«I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with
sexually immoral people — not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral... In that case you would have to leave this world... what business is it of mine to judge those outside the Church?
But notice that whatever Paul is saying, he adamantly tells the church that he does not want them to stop keeping company with
sexually immoral people, or with the covetous, extortioners, idolaters, and the like (v. 10).
I wrote to you in a letter not to associate with
sexually immoral people — by no means referring to this world's immoral people, or to the greedy and swindlers, or to idolaters; otherwise you would have to leave the world.
I have written you in my letter not to associate with
sexually immoral people — not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters.
However, the Bible says, «I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with
sexually immoral people — not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world.
And gays and
all sexually immoral people (includes us) are disgusting to god.Agreed?
10 Yet I certainly did not mean with
the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world.
Do not be deceived:
No sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, or anyone practicing homosexuality, 10 no thieves, greedy people, drunkards, verbally abusive people, or swindlers will inherit God's kingdom.
Not exact matches
11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is
sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner — not even to eat with such a
person.
This fleeing is to be so deliberate that he also warns us not to even associate with
people who claim to be of the Christian faith but are
sexually immoral.
Jesus welcomes, and will save, all kinds of
people — short
people, tall
people, thin
people, fat
people,
sexually promiscuous
people,
immoral people, sinful
people, excluded
people, rejected
people, oppressed
people, wasted
people, judged
people, etc..
The Truth is we would not be so quick to react to the greedy, swindling, idolatrous,
sexually immoral, slandering, drunkard
people who claim to be our brothers and sisters in Christ (or to ourselves).