Ephesians 5:5
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
अध्ययन टिप्पणी
Study Note
The warning that 'no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God' identifies covetousness specifically as idolatry — a theological move that defines idolatry structurally (disordered attachment and ultimate devotion) rather than merely ritually (physical idol-worship). The equation of covetousness with idolatry (pleonektēs ho estin eidōlolatrēs) reflects Paul's broader analysis in Romans 1:21-25 of how the suppression of God-knowledge leads to the disordering of all desires. Colossians 3:5 repeats the same identification, suggesting it was a formative element in Pauline catechetical instruction. The verse has been central in Christian social ethics' critique of consumerism and the theological analysis of capitalist desire structures.
अन्य अनुवाद
For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.
Being certain of this, that no man who gives way to the passions of the flesh, no unclean person, or one who has desire for the property of others, or who gives worship to images, has any heritage in the kingdom of Christ and God.
क्रॉस संदर्भ
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, …
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you …
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from …
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in …
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall …