Bible verses about "whores" | Moffatt

¹⁷ every good tree bears sound fruit, but a rotten tree bears bad fruit; ¹⁸ a good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a rotten tree cannot bear sound fruit. ¹⁹ [Relocated to follow vs 20] Any tree that does not produce sound fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. ²⁰ So you will know them by their fruit. ²¹ It is not everyone who says to me 'Lord, Lord!', who will get into the Realm of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven. ²² Many will say to me at that Day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? did we not cast out daemons in your name? did we not perform many miracles in your name?' ²³ Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from my presence, you workers of iniquity.' ²⁴ Now, everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts upon them will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock. ²⁵ The rain came down, the floods rose, the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, for it was founded on rock. ²⁶ And everyone who listens to these words of mine and does not act upon them will be like a stupid man who built his house on sand. ²⁷ The rain came down, the floods rose, the winds blew and beat upon that house, and down it fell — with a mighty crash."

⁴³ If your hand is a hindrance to you, cut it off: better be maimed and get into Life, than keep your two hands and go to Gehenna, to the fire that is never quenched. ⁴⁴ -- ⁴⁵ If your foot is a hindrance to you, cut it off: better get into Life a cripple, than keep your two feet and be thrown into Gehenna.

¹ Copy God, then, as his beloved children, ² and lead lives of love, just as Christ loved you and gave himself up for you to be a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. ³ 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; ⁴ no, nor indecent, silly, or scurrilous talk — all that is improper. Rather, voice your thanks to God. ⁵ Be sure of this, that no one guilty of sexual vice or impurity or lust (that is, an idolater) possesses any inheritance in the realm of Christ and God. ⁶ Let no one deceive you with specious arguments; these are the vices that bring down God's anger on the sons of disobedience. ⁷ So avoid the company of such men. ⁸ For while once upon a time you were darkness, now in the Lord you are light; lead the life of those who are children of the light ⁹ (for the fruit of light consists in all that is good and right and true), ¹⁰ verifying what pleases the Lord. ¹¹ Have nothing to do with the fruitless enterprises of the darkness; rather expose them. ¹² One is indeed ashamed even to speak about what such men do in secret; ¹³ still, whatever the light exposes becomes illuminated — for anything that is illuminated turns into light. ¹⁴ Thus it is said, 'Wake up, O sleeper, and rise from the dead; so Christ will shine upon you.' ¹⁵ Be strictly careful then about the life you lead; act like sensible men, not like thoughtless; ¹⁶ make the very most of your time, for these are evil days. ¹⁷ So do not be senseless, but understand what is the Lord's will; ¹⁸ and do not get drunk with wine — that means profligacy — but be filled with the Spirit, ¹⁹ converse with one another in the music of psalms, in hymns, and in songs of the spiritual life, praise the Lord heartily with words and music, ²⁰ and render thanks to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ at all times and for all things. ²¹ Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. ²² Wives, be subject to your husbands as to the Lord, ²³ for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ also (though he is the saviour of the Body) is the head of the church; ²⁴ as the church is subject to Christ, so wives are to be subject to their husbands in every respect. ²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her ²⁶ to consecrate her by cleansing her in the bath of baptism as she utters her confession, ²⁷ in order to have the church as his very own, standing before him in all her glory, with never a spot or wrinkle or any such flaw, but consecrated and unblemished. ²⁸ So ought husbands to love their wives — to love them as their own bodies (he who loves his wife loves himself). ²⁹ For no one ever hates his flesh; no, he nourishes and cherishes it (just as Christ does the church ³⁰ for we are members of his Body). ³¹ Therefore shall a man leave father and mother and cleave to his wife, and the pair shall be one flesh. ³² This is a profound symbol, I mean as regards Christ and the church. ³³ However, let every man of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife reverence her husband.

¹ Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right; ² honour your father and mother (it is the first command with a promise), ³ that it may be well with you and that you may live long on earth. ⁴ As for you fathers, do not exasperate your children, but bring them up in the discipline and on the admonitions of the Lord. ⁵ Servants, be obedient to those who are your masters here below with reverence and trembling, with singleness of heart as to Christ himself; ⁶ instead of merely working when their eye is on you, like those who court human favour, do God's will from the heart like servants of Christ, ⁷ by rendering service with goodwill as to the Lord and Master, not to men. ⁸ Be sure that everyone, slave or free, will be paid back by the Lord and Master for the good he has done. ⁹ And as for you masters, act by your servants in the same way, and stop threatening them; be sure that they and you have a Lord and Master in heaven, and there is no partiality about him. ¹⁰ To conclude. Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might; ¹¹ put on God's armour so as to be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil. ¹² For we have to struggle, not with blood and flesh but with the angelic Rulers, the angelic Authorities, the potentates of the dark present, the spirit-forces of evil in the heavenly sphere. ¹³ So take God's armour, that you may be able to make a stand upon the evil day and hold your ground by overcoming all the foe. ¹⁴ Hold your ground, tighten the belt of truth about your loins, wear integrity as your coat of mail, ¹⁵ and have your feet shod with the stability of the gospel of peace; ¹⁶ above all, take faith as your shield, to enable you to quench all the fire-tipped darts flung by the evil one, ¹⁷ put on salvation as your helmet, and take the Spirit as your sword (that is, the word of God), ¹⁸ praying at all times in the Spirit with all manner of prayer and entreaty — be alive to that, attend to it unceasingly, interceding on behalf of all the saints ¹⁹ and on my behalf also, that I may be allowed to speak and open my lips in order to expound fully and freely that open secret of the gospel ²⁰ for the sake of which I am in custody as its envoy. Pray that I may have freedom to declare it as I should. ²¹ Our beloved brother Tychicus, a faithful minister in the Lord, will give you all information about me, so that you may know how I am; ²² that is why I am sending him to you, to let you know how I am and to encourage your hearts. ²³ Peace and love with faith be to the brothers from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴ Grace be with all who have an undying love for our Lord Jesus Christ.