1 Corinthians 6:9

American Standard Version (1901)

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἢ οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ἄδικοι βασιλείαν Θεοῦ οὐ κληρονομήσουσιν; Μὴ πλανᾶσθε: οὔτε πόρνοι, οὔτε εἰδωλολάτραι, οὔτε μοιχοὶ, οὔτε μαλακοὶ, οὔτε ἀρσενοκοῖται,

Transliteration

Or not oidate that adikoi basileian Theou not klēronomēsousin? Not planasthe: neither pornoi, nor eidōlolatrai, nor moichoi, nor malakoi, nor arsenokoitai,

Grammar Details

• *Ē*: disjunctive particle - or
• *ouk oidate*: negative + perfect indicative, 2nd plural - you do not know
• *hoti*: conjunction - that
• *adikoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - unrighteous
• *basileian*: accusative, feminine, singular - kingdom
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *ou klēronomēsousin*: negative + future indicative, active, 3rd plural - will not inherit
• *Mē planasthe*: negative + present imperative, passive, 2nd plural - do not be deceived
• *oute*: negative conjunctive particle - neither/nor
• *pornoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - fornicators/sexually immoral
• *eidōlolatrai*: nominative, masculine, plural - idolaters
• *moichoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - adulterers
• *malakoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - soft/effeminate
• *arsenokoitai*: nominative, masculine, plural - those who engage in same-sex relations

Word Meanings

• *adikoi*: unrighteous/unjust/wrongdoers
• *basileian Theou*: kingdom of God/God's reign
• *klēronomēsousin*: will inherit/receive as inheritance
• *planasthe*: be deceived/led astray
• *pornoi*: sexually immoral persons/fornicators
• *eidōlolatrai*: idolaters/those who worship idols
• *moichoi*: adulterers
• *malakoi*: soft ones/effeminate men/passive homosexual partners
• *arsenokoitai*: men who lie with males/active homosexual partners

Referenced Verses

• Lev 18:22 : 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
• Lev 20:13 : 13 And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
• Gal 5:19-21 : 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these] : fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties, 21 envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
• Eph 5:4-5 : 4 nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
• 1 Tim 1:9-9 : 9 as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men, for menstealers, for liars, for false swearers, and if there be any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine; [
• Rev 21:8 : 8 But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part [shall be] in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
• Rev 22:15 : 15 Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.
• 1 Cor 6:19 : 19 Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;
• 1 Cor 6:10 : 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
• Deut 22:5 : 5 A woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment; for whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.
• 1 Cor 15:50 : 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
• Isa 55:7 : 7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
• 1 Cor 5:10 : 10 not at all [meaning] with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous and extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world:
• Heb 13:4 : 4 [ Let] marriage [be] had in honor among all, and [let] the bed [be] undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
• Matt 25:34 : 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• 1 Cor 9:24 : 24 Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.
• 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
• Rom 1:18 : 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness;
• Rom 1:26-27 : 26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men working unseemliness, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was due.
• 1 Cor 3:16 : 16 Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
• 1 Cor 5:1 : 1 It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that one [of you] hath his father's wife.
• Zech 5:3 : 3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole land: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off on the one side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off on the other side according to it.
• Prov 22:8 : 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
• Deut 23:17 : 17 There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
• Deut 25:13-16 : 13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small. 14 Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small. 15 A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. 16 For all that do such things, [even] all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.
• Judg 19:22 : 22 As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base fellows, beset the house round about, beating at the door; and they spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thy house, that we may know him.
• Lev 19:15 : 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.
• Lev 19:35-36 : 35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
• Gen 19:5 : 5 and they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men that came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
• Exod 23:1 : 1 Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
• 1 Cor 6:15-16 : 15 Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take away the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid. 16 Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.
• 1 Cor 6:2-3 : 2 Or know ye not that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more, things that pertain to this life?
• Heb 12:14 : 14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:
• Heb 12:16 : 16 lest [there be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.
• Prov 11:1 : 1 A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
• Isa 10:1-2 : 1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness; 2 to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
• Matt 19:29 : 29 And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.
• Jas 1:16 : 16 Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.
• Acts 24:25 : 25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, Go thy way for this time; and when I have a convenient season, I will call thee unto me.