Impurity
Gal 5:19-21 "The acts of the sinful nature ... impurity ... those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God."
The best translation of this word today would be "dirty" as in dirty jokes, dirty thoughts, dirty movies. That's the sense of the word. People who live such a lifestyle in thought and deed are hell bound.
Such people become desensitized to how dirty they are, "who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness." Eph 4:19 Such behavior is often spoken of as being "sick". And it often involves the degrading of the body. "Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness <167>, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves" Rom 1:24
"It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God; and that in this matter no one should wrong his brother or take advantage of him. The Lord will punish men for all such sins, as we have already told you and warned you. For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life." 1Th 4:3-7
Gal 5:19-21 "The acts of the sinful nature ... impurity ... those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God."
The best translation of this word today would be "dirty" as in dirty jokes, dirty thoughts, dirty movies. That's the sense of the word. People who live such a lifestyle in thought and deed are hell bound.
Such people become desensitized to how dirty they are, "who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness." Eph 4:19 Such behavior is often spoken of as being "sick". And it often involves the degrading of the body. "Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness <167>, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves" Rom 1:24
"It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God; and that in this matter no one should wrong his brother or take advantage of him. The Lord will punish men for all such sins, as we have already told you and warned you. For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life." 1Th 4:3-7
