1 Corinthians 6:10

1 Corinthians 6:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
• New International Version (NIV)nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

Context of 1 Corinthians 6:10

8Instead, you yourselves are the ones who do wrong and cheat even your fellow believers. 9Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God. 11Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 12You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. And even though “I am allowed to do anything,” I must not become a slave to anything.

1 Corinthians 6:10 word by word

οὔτε κλέπται οὔτε πλεονέκται οὐ μέθυσοι οὐ λοίδοροι οὐχ ἅρπαγες βασιλείαν θεοῦ κληρονομήσουσιν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Norοὔτεoute · neitherG3777
• thievesκλέπτηςkleptēs · thiefG2812
• covetousπλεονέκτηςpleonektēs · greedyG4123
• drunkardsμέθυσοςmethusos · drunkardG3183
• norοὐou · noG3756
• revilersλοίδοροςloidoros · revilerG3060
• extortionersἅρπαξharpax · rapaciousG727
• shall inheritκληρονομέωklēronomeō · to inheritG2816
• the kingdomβασιλείαbasileia · kingdomG932
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 6:10

• Psalms 50:17For you refuse my discipline and treat my words like trash.
• Isaiah 1:23Your leaders are rebels, the companions of thieves. All of them love bribes and demand payoffs, but they refuse to defend the cause of orphans or fight for the rights of widows.
• Jeremiah 7:11Don’t you yourselves admit that this Temple, which bears my name, has become a den of thieves? Surely I see all the evil going on there. I, the Lord, have spoken!
• Ezekiel 22:13“But now I clap my hands in indignation over your dishonest gain and bloodshed.
• Matthew 21:19and he noticed a fig tree beside the road. He went over to see if there were any figs, but there were only leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” And immediately the fig tree withered up.
• John 12:6Not that he cared for the poor—he was a thief, and since he was in charge of the disciples’ money, he often stole some for himself.
• Ephesians 4:28If you are a thief, quit stealing. Instead, use your hands for good hard work, and then give generously to others in need.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:6Never harm or cheat a fellow believer in this matter by violating his wife, for the Lord avenges all such sins, as we have solemnly warned you before.
• 1 Peter 4:15If you suffer, however, it must not be for murder, stealing, making trouble, or prying into other people’s affairs.
• 1 Corinthians 5:11I meant that you are not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer yet indulges in sexual sin, or is greedy, or worships idols, or is abusive, or is a drunkard, or cheats people. Don’t even eat with such people.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 6:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Nor covetous; - See the note at 1 Corinthians 5:10. It is remarkable that the apostle always ranks “the covetous” with the most abandoned classes of people. Nor revilers - The same word which in 1 Corinthians 5:11, is rendered railer; see the note at that place. Nor extortioners - See the note at 1 Corinthians 5:11. Shall inherit - Shall enter; shalt be saved, 1 Corinthians 6:9.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. 10nor … will inherit the kingdom of God: Repeating this point (also 6:9) highlights the serious consequences of living in sin. For similar warnings, see Galatians 5:19–21; Ephesians 5:5; compare Colossians 3:5–6.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-111Co 6:1-11. Litigation of Christians in Heathen Courts Censured: Its Very Existence Betrays a Wrong Spirit: Better to Bear Wrong Now, and Hereafter the Doers of Wrong Shall Be Shut Out of Heaven. 1. Dare--This word implies treason against Christian brotherhood [Bengel]. before the unjust--The Gentile judges are here so termed by an epithet appropriate to the subject in question, namely, one concerning justice. Though all Gentiles were not altogether…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 6:10

• Adultery
• Covetousness
• Drunkard
• Extortion
• Idolatry
• Lasciviousness
• Righteous
• Sin
• Slander
• Speaking
• Theft and Thieves
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

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• Kingdom of God
• Angel
• Drunk
• Evilspeaking
• Extortioner
• Flee
• Judgment
• Price

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 6

• 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