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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

πορνεία fornication G4202
ζύμη leaven G2219
ἐκκαθαίρω purge out G1571
πάσχα Passover G3957
ἄζυμος unleavened G106
φύραμα lump (of dough) G5445

People & Context

Paul

The apostle writing; though absent in body, he has already judged the man who took his father's wife

Jesus Christ

The Lord in whose name and power the assembly acts to deliver the offender over

Satan

The adversary to whom the unrepentant man is handed over for destruction of the flesh

Timeline

Discipline of the Immoral Brother

Paul is shocked that the assembly 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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