Homosexuality and Christianity
Text of 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
from various versions of the Bible
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The full text of the American Standard Version reads:
"Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived:
neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves
with men, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall
inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were
sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our
God." (emphasis ours)
Unfortunately, the two behaviors shown in bold above are ambiguous. The meaning of the original Greek has been
lost.
The list of activities that will eliminate any possibility of
salvation has been expressed by various English translations as:
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American Standard Version: unrighteous, fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, effeminate, abusers of
themselves with men, thieves, covetous, drunkards, revilers or
extortioners. |
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Amplified Bible: unrighteous and wrongdoers; impure and immoral, idolaters, adulterers, homosexuality,
cheats (swindlers and thieves), greedy graspers, drunkards, revilers and slanderers, extortioners and robbers |
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The Answer: people who do wrong; sin sexually, worship idols, take part in adultery, male prostitutes,
men who have sexual relations with other men, steal, greedy, get drunk, lie about others, rob |
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The Authentic New Testament: evil-doers; immoral, idolaters, adulterers, homosexuals, thieves,
userers, drunkards, foul-mouthed, extortioners |
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Christian Standard Bible: sexually
immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals,
thieves, greedy people, drunkards, revilers, or swindlers |
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The Jerusalem Bible: people who do wrong; people of immoral lives, idolaters, adulterers, catamites,
sodomites, thieves, usurers, drunkards, slanderers, swindlers |
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King James: unrighteous; fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, effeminate, abusers of themselves with
mankind, thieves, covetous, drunkards, revilers, extortioners |
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Living Bible: going to outside judges, immoral, idol worshipers, adulterers, homosexuals, thieves, greedy,
drunkards, slanderers, robbers |
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The Living New Testament: those doing such things, live immoral lives, idol worshipers, adulterers,
homosexuals, thieves, greedy people, drunkards, slandermongers, robbers |
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Modern Language: unrighteous; profligates. idolaters, adulterers, homosexuals, thieves, avaricious,
drunkards, slanderers, robbers |
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James Moffatt: wicked; immoral, idolaters, adulterers, catamites, sodomites, thieves, lustful, drunken,
abusive, robbers |
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New American: unjust; fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, boy prostitutes, practicing homosexuals,
thieves, the greedy, drunkards, slanderers, robbers |
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New American Standard: unrighteous; fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, effeminate, homosexuals,
thieves, covetous, drunkards, revilers or swindlers. |
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New Century Version: people who do wrong, sin sexually, worship idols, take part in adultery, men who
have sexual relations with other men, steal, selfish, get drunk, lie about others, cheat |
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New International: wicked; sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexual
offenders, thieves, greedy, drunkards, slanderers, swindlers |
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New Living Translation: those who do wrong; those who indulge in sexual sin, idol worshipers, adulterers,
male prostitutes, homosexuals, thieves, greedy, drunkards, abusers, swindlers |
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New Revised Standard Version: wrongdoers; fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes,
sodomites, thieves, greedy drunkards, revilers, robbers |
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New Testament and Psalms: (3) wrongdoers; sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes,
thieves, greedy, drunkards, revilers, robbers |
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New World: unrighteous; fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, men kept for unnatural purposes, men who
lie with men, thieves, greedy persons, drunkards, revilers or
extortioners. |
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The Promise: evil people; immoral, worships idols, unfaithful in marriage, pervert or behaves like a
homosexual...thief, greedy person, drunkards, anyone who curses and cheats others. |
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Revised English Bible: wrongdoers; fornicator, idolater, adulterer, sexual pervert, thief,
extortioner,
drunkard, slanderer, swindler. |
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Revised Standard: unrighteous; immoral, idolaters, adulterers, sexual perverts, thieves, greedy,
drunkards, revilers, robbers |
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Rheims New Testament: unjust; fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, effeminate, liers with mankind,
thieves, covetous, drunkards, railers, extortioners |
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The New Testament: lechers, idolaters, adulterers, effeminates, pederasts, thieves, covetous, drunken,
abusive, rapacious (Translated by Richmond Lattimore) |
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Today's English Version: wicked, immoral, worship idols, adulterers, homosexual perverts, steal,
greedy, drunkards. slanders, thieves |
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The United Gospels New Testament: unrighteous; fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, effeminate, abusers
of themselves with mankind, thieves, covetous, drunkards, revilers, extortioners |
Copyright © 1998 to 2008 by Ontario Consultants on Religious
Tolerance
Latest update: 2008-MAR-09
Author: B.A. Robinson 
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