Bible Strands
1 Timothy 1:10
for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul writes to Timothy to define the scope of the law, specifying that it targets the lawless and rebellious rather than the righteous. He places this list immediately before identifying the behavior as fundamentally opposed to the entrusted gospel.
The words — ἀρσενοκοίταις (arsenokoitais) literally denotes male sexual union, while ἀνδραποδισταῖς (andrapodistais) refers to human traffickers or slave dealers.
The thread — Paul repeats this vice list in 1 Corinthians 6:9, echoes the sexual prohibition in Leviticus 18:22, and connects the rejection of such behavior to the demand for sound doctrine in 2 Timothy 4:3.
Why it lands — The text states that adherence to sound teaching explicitly excludes the listed vices and requires readers to align their conduct with the gospel they claim to uphold.
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The Greek words
King James Version
For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
Cross-references
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
- Leviticus 18:22 You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.
- 2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.
- Romans 1:26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
- Galatians 5:19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
- Revelation 21:27 But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- 1 Timothy 6:3 If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,
- Jude 1:7 In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
- Leviticus 20:13 If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
- Mark 7:21 For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,