For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
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Gill's Exposition
For whoremongers,.... Fornicators and adulterers, who were transgressors of the seventh command, Exo 20:14 these God will judge, and such shall have their portion in the lake that burns with fire and…
Barnes' Notes
For whoremongers - Lev 19:29; Lev 20:5. For them that defile themselves with mankind - Sodomites. See the evidence that this crime abounded in ancient times, in the notes on Rom 1:27. It was forbidden…
Adam Clarke
For whoremongers - Πορνοις· Adulterers, fornicators, and prostitutes of all sorts.
Them that defile themselves with mankind - Αρσενοκοιταις· From αρσην, a male, and κοιτη, a bed; a word too bad to be…
Here the apostle instructs Timothy how to guard against the judaizing teachers, or others who mingled fables and endless genealogies with the gospel. He shows the use of the law, and the glory of the…
Cambridge Bible
whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind breakers of the seventh commandment.
menstealers breakers of the eighth commandment, the grossest theft; punishable with death, Exo 21:16, by…
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