Leviticus 20:11
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11 If a man disgraces his father by lying with his father’s wife,(A) the two of them shall be put to death; their bloodguilt is upon them.
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Deuteronomy 23:1
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Chapter 23
1 A man shall not marry his father’s wife,[a] nor shall he dishonor his father’s bed.(A)
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- 23:1 Father’s wife: stepmother.
Deuteronomy 27:20
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20 “Cursed be anyone who has relations with his father’s wife, for he dishonors his father’s bed!”(A) And all the people shall answer, “Amen!”
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1 Corinthians 5:1
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B. Moral Disorders[a]
Chapter 5
A Case of Incest.[b] 1 It is widely reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of a kind not found even among pagans—a man living with his father’s wife.(A)
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- 5:1–6:20 Paul now takes up a number of other matters that require regulation. These have come to his attention by hearsay (1 Cor 5:1), probably in reports brought by “Chloe’s people” (1 Cor 1:11).
- 5:1–13 Paul first deals with the incestuous union of a man with his stepmother (1 Cor 5:1–8) and then attempts to clarify general admonitions he has given about associating with fellow Christians guilty of immorality (1 Cor 5:9–13). Each of these three brief paragraphs expresses the same idea: the need of separation between the holy and the unholy.
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