marginalize him under God’s reign and rule. But such marginalizing activities are more serious than those involving food or hand washing. 1 Cor 6:10 directs our understanding here. It says that people who do such things “will not inherit ([οὐ] κληρονομήσουσιν) the kingdom (i.e., reign and rule) of God.” 1 Corinthians 6 does not say that such people are (to be) ejected from the kingdom of God immediately. But it does say that they are in grave danger of exclusion from that gracious reign and rule,
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