哥林多前書6:7-11

6:7 你們彼此告狀，這已經是你們的大錯了。為甚麼不情願受欺呢？為甚麼不情願吃虧呢？
6:8 你們倒是欺壓人、虧負人，況且所欺壓所虧負的就是弟兄。
6:9 你們豈不知不義的人不能承受上帝的國嗎？不要自欺！無論是淫亂的、拜偶像的、姦淫的、作孌童的、親男色的、
6:10 偷竊的、貪婪的、醉酒的、辱罵的、勒索的，都不能承受上帝的國。
6:11 你們中間也有人從前是這樣；但如今你們奉主耶穌基督的名，並藉著我們上帝的靈，已經洗淨，成聖，稱義了。

⁷ The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? ⁸ Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters. ⁹ Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men^{[a] 10} nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

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    保羅這裡雖然說得很嚴厲，卻是必要的，因為這就是上帝的心意：「你們豈不知不義的人不能承受上帝的國嗎？不要自欺！無論是淫亂的、拜偶像的、姦淫的、作孌童的、親男色的、偷竊的、貪婪的、醉酒的、辱罵的、勒索的，都不能承受上帝的國。」

    但是上帝有拯救：「你們中間也有人從前是這樣；但如今你們奉主耶穌基督的名，並藉著我們上帝的靈，已經洗淨，成聖，稱義了。」

    這也告訴我們，雖然過去我們都是罪人，但是上帝的恩典，奉主耶穌基督的名，並藉著我們上帝的靈，我們就與上帝有正確合宜的關係，使我們成為上帝的兒女到永遠！