Even just a LITTLE research into the context here would have helped. These admonitions exist NOT because there was already a peculiar problem with these things within the church that needed to be addressed but because these were sins that were rampant across the entire society at the time! Christianity’s recognition of these evils and success in stomping them out within the community of christians is one of the significant factors that made pagans in the ancient world notice christians and desire to convert! “Light to the world” sound familiar from the gospels?
Your second link didn’t work for me. I got a headline, but no article.
If this illustrates your extensive research, I’m speechless.
