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1 Corinthians 5:9–10

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I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
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From verse 9

  1. Ephesians 5:11Rank 1 from verse 9
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    11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

  2. 2 Thessalonians 3:14Rank 2 from verse 9
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    14And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.

  3. 2 Corinthians 6:14Rank 3 from verse 9
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    14Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

  4. 2 Thessalonians 3:6Rank 4 from verse 9
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    6Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

  5. 1 Corinthians 5:2Rank 5 from verse 9
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    2And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

From verse 10

  1. 1 Corinthians 10:27Rank 1 from verse 10
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    27If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

  2. John 17:15–16Rank 2 from verse 10
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    15I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

    16They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

  3. 1 Corinthians 1:20Rank 3 from verse 10
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    20Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

  4. 1 John 4:5Rank 4 from verse 10
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    5They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

  5. 1 John 5:19Rank 5 from verse 10
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    19And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

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1 Corinthians 5:9

COMBINED MEANING

wrote

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Set down, recorded, composed, or communicated in writing; the past tense of write.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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company

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1. A group, body, assembly, or number gathered or associated together. 2. Companionship or association; to associate with.

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1 Corinthians 5:10

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yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

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covetous

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Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess; directed to money or goods, avaricious.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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5:9I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:

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5:10Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.

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5:11But 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.

5:12For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?

5:13But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

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