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1 Corinthians 15:33

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
1 Corinthians 15:33 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”
  • BSB Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
  • NKJV Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”
  • NASB Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”
  • NLT Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.”

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Quick answer

Paul warns not to be deceived, for bad company corrupts good character. It matters because false teaching about the resurrection threatened to corrupt the church.

Overview

Quoting a common proverb, Paul warns the Corinthians against the corrupting influence of those who denied the resurrection. Wrong belief leads to wrong behavior, so associations matter. The exhortation calls believers to guard both their doctrine and their conduct from harmful influences.

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  • Prov 13:20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
  • Matt 24:4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
  • 1 Cor 5:6Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
  • Prov 9:6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
  • Eph 5:6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
  • Gal 6:7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
  • 2 Tim 2:16–18But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
  • 1 Cor 6:9Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
  • Matt 24:24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
  • 2 Pet 2:2And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
  • Heb 12:15Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
  • 2 Pet 2:18–20For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
  • Matt 24:11And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
  • Rev 12:9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
  • 2 Th 2:10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  • Rev 13:8–14And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

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