Parallel Verses

Goodspeed New Testament

But immorality or any form of vice or greed must not be so much as mentioned among you; that would not be becoming in God's people.

New American Standard Bible

But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints;

King James Version

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

Holman Bible

But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.

International Standard Version

Do not let sexual sin, impurity of any kind, or greed even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints.

A Conservative Version

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or greed, shall not even be named among you as befits the sanctified,

American Standard Version

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

Amplified

But sexual immorality and all [moral] impurity [indecent, offensive behavior] or greed must not even be hinted at among you, as is proper among saints [for as believers our way of life, whether in public or in private, reflects the validity of our faith].

An Understandable Version

But you should not even talk about sexual immorality, or any type of [moral] impurity, or greed. [Note: Possibly "greed" here means "desire for more" of such things]. Such talk is not suitable for saints [i.e., God's holy people].

Anderson New Testament

But lewdness, and all manner of uncleanness, or covetousness, let them not be named among you, as it becomes saints;

Bible in Basic English

But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;

Common New Testament

But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

Daniel Mace New Testament

But fornication, and all impurity, or inordinate desire, let it not be approved by you, as being unworthy of christians: neither ribaldry,

Darby Translation

But fornication and all uncleanness or unbridled lust, let it not be even named among you, as it becomes saints;

Godbey New Testament

But all fornication, and uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be named among you, as it becomes saints;

John Wesley New Testament

But let not fornication, or any uncleanness, or covetousness be even named among you, as becometh saints:

Julia Smith Translation

And fornication, and all uncleanness, or overreaching, let it not be named with you, as becomes the holy;

King James 2000

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becomes saints;

Lexham Expanded Bible

But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or greediness, must not even be named among you (as is fitting for saints),

Modern King James verseion

For let fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness not be once named among you, as becomes saints,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

So that fornication, and all uncleanness or covetousness, be not once named among you, as it becometh saints:

Moffatt New Testament

Never let any sexual vice or impurity or lust be so much as mentioned by you ??that is the proper course for saints to take;

Montgomery New Testament

As for sexual vice and every kind of impurity or lust, it is unbecoming for you as Christians even to mention them;

NET Bible

But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints.

New Heart English Bible

But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;

Noyes New Testament

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints,

Sawyer New Testament

Let not fornication and any impurity or covetousness be named among you, as becomes saints,

The Emphasized Bible

But, fornication, and all impurity, or covetousness, let it not be named among you - even as becometh saints;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

But fornication and all impurity, or insatiable desire, let it not be mentioned among you, as becometh saints;

Twentieth Century New Testament

As for unchastity and every kind of impurity, or greed, do not let them even be mentioned among you, as befits Christ's People,

Webster

But lewdness and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

Weymouth New Testament

But fornication and every kind of impurity, or covetousness, let them not even be mentioned among you, for they ought not to be named among God's people.

Williams New Testament

But sexual vice and any form of immorality or sensual greed must not so much as be mentioned among you, as that is the only course becoming in God's people;

World English Bible

But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;

Worrell New Testament

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becomes saints;

Worsley New Testament

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or inordinate desire, let it not be even named among you; for so it becometh saints:

Youngs Literal Translation

and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

πορνεία 
Porneia 
Usage: 21

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

all
πᾶς 
Pas 
Usage: 704

ἀκαθαρσία 
Akatharsia 
Usage: 9

or
ἤ 
or, than, either, or else, nor, not tr,
Usage: 199

πλεονεξία 
Pleonexia 
Usage: 8

let it
ὀνομάζω 
Onomazo 
Usage: 10

not be once
μηδέ 
mede 
neither, nor, not, nor yet, not once, no not, not so much as
Usage: 31

ὀνομάζω 
Onomazo 
Usage: 10

ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

you
ὑμῖν 
Humin 
you, ye, your, not tr,
Usage: 293

as
καθώς 
Kathos 
as, even as, according as, when, according to, how, as well as
Usage: 141

πρέπω 
Prepo 
Usage: 6

Context Readings

Imitators Of God

2 and lead loving lives, just as Christ loved you and gave himself for you, as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. 3 But immorality or any form of vice or greed must not be so much as mentioned among you; that would not be becoming in God's people. 4 There must be no indecency or foolish or scurrilous talk??ll that is unbecoming. There should be thanksgiving instead.


Cross References

Colossians 3:5

So treat as dead your physical nature, as far as immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed are concerned; for it is really idolatry.

1 Corinthians 6:18

Fly from immorality! Any other sin a man commits is something outside his body, but the immoral man sins against his own body.

Ephesians 5:5

For you may be sure that no one who is immoral, or greedy for gain (for that is idolatry) can have any share in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

1 Corinthians 6:13

It is true, food is meant for the stomach, and the stomach for the food, but God will put an end to both of them. But the body is not meant for immorality, but for the service of the Lord, and the Lord is for the body to serve.

Ephesians 5:12

For while it is degrading even to mention their secret practices,

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come wicked designs, murder, adultery, immorality, stealing, false witness, impious speech.

Mark 7:21-22

For it is from inside, from men's hearts, that designs of evil come; immorality, stealing, murder, adultery,

Luke 12:15

And he said to them, "Take care! You must be on your guard against any form of greed, for a man's life does not belong to him, no matter how rich he is."

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees, who were avaricious, heard all this, and they ridiculed him.

Acts 15:20

but we should write to them to avoid anything that has been contaminated by idols, immorality, the meat of strangled animals, and the tasting of blood.

Acts 20:33

I have never coveted anyone's gold or silver or clothes.

Romans 1:29

They revel in every kind of wrongdoing, wickedness, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and ill-nature.

Romans 6:13

and you must not offer the parts of your bodies to sin as the instruments of wrong, but offer yourselves to God as men brought back from death to life, and offer the parts of your bodies to him as instruments of uprightness.

Romans 16:2

Welcome her as a Christian, as God's people should welcome one another, and give her whatever help she may need from you. For she has herself been a protection to many, including myself.

1 Corinthians 5:1

Immorality is actually notorious among you, and immorality of a kind unknown even among the heathen??hat a man has taken his father's wife.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10

Do you not know that wrongdoers will not have any share in God's kingdom? Do not let anyone mislead you. People who are immoral or idolaters or adulterers or sensual or given to unnatural vice

1 Corinthians 10:8

Let us not practice immorality, like some of them, twenty-three thousand of whom fell dead in one day,

2 Corinthians 12:21

and that when I come back my God may humiliate me before you, and I may have to mourn over many who have kept on in their old sins and have never repented of the impurity, immorality, and sensuality in which they have indulged.

Galatians 5:19-21

The things our physical nature does are clear enough??mmorality, impurity, licentiousness,

Ephesians 4:19-20

for they have become callous, and abandoned themselves to sensuality, greedily practicing every kind of vice.

Philippians 1:27

Whatever happens, show yourselves citizens worthy of the good news of the Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am kept away and only hear news of you, I may know that you are standing firm with one spirit, one purpose, fighting side by side for faith in the good news.

1 Thessalonians 4:3

It is God's will that you should be consecrated, that you abstain from immorality,

1 Thessalonians 4:7

God has not called us to an unclean life, but to a pure one.

1 Timothy 2:10

but, as is appropriate for women who profess to be religious, with good actions.

1 Timothy 3:3

not addicted to drink or pugnacious, but a man of moderation and peace, not avaricious,

1 Timothy 6:10

For love of money is the root of all the evils, and in their eagerness to get rich, some men wander away from the faith and pierce themselves to the heart with many a pang.

2 Timothy 3:2

People will be selfish, avaricious, boastful, arrogant, abusive, undutiful, ungrateful, irreverent,

Titus 1:7

For as God's overseer a superintendent must be irreproachable, not arrogant or quick-tempered or given to drink or pugnacious or addicted to dishonest gain,

Titus 1:11

They must be silenced, for such men upset whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach, for the sake of dishonest gain.

Titus 2:3

Teach the older women, too, to be reverent in their behavior, and not to gossip or be slaves of drink, but to be teachers of what is right,

Hebrews 13:4-5

Marriage should be respected by everyone, and the marriage relation kept sacred, for vicious and immoral people God will punish.

2 Peter 2:3

In their greed they will exploit you with pretended arguments. From of old their condemnation has not been idle, and their destruction has not slumbered.

2 Peter 2:10

especially those who yield to their physical nature and indulge in passions that defile them, and despise authority. Rash, headstrong men! They stand in no awe of majesty, but deride beings

2 Peter 2:14

They have eyes for nobody but adulterous women??yes insatiable in sin. They lure unsteadfast souls. Their hearts are trained in greed. They are accursed!

Revelation 2:14

Yet I hold it somewhat against you that you have among you some adherents of the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entrap the children of Israel into eating meat that had been sacrificed to idols, and into immoral practices.

Revelation 2:21

I have given her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her immorality.

Revelation 9:21

and they did not repent of their murders, or their magic arts, or their immorality, or their thefts.

Revelation 21:8

But the cowardly, unfaithful, and polluted??urderers, immoral people, those who practice magic or idolatry, and all liars will find themselves in the burning lake of fire and brimstone. This is the second death."

Revelation 22:15

The dogs, those who practice magic or immorality, murderers, idolaters, and anyone who loves falsehood or tells lies will be shut out of it.

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