Parallel Verses
- New Living Translation - I meant that you are not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer yet indulges in sexual sin, or is greedy, or worships idols, or is abusive, or is a drunkard, or cheats people. Don’t even eat with such people.
- 新标点和合本 - 但如今我写信给你们说，若有称为弟兄是行淫乱的，或贪婪的，或拜偶像的，或辱骂的，或醉酒的，或勒索的，这样的人不可与他相交，就是与他吃饭都不可。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 但现在，我写信告诉你们，若有称为弟兄的人却仍犯淫乱，或贪婪，或拜偶像，或辱骂，或醉酒，或勒索，这样的人不可跟他交往，就是跟他吃饭都不可以。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 但现在，我写信告诉你们，若有称为弟兄的人却仍犯淫乱，或贪婪，或拜偶像，或辱骂，或醉酒，或勒索，这样的人不可跟他交往，就是跟他吃饭都不可以。
- 当代译本 - 我的意思是，若有人自称是信徒，却淫乱、贪婪、祭拜偶像、毁谤、酗酒、欺诈，你们不要和他们交往，甚至不要和他们一起吃饭。
- 圣经新译本 - 但现在我写信告诉你们，如果有称为弟兄，却是行淫乱、贪心、拜偶像、辱骂人、醉酒或勒索的，这样的人，不可和他来往，连和他吃饭都不可。
- 中文标准译本 - 但如今我写给你们的是：如果有人被称为弟兄，却是淫乱的、或贪心的、或拜偶像的、或诽谤人的、或酗酒的、或勒索人的，你们不可与他交往，连与这样的人一起吃饭都不可。
- 现代标点和合本 - 但如今我写信给你们说：若有称为弟兄是行淫乱的，或贪婪的，或拜偶像的，或辱骂的，或醉酒的，或勒索的，这样的人不可与他相交，就是与他吃饭都不可。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 但如今我写信给你们说：若有称为弟兄是行淫乱的、或贪婪的、或拜偶像的、或辱骂的、或醉酒的、或勒索的，这样的人不可与他相交，就是与他吃饭都不可。
- New International Version - But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people.
- New International Reader's Version - But here is what I am writing to you now. You must stay away from anyone who claims to be a believer but does evil things. Stay away from anyone who commits sexual sins. Stay away from anyone who always wants more and more things. Stay away from anyone who worships statues of gods. Stay away from anyone who tells lies about others. Stay away from anyone who gets drunk or who cheats. Don’t even eat with people like these.
- English Standard Version - But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one.
- Christian Standard Bible - But actually, I wrote you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister and is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or verbally abusive, a drunkard or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.
- New American Standard Bible - But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he is a sexually immoral person, or a greedy person, or an idolater, or is verbally abusive, or habitually drunk, or a swindler—not even to eat with such a person.
- New King James Version - But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.
- Amplified Bible - But actually, I have written to you not to associate with any so-called [Christian] brother if he is sexually immoral or greedy, or is an idolater [devoted to anything that takes the place of God], or is a reviler [who insults or slanders or otherwise verbally abuses others], or is a drunkard or a swindler—you must not so much as eat with such a person.
- American Standard Version - but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.
- King James Version - But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
- New English Translation - But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls himself a Christian who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.
- World English Bible - But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.
- 新標點和合本 - 但如今我寫信給你們說，若有稱為弟兄是行淫亂的，或貪婪的，或拜偶像的，或辱罵的，或醉酒的，或勒索的，這樣的人不可與他相交，就是與他吃飯都不可。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 但現在，我寫信告訴你們，若有稱為弟兄的人卻仍犯淫亂，或貪婪，或拜偶像，或辱罵，或醉酒，或勒索，這樣的人不可跟他交往，就是跟他吃飯都不可以。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 但現在，我寫信告訴你們，若有稱為弟兄的人卻仍犯淫亂，或貪婪，或拜偶像，或辱罵，或醉酒，或勒索，這樣的人不可跟他交往，就是跟他吃飯都不可以。
- 當代譯本 - 我的意思是，若有人自稱是信徒，卻淫亂、貪婪、祭拜偶像、毀謗、酗酒、欺詐，你們不要和他們交往，甚至不要和他們一起吃飯。
- 聖經新譯本 - 但現在我寫信告訴你們，如果有稱為弟兄，卻是行淫亂、貪心、拜偶像、辱罵人、醉酒或勒索的，這樣的人，不可和他來往，連和他吃飯都不可。
- 呂振中譯本 - 其實我寫給你們的是：若有人名為弟兄，實在是嫖妓或作男倡的、或貪婪的、或拜偶像的、或辱罵人的、或醉酒的、或勒索人的，你們就不可 和他 交往。就是和這樣的人一同喫飯也不可，
- 中文標準譯本 - 但如今我寫給你們的是：如果有人被稱為弟兄，卻是淫亂的、或貪心的、或拜偶像的、或誹謗人的、或酗酒的、或勒索人的，你們不可與他交往，連與這樣的人一起吃飯都不可。
- 現代標點和合本 - 但如今我寫信給你們說：若有稱為弟兄是行淫亂的，或貪婪的，或拜偶像的，或辱罵的，或醉酒的，或勒索的，這樣的人不可與他相交，就是與他吃飯都不可。
- 文理和合譯本 - 今我以書遺爾、若有名為兄弟、而淫亂、貪婪、拜像、詬詈、沉湎、殘酷、則勿與之交、亦勿與之共食、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 吾書遺爾、若既稱為兄弟、而淫亂、貪婪、拜偶像、詬誶、沉湎、殘酷、則勿與之交、亦勿與共食、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我今致書勸爾、若有稱為兄弟者而行淫、或貪婪、或拜偶像、或詬詈、或醉酒、或勒索、如此之人、勿與之交、勿與之共食、
- 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 吾意乃謂苟有自名為吾道中人、而猶淫亂、慳吝、迷信、慢罵、狂飲、勒索、誅求也、若此之人、應羞與為伍、雖拒與同席可也。
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Pero en esta carta quiero aclararles que no deben relacionarse con nadie que, llamándose hermano, sea inmoral o avaro, idólatra, calumniador, borracho o estafador. Con tal persona ni siquiera deben juntarse para comer.
- 현대인의 성경 - 내가 말하는 것은 믿는다고 하면서도 음란한 짓을 하고 탐욕을 부리고 우상을 숭배하며 욕설을 일삼고 술 취하고 사기치는 사람들과 사귀지 말고 그런 사람들과는 음 식도 같이 먹지 말라는 것입니다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Я пишу вам о том, чтобы вы не общались с теми, кто называет себя братом, а на самом деле является развратником, корыстолюбцем, идолопоклонником или же клеветником, пьяницей или мошенником. С таким человеком даже не ешьте вместе.
- Восточный перевод - Я пишу вам о том, чтобы вы не общались с теми, кто называет себя братом, а на самом деле является развратником, корыстолюбцем, идолопоклонником или же клеветником, пьяницей или мошенником. С таким человеком даже не ешьте вместе.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Я пишу вам о том, чтобы вы не общались с теми, кто называет себя братом, а на самом деле является развратником, корыстолюбцем, идолопоклонником или же клеветником, пьяницей или мошенником. С таким человеком даже не ешьте вместе.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Я пишу вам о том, чтобы вы не общались с теми, кто называет себя братом, а на самом деле является развратником, корыстолюбцем, идолопоклонником или же клеветником, пьяницей или мошенником. С таким человеком даже не ешьте вместе.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Non, je voulais simplement vous dire de ne pas entretenir de relations avec une personne qui, tout en se disant votre « frère » ou votre « sœur », vivrait dans l’immoralité sexuelle, ou serait avare, idolâtre, calomniateur, adonné à la boisson ou voleur. Avec des gens de cette sorte, il ne vous faut même pas prendre de repas.
- リビングバイブル - 私がほんとうに意図したところは、自分はクリスチャンだと公言している者で、しかも性的な罪にふける者、貪欲な者、人をだます者、偶像を拝む者、酒に酔う者、人をそしる者とはつき合うな、ということです。そのような者とは、いっしょに食事をすることもいけません。
- Nestle Aland 28 - νῦν δὲ ἔγραψα ὑμῖν μὴ συναναμίγνυσθαι ἐάν τις ἀδελφὸς ὀνομαζόμενος ᾖ πόρνος ἢ πλεονέκτης ἢ εἰδωλολάτρης ἢ λοίδορος ἢ μέθυσος ἢ ἅρπαξ, τῷ τοιούτῳ μηδὲ συνεσθίειν.
- unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - νῦν δὲ ἔγραψα ὑμῖν μὴ συναναμίγνυσθαι ἐάν τις ἀδελφὸς ὀνομαζόμενος ᾖ πόρνος, ἢ πλεονέκτης, ἢ εἰδωλολάτρης, ἢ λοίδορος, ἢ μέθυσος, ἢ ἅρπαξ; τῷ τοιούτῳ μηδὲ συνεσθίειν.
- Nova Versão Internacional - Mas agora estou escrevendo que não devem associar-se com qualquer que, dizendo-se irmão, seja imoral, avarento, idólatra, caluniador, alcoólatra ou ladrão. Com tais pessoas vocês nem devem comer.
- Hoffnung für alle - Nein, ich meinte, dass ihr euch von all denen trennen sollt, die sich Christen nennen und trotzdem verbotene sexuelle Beziehungen eingehen, geldgierig sind, Götzen anbeten, Verleumdungen verbreiten, Trinker oder Diebe sind. Mit solchen Leuten sollt ihr keinerlei Gemeinschaft haben .
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nhưng tôi muốn khuyên anh chị em đừng kết bạn với người tự xưng là tín hữu mà còn gian dâm, tham lam, thờ thần tượng hoặc chửi rủa, nghiện rượu, trộm cắp. Cũng đừng ăn uống với những hạng người ấy.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แต่บัดนี้ข้าพเจ้าเขียนมาถึงท่านเพื่อจะบอกว่าอย่าไปคบคนที่เรียกตนเองว่าพี่น้องแต่ยังผิดศีลธรรมทางเพศ หรือโลภ กราบไหว้รูปเคารพหรือชอบนินทาว่าร้าย ขี้เมาหรือฉ้อฉล คนแบบนี้แม้แต่ร่วมรับประทานอาหารก็อย่าเลย
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แต่ว่าขณะนี้ข้าพเจ้าเขียนถึงท่าน เพื่อไม่ให้คบกับคนที่นับว่าตนเป็นพี่น้องแต่ก็ยังประพฤติผิดทางเพศ มีความโลภ บูชารูปเคารพ หรือว่าร้ายคน เป็นคนขี้เมา หรือคดโกง แม้ในเรื่องอาหารก็จงอย่ารับประทานร่วมกับคนเช่นนั้นเลย
Cross Reference
- 1 Timothy 6:5 - These people always cause trouble. Their minds are corrupt, and they have turned their backs on the truth. To them, a show of godliness is just a way to become wealthy.
- 1 Corinthians 7:12 - Now, I will speak to the rest of you, though I do not have a direct command from the Lord. If a fellow believer has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to continue living with him, he must not leave her.
- Galatians 2:12 - When he first arrived, he ate with the Gentile believers, who were not circumcised. But afterward, when some friends of James came, Peter wouldn’t eat with the Gentiles anymore. He was afraid of criticism from these people who insisted on the necessity of circumcision.
- Acts of the Apostles 9:17 - So Ananias went and found Saul. He laid his hands on him and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road, has sent me so that you might regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
- Luke 12:45 - But what if the servant thinks, ‘My master won’t be back for a while,’ and he begins beating the other servants, partying, and getting drunk?
- Luke 12:46 - The master will return unannounced and unexpected, and he will cut the servant in pieces and banish him with the unfaithful.
- Revelation 2:14 - “But I have a few complaints against you. You tolerate some among you whose teaching is like that of Balaam, who showed Balak how to trip up the people of Israel. He taught them to sin by eating food offered to idols and by committing sexual sin.
- Psalms 10:3 - For they brag about their evil desires; they praise the greedy and curse the Lord.
- 1 Timothy 6:9 - But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
- 1 Timothy 6:10 - For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
- 1 Corinthians 11:21 - For some of you hurry to eat your own meal without sharing with others. As a result, some go hungry while others get drunk.
- 2 Corinthians 12:20 - For I am afraid that when I come I won’t like what I find, and you won’t like my response. I am afraid that I will find quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly behavior.
- 2 Corinthians 12:21 - Yes, I am afraid that when I come again, God will humble me in your presence. And I will be grieved because many of you have not given up your old sins. You have not repented of your impurity, sexual immorality, and eagerness for lustful pleasure.
- Colossians 3:5 - So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.
- Luke 18:11 - The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer : ‘I thank you, God, that I am not like other people—cheaters, sinners, adulterers. I’m certainly not like that tax collector!
- 1 Corinthians 7:15 - (But if the husband or wife who isn’t a believer insists on leaving, let them go. In such cases the believing husband or wife is no longer bound to the other, for God has called you to live in peace.)
- 1 Thessalonians 4:3 - God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:4 - Then each of you will control his own body and live in holiness and honor—
- 1 Thessalonians 4:5 - not in lustful passion like the pagans who do not know God and his ways.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6 - Never harm or cheat a fellow believer in this matter by violating his wife, for the Lord avenges all such sins, as we have solemnly warned you before.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:7 - God has called us to live holy lives, not impure lives.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:8 - Therefore, anyone who refuses to live by these rules is not disobeying human teaching but is rejecting God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
- Ephesians 5:18 - Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,
- 1 Corinthians 8:11 - So because of your superior knowledge, a weak believer for whom Christ died will be destroyed.
- Luke 12:15 - Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”
- Luke 12:16 - Then he told them a story: “A rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops.
- Luke 12:17 - He said to himself, ‘What should I do? I don’t have room for all my crops.’
- Luke 12:18 - Then he said, ‘I know! I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I’ll have room enough to store all my wheat and other goods.
- Luke 12:19 - And I’ll sit back and say to myself, “My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
- Luke 12:20 - “But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’
- Luke 12:21 - “Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God.”
- Luke 12:22 - Then, turning to his disciples, Jesus said, “That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food to eat or enough clothes to wear.
- Luke 12:23 - For life is more than food, and your body more than clothing.
- Luke 12:24 - Look at the ravens. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for God feeds them. And you are far more valuable to him than any birds!
- Luke 12:25 - Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?
- Luke 12:26 - And if worry can’t accomplish a little thing like that, what’s the use of worrying over bigger things?
- Luke 12:27 - “Look at the lilies and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are.
- Luke 12:28 - And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?
- Luke 12:29 - “And don’t be concerned about what to eat and what to drink. Don’t worry about such things.
- Luke 12:30 - These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers all over the world, but your Father already knows your needs.
- Luke 12:31 - Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and he will give you everything you need.
- Matthew 24:49 - and he begins beating the other servants, partying, and getting drunk?
- Matthew 24:50 - The master will return unannounced and unexpected,
- Matthew 24:51 - and he will cut the servant to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- 1 Corinthians 6:6 - But instead, one believer sues another—right in front of unbelievers!
- Luke 21:34 - “Watch out! Don’t let your hearts be dulled by carousing and drunkenness, and by the worries of this life. Don’t let that day catch you unaware,
- 1 Corinthians 10:18 - Think about the people of Israel. Weren’t they united by eating the sacrifices at the altar?
- 1 Corinthians 10:19 - What am I trying to say? Am I saying that food offered to idols has some significance, or that idols are real gods?
- 1 Corinthians 10:20 - No, not at all. I am saying that these sacrifices are offered to demons, not to God. And I don’t want you to participate with demons.
- 1 Corinthians 10:21 - You cannot drink from the cup of the Lord and from the cup of demons, too. You cannot eat at the Lord’s Table and at the table of demons, too.
- 1 Corinthians 10:22 - What? Do we dare to rouse the Lord’s jealousy? Do you think we are stronger than he is?
- Ezekiel 22:12 - There are hired murderers, loan racketeers, and extortioners everywhere. They never even think of me and my commands, says the Sovereign Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 10:14 - So, my dear friends, flee from the worship of idols.
- 2 Peter 2:14 - They commit adultery with their eyes, and their desire for sin is never satisfied. They lure unstable people into sin, and they are well trained in greed. They live under God’s curse.
- 2 Peter 2:15 - They have wandered off the right road and followed the footsteps of Balaam son of Beor, who loved to earn money by doing wrong.
- Psalms 50:16 - But God says to the wicked: “Why bother reciting my decrees and pretending to obey my covenant?
- Psalms 50:17 - For you refuse my discipline and treat my words like trash.
- Psalms 50:18 - When you see thieves, you approve of them, and you spend your time with adulterers.
- Psalms 50:19 - Your mouth is filled with wickedness, and your tongue is full of lies.
- Psalms 50:20 - You sit around and slander your brother— your own mother’s son.
- Psalms 50:21 - While you did all this, I remained silent, and you thought I didn’t care. But now I will rebuke you, listing all my charges against you.
- Matthew 23:25 - “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy—full of greed and self-indulgence!
- Psalms 101:5 - I will not tolerate people who slander their neighbors. I will not endure conceit and pride.
- 1 Corinthians 10:7 - or worship idols as some of them did. As the Scriptures say, “The people celebrated with feasting and drinking, and they indulged in pagan revelry.”
- 1 Corinthians 10:8 - And we must not engage in sexual immorality as some of them did, causing 23,000 of them to die in one day.
- Romans 13:13 - Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see. Don’t participate in the darkness of wild parties and drunkenness, or in sexual promiscuity and immoral living, or in quarreling and jealousy.
- 1 Corinthians 6:10 - or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:7 - Night is the time when people sleep and drinkers get drunk.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:8 - But let us who live in the light be clearheaded, protected by the armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation.
- Revelation 2:20 - “But I have this complaint against you. You are permitting that woman—that Jezebel who calls herself a prophet—to lead my servants astray. She teaches them to commit sexual sin and to eat food offered to idols.
- Mark 7:21 - For from within, out of a person’s heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
- Mark 7:22 - adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.
- Mark 7:23 - All these vile things come from within; they are what defile you.”
- Ephesians 5:5 - You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God. For a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.
- 1 Timothy 3:3 - He must not be a heavy drinker or be violent. He must be gentle, not quarrelsome, and not love money.
- Revelation 21:8 - “But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
- Galatians 5:19 - When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures,
- Galatians 5:20 - idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division,
- Galatians 5:21 - envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
- 1 Corinthians 5:1 - I can hardly believe the report about the sexual immorality going on among you—something that even pagans don’t do. I am told that a man in your church is living in sin with his stepmother.
- 1 Corinthians 5:2 - You are so proud of yourselves, but you should be mourning in sorrow and shame. And you should remove this man from your fellowship.
- 1 Corinthians 5:3 - Even though I am not with you in person, I am with you in the Spirit. And as though I were there, I have already passed judgment on this man
- 1 Corinthians 5:4 - in the name of the Lord Jesus. You must call a meeting of the church. I will be present with you in spirit, and so will the power of our Lord Jesus.
- 1 Corinthians 5:5 - Then you must throw this man out and hand him over to Satan so that his sinful nature will be destroyed and he himself will be saved on the day the Lord returns.
- 1 Corinthians 5:6 - Your boasting about this is terrible. Don’t you realize that this sin is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough?
- 1 Corinthians 5:7 - Get rid of the old “yeast” by removing this wicked person from among you. Then you will be like a fresh batch of dough made without yeast, which is what you really are. Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed for us.
- 1 Corinthians 5:8 - So let us celebrate the festival, not with the old bread of wickedness and evil, but with the new bread of sincerity and truth.
- 1 Corinthians 5:9 - When I wrote to you before, I told you not to associate with people who indulge in sexual sin.
- 1 Corinthians 5:10 - But I wasn’t talking about unbelievers who indulge in sexual sin, or are greedy, or cheat people, or worship idols. You would have to leave this world to avoid people like that.
- Revelation 22:15 - Outside the city are the dogs—the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idol worshipers, and all who love to live a lie.
- 1 Corinthians 5:13 - God will judge those on the outside; but as the Scriptures say, “You must remove the evil person from among you.”
- Matthew 18:17 - If the person still refuses to listen, take your case to the church. Then if he or she won’t accept the church’s decision, treat that person as a pagan or a corrupt tax collector.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:14 - Take note of those who refuse to obey what we say in this letter. Stay away from them so they will be ashamed.
- Romans 16:17 - And now I make one more appeal, my dear brothers and sisters. Watch out for people who cause divisions and upset people’s faith by teaching things contrary to what you have been taught. Stay away from them.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6 - And now, dear brothers and sisters, we give you this command in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ: Stay away from all believers who live idle lives and don’t follow the tradition they received from us.