12For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
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But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-20)These verses contain a caution against all manner of uncleanness, with proper remedies and arguments proposed: some further cautions are added, and other duties recommended. Filthy lusts must be suppressed, in order to the supporting of holy love. Walk in love , and shun fornication and all uncleanness. Fornication is folly committed between unmarried persons. All uncleanness includes all other so…
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