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Or don`t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Don`t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
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A Warning Against Deception
Multiple commentators emphasize Paul's urgent warning, "Be not deceived." They explain that the Corinthians, living in a culture where these sins were normalized, were in danger of thinking lightly of them. This serves as a timeless warning against self-deception or the false hope that one can live a lifestyle of unrepentant sin and still inherit eternal life.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Do you not know? etc. The apostle introduces the declaration in this verse to show the evil of their course, and especially of th…
The unrighteous (αδικο). To remind them of the verb αδικεω just used.
The Kingdom of God (θεου βασιλειαν).…
19th Century
Anglican
Do you not know that the unrighteous . . .?—The force of this question comes out more strikingly in the original, where t…
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Baptist
I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brothers? But brot…
Paul concludes that in practicing such acts of wickedness toward others, they had better realize that the wicked will not inherit “the kingdom” (GK…
16th Century
Protestant
Know ye not, etc. By unrighteousness here you may understand what is opposed to strict integrity. The unrighteous, then—…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God ? &c.] A way of…
The Corinthians are warned against many great evils, of which they had previously been guilty. There is much force in these inquiries when we consi…
13th Century
Catholic
After rebuking the Corinthians for bringing their lawsuits before unbelieving judges, the Apostle now rebukes them for the lawsuits themselves. In …
