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1 Corinthians 5:1

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.

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ASV

It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that one of you hath his father’s wife.

KJV

It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὍλωςHolōsActuallyG3654 →
ἀκούεταιakouetaiis reportedG191 →
ἐνenamongG1722 →
ὑμῖνhuminyouG4771 →
πορνεία,porneiasexual immorality,G4202 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
τοιαύτηtoiautēsuchG5108 →
πορνείαporneiasexual immoralityG4202 →
ἥτιςhētisasG3748 →
οὐδὲoudenot evenG3761 →
ἐνenamongG1722 →
τοῖςtoistheG3588 →
ἔθνεσινethnesinpagansG1484 →
ὥστεhōsteso as forG5620 →
γυναῖκάgunaika[the] wifeG1135 →
τιναtinaoneG5100 →
τοῦtouof theG3588 →
πατρὸςpatrosfatherG3962 →
ἔχειν·echeinto have;G2192 →

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Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”Revelation 2:21Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.Colossians 3:5Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.Ephesians 5:3But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.Leviticus 18:8You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.1 Corinthians 6:18Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.Acts 15:29You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.Galatians 5:19The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;1 Thessalonians 4:7For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.2 Corinthians 12:21I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.1 Corinthians 6:13“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.1 Corinthians 5:11But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.1 Corinthians 6:9Do 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,Acts 15:20Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.Matthew 19:9Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery.”Jeremiah 2:33How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.Ezekiel 16:51–52Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have multiplied your abominations beyond theirs, and all the abominations you have committed have made your sisters appear righteous.Deuteronomy 27:20‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

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