² and when the Lord your God gives them over to you and you defeat them, then you must utterly destroy them. Make no covenant with them and show them no mercy.^(A)

³ Do not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons,^(A)

Sexual Immorality Must Be Judged

⁹ I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral persons,

¹⁰ not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since you would then need to go out of the world.^(A)

⁷ Therefore do not be associated with them,

¹¹ Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness; rather, expose them.^(A)

⁶ If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true;