The Word Am I

The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians

Geneva Bible :: World English Bible Catholic

- Chapter 5 -

(Leviticus 20:10–21; Proverbs 5:1–23)
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It is heard certainely that there is fornication among you: and such fornication as is not once named among the Gentiles, that one should haue his fathers wife.
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And ye are puffed vp and haue not rather sorowed, that he which hath done this deede, might be put from among you.
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For I verely as absent in bodie, but present in spirit, haue determined already as though I were present, that he that hath thus done this thing,
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When ye are gathered together, and my spirit, in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ, that such one, I say, by the power of our Lord Iesus Christ,
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Be deliuered vnto Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saued in the day of the Lord Iesus.
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Your reioycing is not good: knowe ye not that a litle leauen, leaueneth ye whole lumpe?
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Purge out therefore the olde leauen, that ye may be a newe lumpe, as ye are vnleauened: for Christ our Passeouer is sacrificed for vs.
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Therefore let vs keepe the feast, not with olde leauen, neither in the leauen of maliciousnes and wickednesse: but with the vnleauened bread of synceritie and trueth.

Expel the Immoral Brother

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I wrote vnto you in an Epistle, that ye should not companie together with fornicatours,
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And not altogether with the fornicatours of this world, or with the couetous, or with extortioners, or with idolaters: for then ye must goe out of the world.
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But nowe I haue written vnto you, that ye companie not together: if any that is called a brother, be a fornicatour, or couetous, or an idolater, or a rayler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner, with such one eate not.
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For what haue I to doe, to iudge them also which are without? doe ye not iudge them that are within?
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But God iudgeth them that are without. Put away therefore from among your selues that wicked man.
(Leviticus 20:10–21; Proverbs 5:1–23)
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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