Therefore don’t be partakers with them.
Parallel translations
- KJV Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
- BSB Therefore do not be 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 18:4I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t receive of her plagues,
- 1 Tim 5:22Lay hands hastily on no one, neither be a participant in other men’s sins. Keep yourself pure.
- Eph 5:11Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
- Num 16:26He spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins!”
- Prov 1:10–17My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.
- Ps 50:18When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.
- Prov 13:20One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
- Prov 9:6Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”
- Eph 3:6that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,
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