Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these.....
Adultery
Fornication
Uncleanness = physical or moral impurity
Lasciviousness = intense or unbridled desire
Idolatry = anything more important and receiving more time/attention than Jesus
Witchcraft = magic, spells, sorcery, fortune telling, horoscopes, etc
Hatred
Variance = strife, quarreling
Emulations = jealousy, envy, indignation, malice
Wrath
Strife
Seditions = causing division
Heresies = false doctrines
Envyings = jealousy that causes feelings of ill-will toward someone
Murders
Drunkenness = intoxication
Revellings = rioting
And such like
Of the which, I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that THEY WHICH DO SUCH THINGS shall NOT inherit the Kingdom of God.
They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Galatians 5:19-21, 24
BE NOT DECEIVED! The unrighteous shall NOT inherit the Kingdom of God....
Neither fornicators
Nor idolaters
Nor adulterers
Nor effeminate = men showing characteristics typical of a woman
Nor abusers of themselves with mankind = a sodomite, homosexual
Nor thieves
Nor covetous = defrauder for gain
Nor drunkards = intoxicated
Nor revilers = a person who uses words to damage, control, or insult someone's character or reputation
Nor extortioners = a person who gets money from another by using force or threats
Shall inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Don't let the devil deceive you into thinking you can live in sin, do these things and still be saved.
Jesus died to set you free. Will you let Him?
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