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2 Corinthians 12:21

I 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.

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ASV

lest again when I come my God should humble me before you, and I should mourn for many of them that have sinned heretofore, and repented not of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they committed.

KJV

And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

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28 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
μὴmēlestG3361 →
πάλινpalinagainG3825 →
ἐλθόντοςelthontoswhen was comingG2064 →
μουmouIG3165 →
ταπεινώσῃtapeinōsēhe may humbleG5013 →
μεmemeG3165 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
θεόςtheosGod,G2316 →
μουmouof mineG3165 →
πρὸςprosbeforeG4314 →
ὑμᾶς,humasyou,G4771 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
πενθήσωpenthēsōI may mourn overG3996 →
πολλοὺςpollousmanyG4183 →
τῶνtōnof thoseG3588 →
προημαρτηκότωνproēmartēkotōnhaving sinned beforeG4258 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
μὴmēnotG3361 →
μετανοησάντωνmetanoēsantōnhaving repentedG3340 →
ἐπὶepiofG1909 →
τῇtēatheG3588 →
ἀκαθαρσίᾳakatharsiaimpurityG167 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
πορνείᾳporneiaof sexual immoralityG4202 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἀσελγείᾳaselgeiaof sensualityG766 →
ᾗhēthatG3739 →
ἔπραξαν.¶epraxanthey have practiced.G4238 →

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Philippians 4:19And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.1 John 3:4Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.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.Ezekiel 9:4“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”1 Thessalonians 4:3For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;Psalms 119:59I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.2 Corinthians 13:2I already warned you the second time I was with you. So now in my absence I warn those who sinned earlier and everyone else: If I return, I will not spare anyone,Revelation 9:21Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.Matthew 22:10So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.Revelation 9:20Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.1 Corinthians 5:9–11I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.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.”1 Peter 4:2–3Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.Colossians 3:5Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.1 Corinthians 5:1It 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.Galatians 5:19The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;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.Psalms 119:53Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.

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