1 CORINTHIANS 6
7 To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? 8 But you yourselves wrong and defraud—even your own brothers! 9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. – 1 Corinthians 6:7-11
1 CORINTHIANS 6 THE FATE OF THE UNRIGHTEOUS
A poem by ILMA inspired by these verses
To all those who are sexually immoral, idolaters and adulterers
Watch out for your actions are displeasing to the heavenly Father
God hates wickedness in the hearts of men, avoid it as much as you can
The fate of the unrighteous is deprivation of God’s kingdom
Those who believe in Christ are washed, sanctified and justified
A place for servants of Jesus is reserved for them in eternity.
Paul continued to challenge the Christians in Corinth. This is a continuation of his challenge to them regarding filing lawsuits against each other. He warns them of the consequence of doing unrighteous things. It also refers to one of their brothers in that church who they tolerated and didn’t confront when he slept with his father’s wife.
Paul enumerates some of the many sins that displeases God: sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, homosexuals, thieves, drunks, the greedy, abusers or cheaters. Reflect on these sins and you will come down to people who indulge in their flesh and go against the laws of love that God has put in each person’s heart. Paul warns them of these sins.
David Guzik comments “At the very time Paul wrote, Nero was emperor. Nero castrated a boy named Sporus and then married him (with a full ceremony), brought him to the palace with a great procession, and made the boy his “wife.” Later, the emperor lived with another man, and Nero was declared to be the other man’s “wife.”
REFLECTION
- Why do you think the following sins enumerated here are sins that God hates?
