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Welcome to the National Capital Bible Church
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Does the Commission of Certain Sins Invalidate
the Grace of God? 1 Corinthians 69-11
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Introduction
The Apostle Paul is writing to believers at
Corinth Paul had planted the Corinthian church
during his second missionary journey ca. 52
AD The church at Corinth was not progressing,
but was struggling with various problems The
text of the epistle of 1 Corinthians is a list of
problems that had come to Pauls attention and
his answers to those problems
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1 Corinthians 6
Litigation, vv. 1-6 Believer wronging believer,
vv. 7-8 The unrighteous will not inherit the K
of G, v. 9 Why? List of sins, vv. 9-10 What
does inherit the kingdom mean?
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Historical Setting
Corinths two part history Greek and Roman City
built on a narrow isthmus, a port city Melting
pot of cultures and cauldron of immorality Roman
military veterans, freedman, Greek, slaves A
city of vices and worldly activity Paul knows
his audience a rough bunch
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What does Paul mean by the word unrighteous in v.
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unrighteous
?d???? (ádikos)
not justice unjust, unrighteous BDAG,
pertaining to acting in a way that is contrary
to what is right unjust, dishonest, untrustworthy
?d???? is an adjective, it is specific in
quality, but general in category or identity
even used as a substantive, it lacks the
specificity of a noun
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Paul uses ?d???? three times

• Rom 35, God is not unrighteous
• 2. 1 Cor 61, go to law before the unrighteous
• 3. 1 Cor 69, the unrighteous will not inherit

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Paul uses ?d???? three times

• Rom 35, God is not unrighteous
• 2. 1 Cor 61, go to law before the unrighteous
• 3. 1 Cor 69, the unrighteous will not inherit
• Notice, in Rom 35 adikos refers to quality, now
  we need to make that same determination in the
  other two verses.

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I Corinthians 19
Does this refer to an unbeliever or
believer? Unrighteous unbeliever unsaved
Unrighteous believer carnal
believer Context must provide the answer
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Believers at Corinth

• Quarreling in 111 33
• 2. Boasting in 129 318 47
• 3. Arrogance in 36 418
• 4. Incest in 51
• 5. Immoral believers in 511

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Believers at Corinth
6. Law suits in 61 7. Defrauding in 67 8.
Immorality in 618 72 9. Idolatry in
1014 10. Drunkenness at the Lords Table in
1117
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Are the unrighteous of v. 9 these same
unrighteous believers Paul as been addressing
throughout the entire book or those found in v. 1?
Is it possible that these unrighteous are the
same ones that are continuing to do wrong in vv.
7-8?
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wronged
?d???? (adikéo)
to do wrong, injure, do harm to act unjustly
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Textual Evidence

• Verb and noun relationship in vv. 7-9
• 2. Use of the article in v. 1, but not in v. 9
• 3. Consistent use of the 2nd person plural, you
  all

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Questions
Talking to believers, but is he talking about
believers? How to understand, Do not be
deceived? Are unbelievers going to inherit the
kingdom? Might carnal believers be jeopardizing
their inheritance? Paul is talking to
believers and about believers.
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Does Paul have a specific word for
unbeliever? Yes! And he uses this word in v.
6 ?p?st?? (ápistos) meaning not faithful or
believing He uses this word eleven times in 1
Corinthians The topic of inheritance in v. 9
leads us to our next subject the relationship
between unrighteous and being an heir.
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Inheritance
What does it mean to be an heir? 1. Heir, one
who is designated as an heir, one who receives
something as a possession a beneficiary 2. One
who receives his allotted possession by right of
son-ship 3. Of those who as sons of God inherit
the privileges of the Messianic Kingdom
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Passages regarding Heirs

• Titus 37
• 2. Rom 816-17
• 3. Gal 47
• We are heirs because of our relationship with God.

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Inheritance
What does inheritance mean? 1. A possession,
property, something received as a possession,
specifically, salvation or a share in the
Kingdom 2. Property to be received by
inheritance, what is given as a possession
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Inheritance
What does inheritance mean? 1. A possession,
property, something received as a possession,
specifically, salvation or a share in the
Kingdom 2. Property to be received by
inheritance, what is given as a possession 3. In
general a possession, specifically, of the
Messianic Kingdom and its blessings
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Inheritance

• Paul uses inheritance in five passage?
• Three refer to salvation, Gal 318 Eph 114 18
• based on the actions or character of God
• 2. Two refer to rewards, Eph 55 Col 324-25
• based on the actions of the individual

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Inheriting the Kingdom

• What does it mean to inherit?
• To inherit as an heir (inheritor), to acquire,
  obtain, come into possession
• 2. To receive the portion assigned, receive an
  allotted portion, to become partaker of
• 3. To receive by lot, to possess, to receive
  ones own, to obtain

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Inheriting the Kingdom

• Paul uses this phrase four times in the NT.
• Gal 516-21
• 2. 1 Cor 1550 (35)
• 3. 1 Cor 69-11 (twice)

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Various Views

• Unbelievers losing an opportunity for salvation
• 2. Believers losing their salvation
• 3. Believers losing rewards in eternity
• 4. Passage written to bels, but about unbels

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Inheriting Means To Enter

• The word does not mean to enter.
• 2. Enter must be equated with Salvation and
  salvation would then be conditioned on works.
• 3. No believer could commit these sins.
• 4. Doc of Eternal Security placed at risk.
• 5. Doc of Unlimited Atonement challenged.
• 6. Develops a Lordship salvation mentality.

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1 Corinthians 611
And such were some of you . And such (these
things) were some of you (plural) Two groups of
people 1. Some a smaller number 2. You
all a larger number
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You all
The some of 1 Cor 611
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You all
Some
The some of 1 Cor 611
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Two Ways to Interpret This Phrase

• The some is a smaller group of believers in a
  larger group of unbelievers.
• 2. The some as a smaller group of believers in
  a larger group of believers.

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You all
(Unbelievers)
Some
(Believers)
The some of 1 Cor 611
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You all
(Believers)
Some
(Believers)
The some of 1 Cor 611
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In Summary

• adikos in v. 9 does not refer to unbeliever
• 2. adikos in v. 9 is linked with wrongdoing in
  v. 8
• 3. The context is addressing believers
• 4. Only believers are heirs of God
• 5. In v. 9-10, inheritance is based on human
  action
• 6. These believers are in danger of losing
  rewards.

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In Conclusion

• The historical situation in Corinth is critical.
• 2. Christians can commit all categories of sins.
• 3. Chapter 6 is consistent with the rest of the
  book.
• 4. The Corinthians were bels living in carnality.
• 5. The Corinthians could not lose their
  salvation.
• 6. The Corinthians could lose rewards in eternity.