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1 Corinthians 5

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 5 of 16

1 Everywhere it is heard that fornication is among you, and such fornication which is not named among the heathen, so as for someone to have his father’s wife.

2 And you are being puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that did this deed might be taken from your midst.

3 For as being absent in body, but being present in spirit, I have already judged the one who has perpetrated this deed, as being present:

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Chapter Summary

1 The incestuous person 6 is cause of shame. 7 The old leaven is to be purged out.

Key Greek Words

πνεύματι ghost, life, spirit(-ual, -ually), mind G4151
ὥστε so that (then), that, there G5620
ἵνα albeit, because, to the intent (that) G2443
Οὐ long, nay, neither G3756
μηδὲ neither, nor (yet), so much as) G3366

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Discipline of the Immoral Brother

Paul is shocked that the church is tolerating a man committing fornication with his father's wife, commanding them to hand the man over to Satan to pu…

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Discipline of the Immoral Brother

Paul is shocked that the church is tolerating a man committing fornication with his father's wife, commanding them to hand the man over to Satan to purge the old leaven from their assembly [16-18].

1 Corinthians 5:1-13

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