Goal of the list is to “sell” or convince the Galatians on the idea of walking in the Spirit is a better deal

9 Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, 10 or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God. 11 Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Intimacy -

sexual immorality - pornography 6 out of 10 men in church have seen porn in the last 7 days either by accident or on purpose


impurity - lack of ethical and moral integrity that usually relates to leaving some kind of mark behind staining or bruising that symbolizes ceremonial impurity that needs cleansing by the blood of Jesus


lustful pleasures - the impurity that now has been done in public and is no longer concealed, and is viewed as socially unacceptable

The same three words occur together in a different order, 2 Cor. 12:21. The order here is perhaps the more natural: πορνεία a special form of impurity; ἀκαθαρσία uncleanness in whatever guise, ἀσέλγεια an open reckless contempt of propriety. A man may be ἀκάθαρτος and hide his sin; he does not become ἀσελγής until he shocks public decency.”


Worship -

- idols - replacing God with anything else to worship, statues, idols of the heart or head

- idolatry” This refers to the worship of anything in place of God (cf. 1 Cor. 10:14; Eph. 5:5; Col. 3:5; 1 Pet. 4:3). It especially related to acts of worship to statues or inanimate objects.

sorcery - word we get pharmacy from, drug induced trances or the appearance of such that were used in pagan temple worship

Loving one another

- hostility - to have distance between you and another due to ill will

quarreling - strife causing disagreements

jealousy - zealous desire for something that someone else has and you do not, you not having it being the issue

anger - volcanic eruption of emotion

selfish ambition - the drive for success that leads one to use and abuse people, to do whatever it takes to win....whether it is honest or not

dissension - discord or disagreement that leads to splitting people apart

division - when the split gets to a group level, instead of an individual or small group

envy - spiteful resentment directed at someone's achievement or possession with the idea of taking it away from them

Boundaries - or lack of them

drunkenness - to be really intoxicated, and losing one's inhibitions or normal self control as a result

Drunkenness (μεθαι [methai], old word and plural, drunken excesses, in N. T. only here and Luke 21:34; Rom. 13:13), revellings (κωμοι [kōmoi], old word also for drinking parties like those in honour of Bacchus, in N. T. only here and Rom. 13:13; 1 Peter 4:3). And such like (και τα ὁμοια τουτοις [kai ta homoia toutois]). And the things like these (associative instrumental τουτοις [toutois] after ὁμοια [homoia], like). It is not meant to be exhaustive, but it is representative.


wild parties - which is where you end up when your appetites are aloud to go unchecked.

....undisciplined and unredeemed humanity, flesh, works evil and tends to cultivate an attitude of mind that is quite impervious to the influence of the gospel.

9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived:

Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 
 The Holy Bible: New International Version. (1984). (1 Co 6:9–11). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.

5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a man is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient. 7 Therefore do not be partners with them. 
 The Holy Bible: New International Version. (1984). (Eph 5:5–7). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.

 15 Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. 
 The Holy Bible: New International Version. (1984). (Re 22:14–15).