1 Corinthians 6:9-13

 11/05 ~ From New Testament Letters

        (In the Order Believed Written)

           By Necessity Paraphrased

9 - Or do you not know that unrighteousness cannot inherit the kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived, neither being sexually immoral, nor an idolater, adulterer, practicing homosexual, 10 nor thieves, greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, or swindlers are (yet) inheriting (by no means) the kingdom of God! (It’s just not possible, same for backbiters, argumentative, slandering God, polluting God’s human temples with bad doctrine/unTruth. But God LOVES “all”. ..He might be a bit angry at cruel and heartless despots.. child traffickers, what so many just don’t get - either the Greek or the Old Testament Hebrew word for anger means “smoke out the nostril”😮 - until theY judge theirself.. Can we imagine, eventually, during GWT judgment ‘day’, the gut wrenching remorse? ..The beating theirself with many stripes for the many lives (and psyches) they brought much suffering to. A child trafficker!! Of course that’s progress after the initial, inner, outside of the Light darkness.. gnashjng of teeth ..closure for victims.. closure for all things on that day! Finally they realize Christ Crucified, their weeping can end, their guilty conscience be appeased. {Um, more weeping, I’m sure but not the gnashing of teeth weeping, but the cleansing of the heart weeping, which will let in fresh streams of life and rays of light. We’re all going to enter the household/family of God. He “is Perfect” how could we ever doubt? We can trust him, and take the upper road of his instructions.} 11 And such were some of us. But we were washed [apoloúō - from apó - away from, and loúō - wash, so wash away, this strengthened form of loúō (to wash) refers to an entire washing] you were sanctified [hagiazó - to make holy, consecrate, sanctify] you were justified [dikaioó - to show to be righteous, declare righteous {maKe righteous by his Spirit/Presence. HE does it}] in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and BY the Spirit of our God.

     12 As they say, “all things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. All things are lawful for me (like wine.. “God made wine to make merry the heart of man” Ps.103, meat eating as it affected fellow believers) but I (Paul) will not be dominated by anything! 13 Food is meant for the belly and the belly for food”. And God will do away with? dial back? both. (There’s fruit on the Revelation 21 “new earth”.) The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. {Like food for the belly! And the belly for food!}

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Tomorrows verses - 1 Corinthians 6:14-20