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Verse	Translation	Text
1Co 6:9	Strong Concordance	[2228] Know ye [1492] not [3756] that [3754] the unrighteous [94] shall [2816] not [3756] inherit [2816] the kingdom [932] of God [2316]? Be [4105] not [3361] deceived [4105]: neither [3777] fornicators [4205], nor [3777] idolaters [1496], nor [3777] adulterers [3432], nor [3777] effeminate [3120], nor [3777] abusers of themselves with mankind [733],
	King James	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 mankind,

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
unrighteous--Translate, "Doers of wrong": referring to Co1 6:8 (compare Gal 5:21). kingdom of God--which is a kingdom of righteousness (Rom 14:17). fornicators--alluding to Co1 5:1-13; also below, Co1 6:12-18. effeminate--self-polluters, who submit to unnatural lusts.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

unrighteous--Translate, "Doers of wrong": referring to Co1 6:8 (compare Gal 5:21).

kingdom of God--which is a kingdom of righteousness (Rom 14:17).

fornicators--alluding to Co1 5:1-13; also below, Co1 6:12-18.

effeminate--self-polluters, who submit to unnatural lusts.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Know ye not ... - The apostle introduces the declaration in this verse to show the evil of their course, and especially of the injustice which they did one to another, and their attempt to enforce and maintain the evil by an appeal to the pagan tribunals. He assures them, therefore, that the unjust could not be saved. The unrighteous - The unjust ἄδικοι adikoi - such as he had just mentioned - they who did injustice to others, and attempted to do it under the sanction of the courts. Shall not inherit - Shall not possess; shall not enter into. The kingdom of heaven is often represented as an "inheritance;" Mat 19:29; Mat 25:34; Mar 10:17; Luk 10:25; Luk 18:18; Co1 15:50; Eph 1:11, Eph 1:14; Eph 5:5. The kingdom of God - Cannot be saved; cannot enter into heaven; see the note at Mat 3:2. This may refer either to the kingdom of God in heaven; or to the church on earth - most probably the former. But the sense is the same essentially, whichever is meant. The man who is not fit to enter into the one is not fit to enter into the other. The man who is fit to enter the kingdom of God on earth, shall also enter into that in heaven. Be not deceived - A most important direction to be given to all. It implies: (1) That they were in danger of being deceived: (a) Their own hearts might have deceived them. (b) They might be deceived by their false opinions on these subjects. (c) They might be in danger of being deceived by their leaders, who perhaps held the opinion that some of the persons who practiced these things could be saved. (2) it implies, that there was "no necessity" of their being deceived. They might know the truth. They might easily understand these matters. It might be plain to them that those who indulged in these things could not be saved. (3) it implies that it was of high importance that they should not be deceived. For: (a) The soul is of infinite value. (b) To lose heaven - to be disappointed in regard to that, will be a tremendous loss. (c) To inherit hell and its woes will be a tremendous curse. O how anxious should all be that they he not deceived, and that while they hope for life they do not sink down to everlasting death! Neither fornicators - See Gal 5:19-21; Eph 5:4-5; Heb 12:14; Heb 13:4. See the note at Rom 1:29. Nor effeminate - μαλακοὶ malakoi. This word occurs in Mat 11:8, and Luk 7:25, where it is applied to clothing, and translated "soft raiment;" that is, the light, thin garments worn by the rich and great. It occurs no where else in the New Testament except here. Applied to morals, as it is here, it denotes those who give themselves up to a soft, luxurious, and indolent way of living; who make self-indulgence the grand object of life; who can endure no hardship, and practice no self-denial in the cause of duty and of God. The word is applied in the classic writers to the Cinaedi, the Pathics, or Catamites; those who are given up to wantonness and sensual pleasures, or who are kept to be prostituted to others. Diog. Laer. Luk 7:5, Luk 7:4. Xenoph. Mem. Luk 3:7. 1. Ovid Fast. 4:342. The connection here seems to demand such an interpretation, as it occurs in the description of vices of the same class - sensual and corrupt indulgences - It is well known that this vice was common among the Greeks - and particularly prevailed at Corinth. Abusers of themselves with mankind - ἀρσενοκοῖτοι arsenokoitoi. Paederastae or Sodomites. Those who indulged in a vice that was common among all the pagan; see the notes at Rom 1:27.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Know ye not ... - The apostle introduces the declaration in this verse to show the evil of their course, and especially of the injustice which they did one to another, and their attempt to enforce and maintain the evil by an appeal to the pagan tribunals. He assures them, therefore, that the unjust could not be saved.

The unrighteous - The unjust ἄδικοι adikoi - such as he had just mentioned - they who did injustice to others, and attempted to do it under the sanction of the courts.

Shall not inherit - Shall not possess; shall not enter into. The kingdom of heaven is often represented as an "inheritance;" Mat 19:29; Mat 25:34; Mar 10:17; Luk 10:25; Luk 18:18; Co1 15:50; Eph 1:11, Eph 1:14; Eph 5:5.

The kingdom of God - Cannot be saved; cannot enter into heaven; see the note at Mat 3:2. This may refer either to the kingdom of God in heaven; or to the church on earth - most probably the former. But the sense is the same essentially, whichever is meant. The man who is not fit to enter into the one is not fit to enter into the other. The man who is fit to enter the kingdom of God on earth, shall also enter into that in heaven.

Be not deceived - A most important direction to be given to all. It implies:

(1) That they were in danger of being deceived:

(a) Their own hearts might have deceived them.

(b) They might be deceived by their false opinions on these subjects.

(c) They might be in danger of being deceived by their leaders, who perhaps held the opinion that some of the persons who practiced these things could be saved.

(2) it implies, that there was "no necessity" of their being deceived. They might know the truth. They might easily understand these matters. It might be plain to them that those who indulged in these things could not be saved.

(3) it implies that it was of high importance that they should not be deceived. For:

(a) The soul is of infinite value.

(b) To lose heaven - to be disappointed in regard to that, will be a tremendous loss.

(c) To inherit hell and its woes will be a tremendous curse. O how anxious should all be that they he not deceived, and that while they hope for life they do not sink down to everlasting death!

Neither fornicators - See Gal 5:19-21; Eph 5:4-5; Heb 12:14; Heb 13:4. See the note at Rom 1:29.

Nor effeminate - μαλακοὶ malakoi. This word occurs in Mat 11:8, and Luk 7:25, where it is applied to clothing, and translated "soft raiment;" that is, the light, thin garments worn by the rich and great. It occurs no where else in the New Testament except here. Applied to morals, as it is here, it denotes those who give themselves up to a soft, luxurious, and indolent way of living; who make self-indulgence the grand object of life; who can endure no hardship, and practice no self-denial in the cause of duty and of God. The word is applied in the classic writers to the Cinaedi, the Pathics, or Catamites; those who are given up to wantonness and sensual pleasures, or who are kept to be prostituted to others. Diog. Laer. Luk 7:5, Luk 7:4. Xenoph. Mem. Luk 3:7. 1. Ovid Fast. 4:342. The connection here seems to demand such an interpretation, as it occurs in the description of vices of the same class - sensual and corrupt indulgences - It is well known that this vice was common among the Greeks - and particularly prevailed at Corinth.

Abusers of themselves with mankind - ἀρσενοκοῖτοι arsenokoitoi. Paederastae or Sodomites. Those who indulged in a vice that was common among all the pagan; see the notes at Rom 1:27.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Kingdom of God See on Luk 6:20. Fornicators The besetting sin of Corinth. Hence the numerous solemn and emphatic allusions to it in this epistle. See Co1 5:11; Co1 6:15-18; Co1 10:8. Effeminate (μαλακοὶ) Luxurious and dainty. The word was used in a darker and more horrible sense, to which there may be an allusion here. Abusers, etc. See on Rom 1:7.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Idolatry is here placed between fornication and adultery, because they generally accompanied it. Nor the effeminate - Who live in an easy, indolent way; taking up no cross, enduring no hardship. But how is this? These good - natured, harmless people are ranked with idolaters and sodomites! We may learn hence, that we are never secure from the greatest sins, till we guard against those which are thought the least; nor, indeed, till we think no sin is little, since every one is a step toward hell.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom - The unrighteous, αδικοι, those who act contrary to right, cannot inherit, for the inheritance is by right. He who is not a child of God has no right to the family inheritance, for that inheritance is for the children. If children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ, Rom 8:17. There are here ten classes of transgressors which the apostle excludes from the kingdom of God; and any man who is guilty of any one of the evils mentioned above is thereby excluded from this kingdom, whether it imply the Church of Christ here below, or the state of glory hereafter. Several of the evils here enumerated will not bear to be particularly explained; they are, however, sufficiently plain of themselves, and show us what abominations were commonly practised among the Corinthians.

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¹² All things [3956] are lawful [1832] unto me [3427], but [235] all things [3956] are [4851] not [3756] expedient [4851]: all things [3956] are lawful [1832] for me [3427], but [235] I [1473] will [1850] not [3756] be brought under the power [1850] of [5259] any [5100].
¹³ Meats [1033] for the belly [2836], and [2532] the belly [2836] for meats [1033]: but [1161] God [2316] shall destroy [2673] both [2532] it [5026] and [2532] them [5023]. Now [1161] the body [4983] is not [3756] for fornication [4202], but [235] for the Lord [2962]; and [2532] the Lord [2962] for the body [4983].
¹⁴ And [1161] God [2316] hath [1453] both [2532] raised up [1453] the Lord [2962], and [2532] will [1825] also [2532] raise up [1825] us [2248] by [1223] his own [846] power [1411].
¹⁵ Know ye [1492] not [3756] that [3754] your [5216] bodies [4983] are [2076] the members [3196] of Christ [5547]? shall I [142] then [3767] take [142] the members [3196] of Christ [5547], and make [4160] them the members [3196] of an harlot [4204]? God forbid [3361] [1096].
¹⁶ What [2228]? know ye [1492] not [3756] that [3754] he which is joined [2853] to an harlot [4204] is [2076] one [1520] body [4983]? for [1063] two [1417], saith he [5346], shall be [2071] one [1519] [3391] flesh [4561].
¹⁷ But [1161] he that is joined [2853] unto the Lord [2962] is [2076] one [1520] spirit [4151].
¹⁸ Flee [5343] fornication [4202]. Every [3956] sin [265] that [3739] [1437] a man [444] doeth [4160] is [2076] without [1622] the body [4983]; but [1161] he that committeth fornication [4203] sinneth [264] against [1519] his own [2398] body [4983].

¹ It is reported [191] commonly [3654] that there is fornication [4202] among [1722] you [5213], and [2532] such [5108] fornication [4202] as [3748] is [3687] not so much [3761] as named [3687] among [1722] the Gentiles [1484], that [5620] one [5100] should have [2192] his father's [3962] wife [1135].
² And [2532] ye [5210] are [2075] puffed up [5448], and [2532] have [3996] not [3780] rather [3123] mourned [3996], that [2443] he that hath done [4160] this [5124] deed [2041] might be taken away [1808] from [1537] among [3319] you [5216].
³ For [1063] I [1473] verily [3303], as [5613] absent [548] in body [4983], but [1161] present [3918] in spirit [4151], have judged [2919] already [2235], as [5613] though I were present [3918], concerning him that hath [2716] so [3779] done [2716] this deed [5124],
⁴ In [1722] the name [3686] of our [2257] Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547], when ye [5216] are gathered together [4863], and [2532] my [1699] spirit [4151], with [4862] the power [1411] of our [2257] Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547],
⁵ To deliver [3860] such an one [5108] unto Satan [4567] for [1519] the destruction [3639] of the flesh [4561], that [2443] the spirit [4151] may be saved [4982] in [1722] the day [2250] of the Lord [2962] Jesus [2424].
⁶ Your [5216] glorying [2745] is not [3756] good [2570]. Know ye [1492] not [3756] that [3754] a little [3398] leaven [2219] leaveneth [2220] the whole [3650] lump [5445]?
⁷ Purge out [1571] therefore [3767] the old [3820] leaven [2219], that [2443] ye may be [5600] a new [3501] lump [5445], as [2531] ye are [2075] unleavened [106]. For [1063] even [2532] Christ [5547] our [2257] passover [3957] is sacrificed [2380] for [5228] us [2257]:
⁸ Therefore [5620] let us keep the feast [1858], not [3361] with [1722] old [3820] leaven [2219], neither [3366] with [1722] the leaven [2219] of malice [2549] and [2532] wickedness [4189]; but [235] with [1722] the unleavened [106] bread of sincerity [1505] and [2532] truth [225].
⁹ I wrote [1125] unto you [5213] in [1722] an epistle [1992] not [3361] to company [4874] with fornicators [4205]:
¹⁰ Yet [2532] not [3756] altogether [3843] with the fornicators [4205] of this [5127] world [2889], or [2228] with the covetous [4123], or [2228] extortioners [727], or [2228] with idolaters [1496]; for [1893] then [686] must ye needs [3784] go [1831] out of [1537] the world [2889].
¹¹ But [1161] now [3570] I have written [1125] unto you [5213] not [3361] to keep company [4874], if [1437] any man [5100] that is called [3687] a brother [80] be [2228] a fornicator [4205], or [2228] covetous [4123], or [2228] an idolater [1496], or [2228] a railer [3060], or [2228] a drunkard [3183], or [2228] an extortioner [727]; with such an one [5108] no not [3366] to eat [4906].
¹² For [1063] what [5101] have I [3427] to do to judge [2919] them also [2532] that are without [1854]? do [2919] not [3780] ye [5210] judge [2919] them that are within [2080]?
¹³ But [1161] them that are without [1854] God [2316] judgeth [2919]. Therefore [2532] put away [1808] from [1537] among yourselves [5216] that [846] wicked person [4190].

¹⁷ For [1063] the kingdom [932] of God [2316] is [2076] not [3756] meat [1035] and [2532] drink [4213]; but [235] righteousness [1343], and [2532] peace [1515], and [2532] joy [5479] in [1722] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151].

²¹ Envyings [5355], murders [5408], drunkenness [3178], revellings [2970], and [2532] such [5125] like [3664]: of the which [3739] I tell [4302] you [5213] before [4302], as [2531] I have [4277] also [2532] told you in time past [4277], that [3754] they which do [4238] such things [5108] shall [2816] not [3756] inherit [2816] the kingdom [932] of God [2316].

⁸ Nay [235], ye [5210] do wrong [91], and [2532] defraud [650], and [2532] that [5023] your brethren [80].

²⁷ And [5037] likewise [3668] also [2532] the men [730], leaving [863] the natural [5446] use [5540] of the woman [2338], burned [1572] in [1722] their [846] lust [3715] one toward another [1519] [240]; men [730] with [1722] men [730] working [2716] that which is unseemly [808], and [2532] receiving [618] in [1722] themselves [1438] that recompence [489] of their [846] error [4106] which [3739] was meet [1163].

⁷ Then [3767] said [3004] he to the multitude [3793] that came forth [1607] to be baptized [907] of [5259] him [846], O generation [1081] of vipers [2191], who [5101] hath warned [5263] you [5213] to flee [5343] from [575] the wrath [3709] to come [3195]?

⁴ And [1161] when they came [3854] to [4314] Jesus [2424], they besought [3870] him [846] instantly [4709], saying [3004], That [3754] he was [2076] worthy [514] for whom [3739] he should do [3930] this [5124]:

⁵ For [1063] he loveth [25] our [2257] nation [1484], and [2532] he [846] hath built [3618] us [2254] a synagogue [4864].

²⁵ But [235] what [5101] went ye out [1831] for to see [1492]? A man [444] clothed [294] in [1722] soft [3120] raiment [2440]? Behold [2400], they which are [1722] gorgeously [1741] apparelled [2441], and [2532] live [5225] delicately [5172], are [1526] in [1722] kings' courts [933].

⁸ But [235] what [5101] went ye out [1831] for to see [1492]? A man [444] clothed [294] in [1722] soft [3120] raiment [2440]? behold [2400], they that wear [5409] soft [3120] clothing are [1526] in [1722] kings [935]' houses [3624].

²⁹ Being filled with [4137] all [3956] unrighteousness [93], fornication [4202], wickedness [4189], covetousness [4124], maliciousness [2549]; full [3324] of envy [5355], murder [5408], debate [2054], deceit [1388], malignity [2550]; whisperers [5588],

⁴ Marriage [1062] is honourable [5093] in [1722] all [3956], and [2532] the bed [2845] undefiled [283]: but [1161] whoremongers [4205] and [2532] adulterers [3432] God [2316] will judge [2919].

¹⁴ Follow [1377] peace [1515] with [3326] all [3956] men, and [2532] holiness [38], without [5565] which [3739] no man [3762] shall see [3700] the Lord [2962]:

⁴ Neither [2532] filthiness [151], nor [2532] foolish talking [3473], nor [2228] jesting [2160], which [3588] are [433] not [3756] convenient [433]: but [235] rather [3123] giving of thanks [2169].
⁵ For [1063] this [5124] ye know [2075] [1097], that [3754] no [3756] [3956] whoremonger [4205], nor [2228] unclean person [169], nor [2228] covetous man [4123], who [3739] is [2076] an idolater [1496], hath [2192] any inheritance [2817] in [1722] the kingdom [932] of Christ [5547] and [2532] of God [2316].

¹⁹ Now [1161] the works [2041] of the flesh [4561] are [2076] manifest [5318], which [3748] are [2076] these; Adultery [3430], fornication [4202], uncleanness [167], lasciviousness [766],
²⁰ Idolatry [1495], witchcraft [5331], hatred [2189], variance [2054], emulations [2205], wrath [2372], strife [2052], seditions [1370], heresies [139],
²¹ Envyings [5355], murders [5408], drunkenness [3178], revellings [2970], and [2532] such [5125] like [3664]: of the which [3739] I tell [4302] you [5213] before [4302], as [2531] I have [4277] also [2532] told you in time past [4277], that [3754] they which do [4238] such things [5108] shall [2816] not [3756] inherit [2816] the kingdom [932] of God [2316].

² And [2532] saying [3004], Repent ye [3340]: for [1063] the kingdom [932] of heaven [3772] is at hand [1448].

⁵ For [1063] this [5124] ye know [2075] [1097], that [3754] no [3756] [3956] whoremonger [4205], nor [2228] unclean person [169], nor [2228] covetous man [4123], who [3739] is [2076] an idolater [1496], hath [2192] any inheritance [2817] in [1722] the kingdom [932] of Christ [5547] and [2532] of God [2316].

¹⁴ Which [3739] is [2076] the earnest [728] of our [2257] inheritance [2817] until [1519] the redemption [629] of the purchased possession [4047], unto [1519] the praise [1868] of his [846] glory [1391].

¹¹ In [1722] whom [3739] also [2532] we have obtained an inheritance [2820], being predestinated [4309] according to [2596] the purpose [4286] of him who worketh [1754] all things [3956] after [2596] the counsel [1012] of his own [846] will [2307]:

⁵⁰ Now [1161] this [5124] I say [5346], brethren [80], that [3754] flesh [4561] and [2532] blood [129] cannot [3756] [1410] inherit [2816] the kingdom [932] of God [2316]; neither [3761] doth [2816] corruption [5356] inherit [2816] incorruption [861].

¹⁸ And [2532] a certain [5100] ruler [758] asked [1905] him [846], saying [3004], Good [18] Master [1320], what [5101] shall I do [4160] to inherit [2816] eternal [166] life [2222]?

²⁵ And [2532], behold [2400], a certain [5100] lawyer [3544] stood up [450], and [2532] tempted [1598] him [846], saying [3004], Master [1320], what [5101] shall I do [4160] to inherit [2816] eternal [166] life [2222]?

¹⁷ And [2532] when he was gone forth [1607] into [1519] the way [846] [3598], there came [4370] one [1520] running [4370], and [2532] kneeled [1120] to him [846], and asked [1905] him [846], Good [18] Master [1320], what [5101] shall I do [4160] that [2443] I may inherit [2816] eternal [166] life [2222]?

³⁴ Then [5119] shall the King [935] say [2046] unto them on [1537] his [846] right hand [1188], Come [1205], ye blessed [2127] of my [3450] Father [3962], inherit [2816] the kingdom [932] prepared [2090] for you [5213] from [575] the foundation [2602] of the world [2889]:

²⁹ And [2532] every [3956] one [3739] that hath forsaken [863] houses [3614], or [2228] brethren [80], or [2228] sisters [79], or [2228] father [3962], or [2228] mother [3384], or [2228] wife [1135], or [2228] children [5043], or [2228] lands [68], for my [3450] name's [3686] sake [1752], shall receive [2983] an hundredfold [1542], and [2532] shall inherit [2816] everlasting [166] life [2222].

⁷ To all [3956] that be [5607] in [1722] Rome [4516], beloved [27] of God [2316], called [2822] to be saints [40]: Grace [5485] to you [5213] and [2532] peace [1515] from [575] God [2316] our [2257] Father [3962], and [2532] the Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547].

⁸ Neither [3366] let us commit fornication [4203], as [2531] some [5100] of them [846] committed [4203], and [2532] fell [4098] in [1722] one [3391] day [2250] three [5140] and twenty [1501] thousand [5505].

¹⁵ Know ye [1492] not [3756] that [3754] your [5216] bodies [4983] are [2076] the members [3196] of Christ [5547]? shall I [142] then [3767] take [142] the members [3196] of Christ [5547], and make [4160] them the members [3196] of an harlot [4204]? God forbid [3361] [1096].
¹⁶ What [2228]? know ye [1492] not [3756] that [3754] he which is joined [2853] to an harlot [4204] is [2076] one [1520] body [4983]? for [1063] two [1417], saith he [5346], shall be [2071] one [1519] [3391] flesh [4561].
¹⁷ But [1161] he that is joined [2853] unto the Lord [2962] is [2076] one [1520] spirit [4151].
¹⁸ Flee [5343] fornication [4202]. Every [3956] sin [265] that [3739] [1437] a man [444] doeth [4160] is [2076] without [1622] the body [4983]; but [1161] he that committeth fornication [4203] sinneth [264] against [1519] his own [2398] body [4983].

¹¹ But [1161] now [3570] I have written [1125] unto you [5213] not [3361] to keep company [4874], if [1437] any man [5100] that is called [3687] a brother [80] be [2228] a fornicator [4205], or [2228] covetous [4123], or [2228] an idolater [1496], or [2228] a railer [3060], or [2228] a drunkard [3183], or [2228] an extortioner [727]; with such an one [5108] no not [3366] to eat [4906].

²⁰ And [2532] he [846] lifted up [1869] his [846] eyes [3788] on [1519] his [846] disciples [3101], and said [3004], Blessed [3107] be ye poor [4434]: for [3754] yours [5212] is [2076] the kingdom [932] of God [2316].

¹⁷ And [1161] if [1487] children [5043], then [2532] heirs [2818]; heirs [2818] of God [3303] [2316], and [1161] joint-heirs [4789] with Christ [5547]; if so be [1512] that we suffer with [4841] him, that [2443] we may be [4888] also [2532] glorified together [4888].