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1 Corinthians 6 – First Group, Second Group, One Group
First Group, Second Group, One Group
1 Corinthians 6:11 (CSB) And some of you used to be like this.
FIRST GROUP
Paul writes this after a lengthy list of abominable sins: 9) No sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, or males who have sex with males, 10) no thieves, greedy people, drunkards, verbally abusive people, or swindlers.
That God would forgive these sins and sinners is a testament to His mercy and grace.
But that is not the point I want to emphasize.
SECOND GROUP
That “some of you used to be like this” means that local congregation was also filled with “some of you DID NOT used to be like this”.
That there were those innocent and guilty of such is a testament to…
1. All saved sinners are in need of the same grace and mercy.
2. All saved sinners must regard one another as equal in past sin.
3. All saved sinners must regard one another as equal in present salvation.
ONE GROUP
And so this leads to the third point. “As some were”, and some were not, yet both were part of the same “you”. We are one in God’s kingdom.
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