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NASB | 1 Corinthians 6:9 ¶ Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 6:9 ¶ Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate [by perversion], nor those who participate in homosexuality, |
Bible Question: How is this verse reconciled with salvation by grace? A believer is given God's righteousness in exchange for theirs so that their righteousness no longer depends on their ability to follow the law. (Romans 10:4, Titus 3:5, Phil 3:9) Does this verse mean that someone who claims to have faith and yet ever commits fornication, or idolatry, or adultery, any of these other things does not really have true faith? Or does this verse only speak of those who continue to do these things without conviction of conscience, or something like that? What about Romans 7? |
Bible Answer: Hi Takeupyoursword, You answer your own question within the question. The verse starts out with “do you not know that the ‘unrighteous’ and wrongdoers..” Your thought is correct regarding God’s own righteousness. Once saved, you are no longer one of the “unrighteous” nor are you a “wrongdoer” as it is presented here. Read Romans 7:15-20 carefully to get a good explanation from Paul of how and why a Christian is still capable of sinning. Notice to the obvious struggle Paul has with his own sin. The bible teaches that though we may continue to sin, we are no longer “slaves” to sin. See Romans 6:12-14. Rom 6:12-14 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness. 14 For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace. NIV Before being saved, we were under the law and slaves to sin, we followed it’s tempting. After we are saved, we have the power and authority through Christ to resist temptation because sin no longer holds any authority over us. The struggle continues because we have the sin nature still in our bodies. The difference is, now we feel conviction from God, have remorse for our sin. But the guilt of that sin is no longer credited to us as Paul points out in Romans 7:20 Rom 7:20 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. NIV If one claims to be saved but lives a life dominated by sin, the question is, is he/she truly saved. Only God can answer that of another. But if you are saved, you are saved. There is nothing you or I can do to undo the greatest miracle ever accomplished by God, that is salvation. Hope this helps, Jeff |