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I wroteἜγραψαto youὑμῖνinἐνtheτῇletterἐπιστολῇnotμὴto associateσυναναμίγνυσθαιwith sexually immoral people,πόρνοις
1 Corinthians 5:9
Study it in the app“I wrote to you in the letter not to associate with sexually immoral people,”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 5:9, word by word
- I wroteἜγραψαEgrapsa
write
To set down words in writing: letters, laws, books.
Where else “Egrapsa” appears- letterἐπιστολῇepistolēi
letter
Letter.
Where else “epistolēi” appears- to associateσυναναμίγνυσθαιsynanamignysthai
associate with
Associate with, mix with, keep company with someone.
Where else “synanamignysthai” appears- with sexually immoral peopleπόρνοιςpornois
sexually immoral person
Sexually immoral person, someone who practices sexual immorality.
Where else “pornois” appears
Translation note
It can be understood as an earlier letter, which has not been preserved.
The context
8So let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
9 · This verse (above)
10not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would have to go out of the world.