1 Corinthians 5:1

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It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father's wife.

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  • Deut 22:30 : 30 A man may not take his father's wife or have sex relations with a woman who is his father's.
  • Lev 18:8 : 8 And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.
  • Acts 15:20 : 20 But that we give them orders to keep themselves from things offered to false gods, and from the evil desires of the body, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from blood.
  • Acts 15:29 : 29 To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.
  • 2 Cor 12:21 : 21 And that when I come again, my God may put me to shame among you, and I may have grief for those who have done wrong before and have had no regret for their unclean ways, and for the evil desires of the flesh to which they have given way.
  • Gal 5:19 : 19 Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses,
  • Eph 5:3 : 3 But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;
  • Col 3:5 : 5 Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;
  • 1 Thess 4:7 : 7 Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.
  • Rev 2:21 : 21 And I gave her time for a change of heart, but she has no mind to give up her unclean ways.
  • 1 Cor 5:11 : 11 But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him.
  • 1 Cor 6:9 : 9 Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,
  • 1 Cor 6:13 : 13 Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:
  • 1 Cor 6:18 : 18 Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.
  • Deut 27:20 : 20 Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it.
  • 1 Sam 2:24 : 24 No, my sons, the account which is given me, which the Lord's people are sending about, is not good.
  • 2 Sam 16:22 : 22 So they put up the tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father's women before the eyes of all Israel.
  • 2 Sam 20:3 : 3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women to whom he had given the care of the house, and had them shut up, and gave them the necessaries of life, but did not go near them. So they were shut up till the day of their death, living as widows.
  • 1 Chr 5:1 : 1 And the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, (for he was the oldest son, but, because he made his father's bride-bed unclean, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel; but he is not to be given the place of the oldest.
  • Jer 2:33 : 33 With what care are your ways ordered when you are looking for love! so ... your ways.
  • Ezek 16:47 : 47 Still you have not gone in their ways or done the disgusting things which they have done; but, as if that was only a little thing, you have gone deeper in evil than they in all your ways.
  • Ezek 16:51-52 : 51 And Samaria has not done half your sins; but you have made the number of your disgusting acts greater than theirs, making your sisters seem more upright than you by all the disgusting things which you have done. 52 And you yourself will be put to shame, in that you have given the decision for your sisters; through your sins, which are more disgusting than theirs, they are more upright than you: truly, you will be shamed and made low, for you have made your sisters seem upright.
  • Ezek 22:10 : 10 In you they have let the shame of their fathers be seen; in you they have done wrong to a woman at the time when she was unclean.
  • Amos 2:7 : 7 Crushing the head of the poor, and turning the steps of the gentle out of the way: and a man and his father go in to the same young woman, putting shame on my holy name:
  • 2 Cor 7:12 : 12 So though I sent you a letter, it was not only because of the man who did the wrong, or because of him to whom the wrong was done, but so that your true care for us might be made clear in the eyes of God.
  • Lev 20:11 : 11 And the man who has sex relations with his father's wife has put shame on his father: the two of them are to be put to death; their blood will be on them.
  • Gen 35:22 : 22 Now while they were living in that country, Reuben had connection with Bilhah, his father's servant-woman: and Israel had news of it.
  • Gen 37:2 : 2 These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.
  • Gen 49:4 : 4 But because you were uncontrolled, the first place will not be yours; for you went up to your father's bed, even his bride-bed, and made it unclean.
  • 1 Cor 1:11 : 11 Because it has come to my knowledge, through those of the house of Chloe, that there are divisions among you, my brothers.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 5:2-3
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    2 And in place of feeling sorrow, you are pleased with yourselves, so that he who has done this thing has not been sent away from among you.

    3 For I myself, being present in spirit though not in body, have come to a decision about him who has done this thing;

  • 1 Cor 5:9-12
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    9 In my letter I said to you that you were not to keep company with those who go after the desires of the flesh;

    10 But I had not in mind the sinners who are outside the church, or those who have a desire for and take the property of others, or those who give worship to images; for it is not possible to keep away from such people without going out of the world completely:

    11 But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him.

    12 For it is no business of mine to be judging those who are outside; but it is yours to be judging those who are among you;

  • Eph 5:3
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    3 But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;

  • Gal 5:19
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    19 Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses,

  • Ezek 22:10-11
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    10 In you they have let the shame of their fathers be seen; in you they have done wrong to a woman at the time when she was unclean.

    11 And in you one man has done what was disgusting with his neighbour's wife; and another has made his daughter-in-law unclean; and another has done wrong to his sister, his father's daughter.

  • Lev 18:7-8
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    7 You may not have sex relations with your father or your mother: she is your mother, you may not take her.

    8 And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's.

  • 1 Cor 6:15-16
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    15 Do you not see that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? how then may I take what is a part of the body of Christ and make it a part of the body of a loose woman? such a thing may not be.

    16 Or do you not see that he who is joined to a loose woman is one body with her? for God has said, The two of them will become one flesh.

  • 1 Cor 6:18
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    18 Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.

  • Eph 5:5
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    5 Being certain of this, that no man who gives way to the passions of the flesh, no unclean person, or one who has desire for the property of others, or who gives worship to images, has any heritage in the kingdom of Christ and God.

  • Lev 20:11
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    11 And the man who has sex relations with his father's wife has put shame on his father: the two of them are to be put to death; their blood will be on them.

  • Num 5:12-13
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    12 Say to the children of Israel, If any man's wife does wrong, sinning against him

    13 By taking as her lover another man, and keeps it secret so that her husband has no knowledge of it, and there is no witness against her, and she is not taken in the act;

  • Lev 18:11-12
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    11 Or your father's wife's daughter, the child of your father, for she is your sister.

    12 You may not have sex connection with your father's sister, for she is your father's near relation.

  • 1 Thess 4:3-5
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    3 For the purpose of God for you is this: that you may be holy, and may keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh;

    4 So that every one of you may keep his body holy and in honour;

    5 Not in the passion of evil desires, like the Gentiles, who have no knowledge of God;

  • 2 Cor 12:21
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    21 And that when I come again, my God may put me to shame among you, and I may have grief for those who have done wrong before and have had no regret for their unclean ways, and for the evil desires of the flesh to which they have given way.

  • Deut 22:30
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    30 A man may not take his father's wife or have sex relations with a woman who is his father's.

  • 1 Tim 1:10
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    10 For those who go after loose women, for those with unnatural desires, for those who take men prisoners, who make false statements and false oaths, and those who do any other things against the right teaching,

  • Heb 13:4
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    4 Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

  • 1 Cor 7:5
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    5 Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.

  • Num 5:20
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    20 But if you have been with another in place of your husband and have made yourself unclean with a lover:

  • Deut 27:20
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    20 Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • Lev 18:14-17
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    14 You may not have sex relations with the wife of your father's brother, for she is of your family;

    15 Or with your daughter-in-law, for she is your son's wife, and you may not take her.

    16 You may not have sex relations with your brother's wife, for she is your brother's.

    17 You may not take as wife a woman and her daughter, or her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, for they are of one family: it is an act of shame.

  • 1 Cor 6:8-9
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    8 So far from doing this, you yourselves do wrong and take your brothers' property.

    9 Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4 And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:

  • 1 Cor 7:2
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    2 But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

  • Matt 5:27
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    27 You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have connection with another man's wife:

  • Col 3:5
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    5 Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;

  • 1 Cor 6:5
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    5 I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers?

  • 1 Tim 5:11
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    11 But to the younger widows say No: for when their love is turned away from Christ, they have a desire to be married;

  • Titus 1:6
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    6 Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.

  • 1 Cor 5:6
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    6 This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass?

  • 1 Tim 5:1
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    1 Do not say sharp words to one who has authority in the church, but let your talk be as to a father, and to the younger men as to brothers:

  • Lev 18:20
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    20 And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.

  • Lev 20:19
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    19 And you may not have sex connection with your mother's sister or your father's sister, for they are his near relations: their sin will be on them.

  • Lev 20:14
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    14 And if a man takes as wife a woman and her mother, it is an act of shame; let them be burned with fire, all three of them, so that there may be no shame among you.

  • Gen 19:31
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    31 And the older daughter said to her sister, Our father is old, and there is no man to be a husband to us in the natural way: