Bible verses about "whores" | WPNT

¹⁷ Just so, every good tree produces good fruits, but the rotten tree produces evil fruits. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot produce evil fruits, nor can a rotten tree produce good fruits. ¹⁹ So every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ²⁰ Therefore, you will know them by their fruits. ²¹ “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord’, will go into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who does the will of my Father who is in the heavens. ²² Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and cast out demons in Your name, and perform many mighty works in Your name?’ ²³ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me you practitioners of lawlessness!’ ²⁴ “Therefore whoever hears these words of mine and does them, I will compare him to a prudent man who built his house on the bedrock; ²⁵ and the rain fell, and the rivers rose, and the winds blew and attacked that house; and it did not fall, because it was founded on the bedrock. ²⁶ But every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be compared to a foolish man who built his house on the sand; ²⁷ and the rain fell, and the rivers rose, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall!”

⁴³ Further, if your hand is causing you to fall, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into the Life maimed than having both hands to go away into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire— ⁴⁴ where ‘their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched’. ⁴⁵ And if your foot is causing you to fall, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into the Life lame than having both feet to be thrown into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire—

¹ Therefore be imitators of God as beloved children, ² and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a fragrant aroma. ³ But, you should not even talk about fornication or any form of moral corruption or insatiableness (as is fitting for saints); ⁴ nor any obscenity, nor foolish talk or coarse joking (that do not belong), but rather thanksgiving. ⁵ Because you can know this for sure: no fornicator, nor anyone who is morally corrupt or insatiable (actually an idolater), has any inheritance in the Kingdom of the Christ and God. ⁶ Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of the disobedience. ⁷ Therefore do not be participants with them ⁸ —even though you were once darkness, you are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light ⁹ (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth), ¹⁰ approving what is pleasing to the Lord. ¹¹ Do not associate with the unfruitful works of the darkness, but rather expose/reprove them. ¹² (It is shameful even to speak of those things being done by them in secret.) ¹³ Now all things, upon being exposed, are revealed by the light, for whatever reveals is light. ¹⁴ Therefore He says: “Wake up, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and the Christ will shine on you.” ¹⁵ See then that you walk carefully, not as unwise but as wise, ¹⁶ redeeming the time, because the days are evil. ¹⁷ That is why you must not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. ¹⁸ And don’t get drunk on wine, which can be harmful and wasteful; rather be filled with the Spirit, ¹⁹ speaking to one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord; ²⁰ always giving thanks to God the Father concerning all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, ²¹ submitting to one another in the fear of God. ²² Wives, subordinate yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord, ²³ because a man is head of his wife as also Christ is Head of the Church—He also is Preserver of the body. ²⁴ Yes, just as the Church is subject to Christ, so also the wives should be to their own husbands in everything. ²⁵ Husbands, love your own wives just as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up on her behalf, ²⁶ in order that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of the water: in a word, ²⁷ that He might present her—the splendid Church—to Himself, not having a blemish or a wrinkle or any such thing, but that she be holy and blameless. ²⁸ Just so the husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. ²⁹ After all, no one ever hated his own flesh; rather he nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the Church ³⁰ —for we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. ³¹ “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” ³² This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the Church. ³³ In any case, each of you individually: let each one love his own wife as himself, while the wife must respect her husband.

¹ Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ² “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— ³ “that it may go well with you and you may live long on the earth.” ⁴ And fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. ⁵ Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ; ⁶ not only when being watched, to please men, but as slaves of the Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; ⁷ serving with a good attitude, as to the Lord and not to men, ⁸ knowing that whatever good each one does, he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is slave or free. ⁹ And masters, be the same way towards them, giving up threatening, knowing that your own Master is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him. ¹⁰ Finally, my brothers, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. ¹¹ Put on the full armor of God so as to be able to stand firm against the stratagems of the devil. ¹² Because, our wrestling match is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, against the malignant spirits in the heavenly realms. ¹³ That is why you must take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, to stand firm, with everything in place. ¹⁴ So stand firm, having belted your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵ and having shod your feet with the readiness of the Gospel of the peace; ¹⁶ above all, having taken up the shield of the faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the malignant one; ¹⁷ also, grasp the helmet of the salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God; ¹⁸ praying at all times in the Spirit, using every prayer and petition, yes being watchful to this end with all perseverance and petition for all the saints ¹⁹ —on my behalf too, that when I open my mouth utterance may be given to me with boldness, to make known the mystery of the Gospel, ²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in chains; that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to do. ²¹ Now that you also may know my affairs, how I am doing, Tychicus, the dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you everything; ²² whom I have sent to you for this very purpose: that you may know our circumstances and that he may comfort your hearts. ²³ Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴ The grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love. Amen.