1 Corinthians 5:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.”
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BSBPD
“I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“I wrote unto you in my epistle to have no company with fornicators;”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“I did write to you in the epistle, not to keep company with whoremongers--”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 5:9 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
- Proverbs 9:6Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
- 1 Corinthians 5:2And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?
- 1 Corinthians 5:7Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
- 2 Corinthians 6:14Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
- 2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
- Ephesians 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:14Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.
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