1 Corinthians 6:9
Know you not that the unjust shall not possess the kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
8But you do wrong and defraud, and that to your brethren.
Cross References
Exodus 23:1Thou shalt not receive the voice of a lie: neither shalt thou join thy hand to bear false witness for a wicked person.
Leviticus 19:15Thou shalt not do that which is unjust, nor judge unjustly. Respect not the person of the poor, nor honour the countenance of the mighty. But judge thy neighbour according to justice.
Leviticus 20:13If any one lie with a man se with a woman, both have committed an abomination, let them be put to death: their blood be upon them.
Deuteronomy 23:17There shall be no whore among the daughters of Israel, nor whoremonger among the sons of Israel.
Judges 19:22While they were making merry, and refreshing their bodies with meat and drink, after the labour of the journey, the men of that city, sons of Belial, (that is, without yoke,) came and beset the old man's house, and began to knock at the door, calling to the master of the house, and saying: Bring forth the man that came into thy house, that we may abuse him.
Proverbs 22:8He that soweth iniquity shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 6:2-9
Causes of Litigation Censured. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? 4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. 5 I speak to… Read the whole commentary →