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The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians

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- Chapter 5 -

(Leviticus 20:10–21; Proverbs 5:1–23)
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It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.
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And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
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For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,
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In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
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Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
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Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
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Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Expel the Immoral Brother

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I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
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Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
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But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
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For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?
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But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
(Leviticus 20:10–21; Proverbs 5:1–23)
1
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his fathers wife.
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You are arrogant, and didn’t mourn instead, that he who had done this deed might be removed from among you.
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For I most certainly, as being absent in body but present in spirit, have already, as though I were present, judged him who has done this thing.
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In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together with my spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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you are to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
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Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?
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Purge out the old yeast, that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed in our place.
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Therefore let’s keep the feast, not with old yeast, neither with the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Expel the Immoral Brother

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I wrote to you in my letter to have no company with sexual sinners;
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yet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world, or with the covetous and extortionists, or with idolaters, for then you would have to leave the world.
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But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.
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For what do I have to do with also judging those who are outside? Don’t you judge those who are within?
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But those who are outside, God judges. “Put away the wicked man from among yourselves.”(a)

Footnotes

(a)5:13 ℘ Deuteronomy 17:7; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21; 24:7