Paul begins this brief passage (1 Corinthians 6:9-11), “Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God?” The connection between this passage and the one preceding it seems obvious enough. In verses 1-8 Paul rebukes the Corinthians for taking each other to court, calling their actions wrong or “unrighteous” (vs. 8), then in the very next verse says the “unrighteous” will not inherit the kingdom of God.
So, in this passage (vv. 9-11) Paul warns the Corinthians not to continue in unrighteousness. Those who continue in sin or unrighteousness will not inherit the kingdom of God. Paul lists some sins here, but it is significant that he uses nouns, and adjectives – fornicators, idolators, adulterers, etc. He is speaking of people whose lives are characterized by these sins, those who continue in them. Before they were saved, some of the Corinthians lived in these sins! Paul wrote, “And such were some of you.” But now since God saved them, they no longer continued in these sins! Praise the Lord!