God’s Word Translation
1 Corinthians 6:9
9Don’t you know that wicked people won’t inherit God’s kingdom? Stop deceiving yourselves! People who continue to commit sexual sins, who worship false gods, those who commit adultery, homosexuals,
1 Corinthians 6:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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,
- New International Version (NIV)Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men
- English Standard Version (ESV)Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,
Context of 1 Corinthians 6:9
7You are already totally defeated because you have lawsuits against each other. Why don’t you accept the fact that you have been wronged? Why don’t you accept that you have been cheated? 8Instead, you do wrong and cheat, and you do this to other believers. Don’t you know that wicked people won’t inherit God’s kingdom? Stop deceiving yourselves! People who continue to commit sexual sins, who worship false gods, those who commit adultery, homosexuals, 10or thieves, those who are greedy or drunk, who use abusive language, or who rob people will not inherit God’s kingdom. 11That’s what some of you were! But you have been washed and made holy, and you have received God’s approval in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
Read all of 1 Corinthians 61 Corinthians 6:9 word by word
ἢ οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ἄδικοι θεοῦ βασιλείαν οὐ κληρονομήσουσιν;¶ Μὴ πλανᾶσθε· οὔτε πόρνοι οὔτε εἰδωλολάτραι οὔτε μοιχοὶ οὔτε μαλακοὶ οὔτε ἀρσενοκοῖταιRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ἤē · orG2228
- Know yeεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
- notοὐou · noG3756
- thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
- the unrighteousἄδικοςadikos · unjustG94
- shallκληρονομέωklēronomeō · to inheritG2816
- the kingdomβασιλείαbasileia · kingdomG932
- of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- Beπλανάωplanaō · to lead astrayG4105
- notμήmē · notG3361
- neitherοὔτεoute · neitherG3777
- fornicatorsπόρνοςpornos · sexual sinnerG4205
- idolatersεἰδωλολάτρηςeidōlolatrēs · idolaterG1496
- adulterersμοιχόςmoichos · adultererG3432
- effeminateμαλακόςmalakos · soft/effeminateG3120
- abusers of themselves with mankindἀρσενοκοίτηςarsenokoitēs · sodomiteG733
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 6:9
- 1 Corinthians 6:2Don’t you know that God’s people will judge the world? So if you’re going to judge the world, aren’t you capable of judging insignificant cases?
- 1 Corinthians 3:16Don’t you know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?
- 1 Corinthians 9:24Don’t you realize that everyone who runs in a race runs to win, but only one runner gets the prize? Run like them, so that you can win.
- Exodus 23:1⌞The Lord continued,⌟ “Never spread false rumors. Don’t join forces with wicked people by giving false testimony.
- Leviticus 19:15“Don’t be corrupt when administering justice. Never give special favors to poor people, and never show preference to important people. Judge your neighbor fairly.
- Deuteronomy 25:13Never carry two sets of weights, a heavier one and a lighter one.
- Proverbs 11:1Dishonest scales are disgusting to the Lord, but accurate weights are pleasing to him.
- Proverbs 22:8Whoever plants injustice will harvest trouble, and this weapon of his own fury will be destroyed.
- Isaiah 10:1How horrible it will be for those who make unjust laws and who make oppressive regulations.
- Isaiah 55:7Let wicked people abandon their ways. Let evil people abandon their thoughts. Let them return to the Lord, and he will show compassion to them. Let them return to our God, because he will freely forgive them.
- Zechariah 5:3Then he said to me, “This is a curse that will go out all over the earth. The one side of the scroll says that every thief will be forced away. The other side of the scroll says that everyone who takes an oath will be forced away.
- Acts 24:25As Paul discussed the subjects of God’s approval, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became afraid and said, “That’s enough for now. You can go. When I find time, I’ll send for you again.”
- Romans 1:18God’s anger is revealed from heaven against every ungodly and immoral thing people do as they try to suppress the truth by their immoral living.
- 1 Timothy 1:9For example, a person must realize that those laws are not intended for people who have God’s approval. Laws are intended for lawbreakers and rebels, for ungodly people and sinners, for those who think nothing is holy or sacred, for those who kill their fathers, their mothers, or other people.
- 1 Corinthians 6:10or thieves, those who are greedy or drunk, who use abusive language, or who rob people will not inherit God’s kingdom.
- 1 Corinthians 15:50Brothers and sisters, this is what I mean: Flesh and blood cannot inherit God’s kingdom. What decays cannot inherit what doesn’t decay.
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 6:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom - The unrighteous, , 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, Romans 8:17. There are here ten classes of transgressors which the apostle excludes from the kingdom of God; and any man who is…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Know 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 ̓́ adikoi- such as he had just mentioned - they who did injustice to others, and attempted to do it under the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-11Verses 9-11 The Corinthians are warned against many great evils, of which they had formerly been guilty. There is much force in these inquiries, when we consider that they were addressed to a people puffed up with a fancy of their being above others in wisdom and knowledge. All unrighteousness is sin; all reigning sin, nay, every actual sin, committed with design, and not repented of, shuts out of the kingdom of heaven. Be not deceived. Men are very much…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Do not be deceived: Sin is misleading, and believers should not take it lightly or think it is acceptable (Jeremiah 17:9). Continuing to engage in sexual sin without repentance shows a heart not renewed by the Holy Spirit. Sexual sins include adultery (see Exodus 20:14; Matthew 5:27–28) and practicing homosexuality (compare Leviticus 18:22; 20:13; Romans 1:26–27; 1 Timothy 1:10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. unrighteous--Translate, "Doers of wrong": referring to 1Co 6:8 (compare Ga 5:21). kingdom of God--which is a kingdom of righteousness (Ro 14:17). fornicators--alluding to 1Co 5:1-13; also below, 1Co 6:12-18. effeminate--self-polluters, who submit to unnatural lusts.Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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