Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Here he takes occasion to warn them against many heinous evils, to which they had been formerly addicted. I. He puts it to them as a plain truth, of which they could not be ignorant, that such sinners should not inherit the kingdom of God.
Commenting on 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Nor thieves,.... Who take away another man's property, secret or openly, by fraud or force. Nor covetous: insatiable, in the lust of uncleanness; or greedy of worldly gain, bent upon increasing their substance at any rate, by circumvention, fraud, and deceit; and do not use the things of this life as they should, for their own good, and that of others.
Verse 10. Nor covetous . It is remarkable that the apostle always rank the covetous with the most abandoned classes of men. Nor revilers. The same word, which, in is rendered railer. . Nor extortioners. . Shall inherit. Shall enter; shall be saved, . (*) "extortioners" "Oppressors"