:15 NU, M omit But

(A)But the cowardly, [a]unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in (B)the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

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  1. Revelation 21:8 M adds and sinners,

19 Or (A)do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, (B)and you are not your own?

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26 For this reason God gave them up to (A)vile passions. For even their [a]women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the [b]men, leaving the natural use of the [c]woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.

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  1. Romans 1:26 Lit. females
  2. Romans 1:27 Lit. males
  3. Romans 1:27 Lit. female

10 Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go (A)out of the world.

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(A)Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; (B)but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

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“A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman’s garment, for all who do so are [a]an abomination to the Lord your God.

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  1. Deuteronomy 22:5 detestable

God’s Wrath on Unrighteousness

18 (A)For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and (B)unrighteousness of men, who [a]suppress the truth in unrighteousness,

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  1. Romans 1:18 hold down

14 (A)Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, (B)without which no one will see the Lord:

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Our Final Victory

50 Now this I say, brethren, that (A)flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.

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33 Do not be deceived: (A)“Evil company corrupts good habits.”

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16 (A)Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

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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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  1. Hebrews 12:16 godless

34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, (A)inherit the kingdom (B)prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

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(A)Let the [a]wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man (B)his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
(C)And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.

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  1. Isaiah 55:7 Lit. man of iniquity

15 Do you not know that (A)your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For (B)“the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.”

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Immorality Defiles the Church

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even [a]named among the Gentiles—that a man has his father’s (A)wife!

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  1. 1 Corinthians 5:1 NU omits named

Gibeah’s Crime

22 As they were (A)enjoying themselves, suddenly (B)certain men of the city, (C)perverted[a] men, surrounded the house and beat on the door. They spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, (D)“Bring out the man who came to your house, that we may know him carnally!

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  1. Judges 19:22 Lit. sons of Belial

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