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Berean Standard Bible

“I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.”

1 Corinthians 5:10

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Study note

Paul has told the Corinthians not to associate with someone in the church who is living in flagrant sin. Anticipating a misunderstanding of an earlier letter, he clarifies the limits of this instruction.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.

World English Bible (WEB)

yet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world, or with the covetous and extortionists, or with idolaters; for then you would have to leave the world.

King James Version (KJV)

Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.

American Standard Version (ASV)

not at all [meaning] with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous and extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world:

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

But I had not in mind the sinners who are outside the church, or those who have a desire for and take the property of others, or those who give worship to images; for it is not possible to keep away from such people without going out of the world completely:

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and not certainly with the whoremongers of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, seeing you ought then to go forth out of the world --

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

No absolutamente con los fornicarios de este mundo, ó con los avaros, ó con los ladrones, ó con los idólatras; pues en tal caso os sería menester salir del mundo.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Pero no me refería a la gente inmoral de este mundo que vive en avaricias, robos o idolatrías. Si así fuera, tendríamos que salir de este mundo.

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