In fact, to have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded? But you yourselves wrong and defraud—and believers at that. Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, robbers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God. And this is what some of you used to be. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. (1Cortinthians 6: 7-11)

Paul's six sins of separation have grown to ten. The four additional are:

Adulterers - moichos - unfaithfulness in a committed relationship.

Male prostitutes - malakos - in my judgment the translator has this wrong, this is not a male prostitute (pornos) but an effeminate male or perhaps a sexually active younger boy.

Sodomites - arsenokoites - man lying with man as with a woman in the specific context of Leviticus 18:22.

Thieves - kleptes - this is distinct from the swindlers of the early list.

The list now consists of four sins where sex is probably involved, three temptations broadly related to property, and three - idolatry, drunkeness, and mischief making - that often run together but do not strike me as a coherent category.

I wonder if we should be less concerned with understanding each and more concerned with how all reflect a broader issue. Paul's sudden expansion from six to ten examples in the space of a few lines suggests something less than careful definition.

Whether focused on the six or the ten we can perceive in Paul's examples objects of obsession and sources of addiction. Are these all forms of potential idolatry? Distractions from God? Illusory preoccupations?

With the Galatians Paul was concerned that overzealous concern for the law might lead away from God's intention. At Corinth the concern may have been excessive freedom. The focus must be our relationship with God. Anything that obscures this focus is an abomination. Anything that contributes to this fundamental relationship is grace.