Revelation 22:15
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15 Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral[a] and murderers and idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.(A)
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- 22.15 Or prostitutes
Revelation 21:8
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8 But as for the cowardly, the faithless,[a] the polluted, the murderers, the sexually immoral,[b] the sorcerers, the idolaters, and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”(A)
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Galatians 5:19-21
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19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery,(A) 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, 21 envy,[a] drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.(B)
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- 5.21 Other ancient authorities add murder
Philippians 3:2
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2 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh![a](A)
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- 3.2 Gk the mutilation
Revelation 21:27
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27 But nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.(A)
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1 Corinthians 6:9-10
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9 Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes,[a] men who engage in illicit sex,[b](A) 10 thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, swindlers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God.
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Revelation 9:20-21
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20 The rest of humankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands or give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.(A) 21 And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their prostitution or their thefts.
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Colossians 3:6
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6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient.[a](A)
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- 3.6 Gk the sons of disobedience; other ancient authorities lack on those who are disobedient
John 3:18-21
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18 Those who believe in him are not condemned, but those who do not believe are condemned already because they have not believed in the name of the only Son of God.(A) 19 And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.(B) 20 For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed.(C) 21 But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.”[a](D)
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Revelation 18:23
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23 and the light of a lamp
will shine in you no more,
and the voice of bridegroom and bride
will be heard in you no more,
for your merchants were the magnates of the earth,
and all nations were deceived by your sorcery.(A)
Ephesians 5:3-6
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Renounce Pagan Ways
3 But sexual immorality and impurity of any kind or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints.(A) 4 Entirely out of place is obscene, silly, and vulgar talk; but instead, let there be thanksgiving. 5 Be sure of this, that no sexually immoral or impure person or one who is greedy (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.(B)
6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes on those who are disobedient.[a](C)
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- 5.6 Gk sons of disobedience
Malachi 3:5
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5 Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.(A)
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Revelation 17:1-6
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The Great Whore and the Beast
17 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great whore[a] who is seated on many waters,(A) 2 with whom the kings of the earth have engaged in sexual immorality[b] and with the wine of whose prostitution the inhabitants of the earth have become drunk.”(B) 3 So he carried me away in the spirit[c] into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns.(C) 4 The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her prostitution,(D) 5 and on her forehead was written a name, a mystery: “Babylon the great, mother[d] of whores[e] and of earth’s abominations.”(E) 6 And I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus.
When I saw her, I was greatly amazed.(F)
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