Therefore do not be partakers with them.
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore don’t be partakers with them.
- KJV Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
- NKJV Therefore do not be partakers with them.
- NASB Therefore do not become partners with them;
- NLT Don’t participate in the things these people do.
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Quick answer
Therefore believers should not share in the sins of the disobedient. We must not become partners in others' ungodly conduct.
Overview
Drawing the conclusion from verse 6, Paul warns the church not to be 'partakers' with those under God's wrath. While Christians live among unbelievers, they must not join in their immoral practices. Separation here is moral, not social withdrawal, preserving the distinct holiness of God's people.
Cross-references & the web
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- Rev 18:4Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.
- 1 Tim 5:22Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
- Eph 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- Num 16:26And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
- Prov 1:10–17My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
- Ps 50:18When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
- Prov 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- Prov 9:6Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
- Eph 3:6This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
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