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Berean Standard Bible

“Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,”

1 Corinthians 6:9

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Paul is rebuking believers in Corinth for taking each other to secular courts, and he moves to the bigger issue of wrongdoing. He asks them to remember what they were and what they now are.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,

World English Bible (WEB)

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

King James Version (KJV)

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

American Standard Version (ASV)

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

have you not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

¿No sabéis que los injustos no poseerán el reino de Dios? No erréis, que ni los fornicarios, ni los idólatras, ni los adúlteros, ni los afeminados, ni los que se echan con varones,

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

¿No saben que los que hacen eso no tendrán parte en el reino de Dios? Sépanlo bien: Los fornicarios, los idólatras, los adúlteros, los homosexuales y los pervertidos sexuales,

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