1 CORINTHIANS 6:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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,”
Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? — The formula 'do you not know' signals both warning and catechesis. Paul catalogs those excluded from the kingdom: the sexually immoral (pornoi), idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes (malakoi), men who have sex with men (arsenokoitai), thieves, the greedy, drunkards, slanderers, and swindlers. The list mirrors Jewish moral instruction but applies it to the Corinthian community itself, suggesting these vices are present threats.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 6:9
“Nay, you yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.” Again, it is a twofold crime, perhaps even threefold or fourfold. One, not to know how to bear being wronged. Another, actually to do wrong. A third, to commit the settlement of these matters even unto the unjust. And yet a fourth, that it should be so done to a brother. For men's offenses are not judged by the same rule, when they are committed against any chance person, and towards one's own member. For…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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