1 Corinthians 5:9
I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.
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- Eph 5:11 : 11 Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- 2 Thess 3:14 : 14 But if anyone does not obey our message through this letter, take note of him and do not associate closely with him, so that he may be ashamed.
- 2 Thess 3:6 : 6 Response to the Undisciplined But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us.
- 2 Cor 6:14 : 14 Unequal Partners Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
- 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Therefore“come out from their midst, and be separate,” says the Lord,“and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,
- Ps 1:1-2 : 1 ¶ Book 1(Psalms 1-41) How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers! 2 Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the LORD’s commands; he meditates on his commands day and night.
- Prov 9:6 : 6 Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”
- 1 Cor 5:2 : 2 And you are proud! Shouldn’t you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this from among you?
- 1 Cor 5:7 : 7 Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough– you are, in fact, without yeast. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
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- 1 Cor 5:10-134 verses88%
10 In no way did I mean the immoral people of this world, or the greedy and swindlers and idolaters, since you would then have to go out of the world.
11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls himself a Christian who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.
12 For what do I have to do with judging those outside? Are you not to judge those inside?
13 But God will judge those outside. Remove the evil person from among you.
- 1 Cor 5:1-33 verses76%
1 Church Discipline It is actually reported that sexual immorality exists among you, the kind of immorality that is not permitted even among the Gentiles, so that someone is cohabiting with his father’s wife.
2 And you are proud! Shouldn’t you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this from among you?
3 For even though I am absent physically, I am present in spirit. And I have already judged the one who did this, just as though I were present.
- Eph 5:5-73 verses75%
5 For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy(such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
6 Live in the Light Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God’s wrath comes on the sons of disobedience.
7 Therefore do not be sharers with them,
- 2 Thess 3:14-152 verses75%
14 But if anyone does not obey our message through this letter, take note of him and do not associate closely with him, so that he may be ashamed.
15 Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
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3 But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints.
- 1 Thess 4:5-62 verses74%
5 not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God.
6 In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.
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8 So then, let us celebrate the festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of vice and evil, but with the bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.
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18 Flee sexual immorality!“Every sin a person commits is outside of the body”– but the immoral person sins against his own body.
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21 I am afraid that when I come again, my God may humiliate me before you, and I will grieve for many of those who previously sinned and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and licentiousness that they have practiced.
- 1 Cor 6:9-102 verses73%
9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,
10 thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.
- 1 Thess 4:2-32 verses73%
2 For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
3 For this is God’s will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality,
- 1 Pet 4:3-42 verses73%
3 For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries.
4 So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.
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29 that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what has been strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell.
- Acts 15:19-202 verses72%
19 “Therefore I conclude that we should not cause extra difficulty for those among the Gentiles who are turning to God,
20 but that we should write them a letter telling them to abstain from things defiled by idols and from sexual immorality and from what has been strangled and from blood.
- 1 Cor 6:15-162 verses72%
15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Should I take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!
16 Or do you not know that anyone who is united with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said,“The two will become one flesh.”
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11 Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
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10 sexually immoral people, practicing homosexuals, kidnappers, liars, perjurers– in fact, for any who live contrary to sound teaching.
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19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, depravity,
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14 Unequal Partners Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
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1 The Day of the Lord Now on the topic of times and seasons, brothers and sisters, you have no need for anything to be written to you.
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1 Preparing the Gift For it is not necessary for me to write you about this service to the saints,
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5 So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.
- 1 Cor 15:33-342 verses70%
33 Do not be deceived:“Bad company corrupts good morals.”
34 Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God– I say this to your shame!
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11 because the person who gives him a greeting shares in his evil deeds.
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6 Response to the Undisciplined But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us.
- 1 Cor 10:7-82 verses69%
7 So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written,“The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.”
8 And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day.
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25 But regarding the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter, having decided that they should avoid meat that has been sacrificed to idols and blood and what has been strangled and sexual immorality.”
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21 I have given her time to repent, but she is not willing to repent of her sexual immorality.
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17 Therefore“come out from their midst, and be separate,” says the Lord,“and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,
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5 Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
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1 Celibacy and Marriage Now with regard to the issues you wrote about:“It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”
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13 Conclusion I have many things to write to you, but I do not wish to write to you with pen and ink.
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10 For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command:“If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”
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12 In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need.