Yes, the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God—they are destined for eternal separation from God.
Scripture plainly declares that those who continue in unrighteousness, such as fornicators, idolaters, and drunkards, will not inherit God's kingdom. Les Feldick emphasizes this truth, noting that these individuals are headed 'to the other place' (Clip 3). However, the good news is that believers in Corinth, who were once such sinners, were washed, sanctified, and justified in the name of the Lord Jesus (1 Corinthians 6:11).
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 — This passage directly lists the unrighteous who will not inherit God's kingdom and then explains the transformation believers experienced.
The Bible is clear that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God. In 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, the apostle Paul lists specific categories: fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, effeminate, abusers of themselves with mankind, thieves, covetous, drunkards, revilers, and extortioners. These will not inherit the kingdom. Paul warns, "Be not deceived" (verse 9), indicating that no one should assume such people will enter heaven.
Les Feldick underscores the plain language of Scripture that the unrighteous will not go to heaven but 'to the other place' (Clip 3). He notes that the Corinthian believers themselves came from this very background—they were once pagan, idolatrous, and grossly immoral (Clip 2, Clip 4). Yet their past did not have to define their future. Through salvation by grace, they were washed, sanctified, and justified, meaning God now sees them as though they had never sinned (Clip 6). Les emphasizes that God's grace is greater than any sin, and there is no sinner too vile for God to save (Clip 5).
Paul tells the Corinthians, "And such were some of you" (1 Corinthians 6:11). Les Feldick explains that these believers had been part of the very wickedness listed—they had come out of a background of idolatry, paganism, and gross immorality (Clip 2, Clip 4). They were not instantly transformed into spiritual giants but were babes in Christ, still having problems and failures (Clip 4, Clip 7).
Les Feldick teaches that God imputes His righteousness to believers as a result of their faith in the gospel—not by works, but by grace (Clip 6). This is what it means to be washed, sanctified, and justified. The sinner is cleansed and set apart, and God declares them righteous, treating them as though they had never committed those sins (Clip 6). This is the beauty of salvation by grace (per the summary context).
Yes, absolutely. Les Feldick states that where sin abounded, God's grace can be greater. There isn't a soul so steeped in sin that God won't save in a minute and make them a trophy of grace (Clip 5). The Corinthian believers are the proof—they came out of the cesspool of Corinth and were saved by grace (Clip 7). However, those who continue in unrighteousness and reject God's grace will face eternal doom (Clip 3).
What 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Really Says About Who Goes to Heaven
We're going to jump in at verse 9, although we did get to verse 11. For those of you joining us on television, how we appreciate a letter like we got yesterday. She said, I even feel like I love all the people in your studio audience. She said, I just feel like I'm a part of them. Well, evidently we're coming across the way we intend.
The Unrighteous Will Not Inherit
Les reads 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 and highlights that the list of unrighteous people will not inherit God's kingdom, and that the Corinthians were such people in the past.
Corinthians Were Such
Les emphasizes that the Corinthian believers had come from that whole category of wickedness, proving that their past did not have to determine their future.
The Unrighteous Go to the Other Place
Les refutes universalism, stating that the unrighteous will not go to heaven but to the other place, as the book clearly says.
Believers Were Saved Out of Paganism
Les explains that the Corinthians were saved out of abject idolatry and gross immorality, yet they were still babes in Christ with many problems.
Grace Greater Than Sin
Les teaches that no sinner is too vile for God to save; He can save anyone in a minute and make them a trophy of grace.
Imputed Righteousness
Les explains that believers are made righteous by faith in the gospel, through God's grace, not by works.
Grace Reached the Wicked Corinthians
Les describes how Paul brought the gospel of grace to wicked Corinth, and only grace could save such sinners, beginning them as babes in Christ.
1 Corinthians 6:9: Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
This verse explicitly states that the unrighteous will not inherit God's kingdom.
1 Corinthians 6:10: Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Continues the list of unrighteous people who will not inherit the kingdom.
1 Corinthians 6:11: And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
Shows that even these unrighteous people can be washed, sanctified, and justified.
Yes, those who continue in unrighteousness will not inherit the kingdom of God. However, the verse also shows that even such people can be washed, sanctified, and justified through faith in Christ.
According to the Bible, yes, unless they are saved. But as Les Feldick emphasizes, God's grace is greater than any sin, and anyone can be saved if they believe the gospel.
Washed means cleansed from sin; sanctified means set apart for God's purposes; justified means declared righteous, as if sin had never occurred. This is all done through faith in Jesus Christ.
Watch the Teaching: What 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Really Says About Who Goes to Heaven