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Berean Standard Bible

“I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.”

1 Corinthians 5:9

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Study note

Paul refers to an earlier letter that has not survived, in which he gave instructions about how the Corinthian believers should relate to immoral people. Some had misunderstood him.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

World English Bible (WEB)

I wrote to you in my letter to have no company with sexual sinners;

King James Version (KJV)

I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:

American Standard Version (ASV)

I wrote unto you in my epistle to have no company with fornicators;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

In my letter I said to you that you were not to keep company with those who go after the desires of the flesh;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

I did write to you in the epistle, not to keep company with whoremongers --

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Os he escrito por carta, que no os envolváis con los fornicarios:

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

En mi carta anterior les supliqué que no se juntaran con gente inmoral.

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