Yesterday during our family Bible time this post was born. I have pondered it for a while and now here it is.
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
I Corinthians 5:11
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. I Corinthians 6:9-10
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. I Peter 3:8-9
RA'ILER, n. One who scoffs, insults, censures or reproaches with opprobrious language.
OPPRO'BRIUM, n. [L. ob and probrum, disgrace.]
Reproach mingled with contempt or disdain.
OPPRO'BRIOUS, a. [See Opprobrium.]
1. Reproachful and contemptuous; scurrilous; as opprobrious language; opprobrious words or terms.
REVI'LER, n. One who reviles another; one who treats another with contemptuous language.
We can see it is pretty obvious that as Christians we have no business railing, not against each other, and not against un-believers. See Jude. We are not to treat one another with contempt, or scoff at one another, and we are not to keep company or eat with those who do. Keep this in mind folks, if you find yourself scoffing at or treating another with contempt, stop, and if your favorite preacher does it, you need to stop listening to him too.
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
I Corinthians 5:11
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. I Corinthians 6:9-10
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. I Peter 3:8-9
RA'ILER, n. One who scoffs, insults, censures or reproaches with opprobrious language.
OPPRO'BRIUM, n. [L. ob and probrum, disgrace.]
OPPRO'BRIOUS, a. [See Opprobrium.]
REVI'LER, n. One who reviles another; one who treats another with contemptuous language.
We can see it is pretty obvious that as Christians we have no business railing, not against each other, and not against un-believers. See Jude. We are not to treat one another with contempt, or scoff at one another, and we are not to keep company or eat with those who do. Keep this in mind folks, if you find yourself scoffing at or treating another with contempt, stop, and if your favorite preacher does it, you need to stop listening to him too.
2 comments:
Very good post! I would add one point of clarification though. These lists of things including railing in context are talking about a continual and unrepentant attitude and not a one time thing. The reason why I understand of why we shouldn't associate with these people (and I believe that means to not call our selves friends not that we shouldn't speak to and witness to them if they do not truly not Jesus)is for 2 reasons. 1. In associating with them we are condoning their actions and are representing Christ as being no different than the rest of the world. 2. The Bible is clear that whose we associate with will rub off on and corrupt us (1 Corinthians 15:33).
I agree completely Joshua, thank you for the comment :)
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