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- 1 Corinthians
- Chapter 6
- Verse 10
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
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Gill's Exposition
Nor thieves,.... Who take away another man's property, secret or openly, by fraud or force.
Nor covetous: insatiable, in the lust of uncleanness; or greedy of worldly gain, bent upon increasing…
Barnes' Notes
Nor covetous; - See the note at 1Co 5:10. It is remarkable that the apostle always ranks “the covetous” with the most abandoned classes of people. Nor revilers - The same word which in 1Co 5:11, is…
Here he takes occasion to warn them against many heinous evils, to which they had been formerly addicted.
I. He puts it to them as a plain truth, of which they could not be ignorant, that such sinners…
Cambridge Bible
nor covetous See note on ch. 1Co 5:10.
nor drunkards, nor revilers Here, as in ch. 1Co 5:11, where the same word is translated railer, we have the inevitable conjunction between drunkenness and…
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