Study it in the app“For this you know, recognizing that no sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of the Messiah and of God.”
Paul warns that God's wrath comes upon disobedienceHolinessSexual immorality should not even be named among you, as is fitting for saintsPurity
Forγὰρthisτοῦτοyou know,ἴστεrecognizingγινώσκοντεςthatὅτιnoπᾶς οὐκsexually immoralπόρνοςorἢimpureἀκάθαρτοςorἢgreedy person,πλεονέκτηςwhoὅisἐστινan idolater,εἰδωλολάτρηςhasἔχειan inheritanceκληρονομίανinἐνthe kingdomτῇ βασιλείᾳof the Messiahτοῦ Χριστοῦandκαὶof God.θεοῦ
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “iste” appearsfind out
To find out something, to realize.
Where else “ginōskontes” appearssexually immoral person
Sexually immoral person, someone who practices sexual immorality.
Where else “pornos” appearsfilth
A life made filthy by sin.
Where else “akathartos” appearsgreedy person
Greedy person, someone who always wants to have more.
Where else “pleonektēs” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearsidolater
Idolater, someone who worships idols.
Where else “eidōlolatrēs” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echei” appearsinheritance
Inheritance.
Where else “klēronomian” appearskingdom of God
God's rule, which comes with Jesus.
Where else “basileiai” appearsMessiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christou” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears4and no obscenity and foolish talk or crude joking, which are not fitting, but rather thanksgiving.
5 · This verse (above)
6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
1. What it says
What does Paul say about walking in love and walking as children of light (v. 1-2, 8-9)?
2. What it means
Paul links the Messiah's love for the assembly with a husband's love for his wife (v. 25-29). What does the text say that love is like?
3. How I live it
Paul invites us to give thanks always and to speak with psalms and songs (v. 19-20). What simple habit could help you do that?
