1:10a

the sexually immoral:

Paul possibly used this Greek word here to include those who disobey the Seventh Commandment against adultery (Exodus 20:14).
) The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as sexually immoral is a general word that refers to people who sin sexually in any way. Try to use a general term in your translation.

homosexuals: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translated as homosexuals refers to people who have sexual relations with people of their own sex.

1:10b

slave traders: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as slave traders refers to those who capture people and then sell them as slaves. (Paul may have used slave traders as an extreme example of people who break the Eighth Commandment against stealing (Exodus 20:15).)

1:10c

liars: This word refers to people who say things that they know are not true. (These people break the Ninth Commandment, which prohibits testifying falsely against anyone (Exodus 20:16).)

perjurers: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as perjurers is found only here in the New Testament, though a similar verb occurs in Matthew 5:33. It refers to people who swear to tell the truth, usually before a judge, and then lie.

1:10d

anyone else: Paul finished his list by a general statement so that the list included everything a person might do or say that did not please God. You could translate this as:

all other things that a person might do…

averse to: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as averse to refers to being against or opposed to something. In this verse, Paul was referring to any action, statement, or thought that is against sound doctrine.

sound teaching: The Greek words that the Berean Standard Bible translates as sound teaching here literally mean “healthy teaching.” This refers to correct teaching about the way in which God wants people to behave. This Greek phrase is also used in 2 Timothy 4:3 and Titus 1:9, 2:1.

sound: The word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as sound literally means “healthy.” In this context, it means free from error, correct.

teaching: The word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as teaching refers to the facts that Christians should believe about God and Christ. These were the facts that Paul and other apostles accepted as true.

The things that the false teachers were teaching contradicted these facts and rejected the true message about Christ.

General Comment on 1:10d

In many languages, only people can “be contrary to” or oppose something. Actions, statements, or thoughts cannot be “against something.” If that is true in your language, one way you could translate this is:

and people who do anything else that the correct teaching forbids us to do

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