< 1 Corinthians 5 >
1 We heard a report that there is sexual immorality among you, a kind of immorality that is not even permitted among the Gentiles. The report is that one of you is sleeping with his father's wife.
It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and of a kind unheard of even among the Gentiles--a man has his father's wife!
2 You are so arrogant! Should you not mourn instead? The one who did this must be removed from among you.
And you, instead of mourning and removing from among you the man who has done this deed of shame, are filled with self-complacency!
3 For even though I am absent in body, I am present in spirit. I have already passed judgment on the one who did this, just as though I were there.
I for my part, present with you in spirit although absent in body, have already, as though I were present, judged him who has so acted.
4 When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present,
In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you are all assembled and my spirit is with you, together with the power of our Lord Jesus,
5 hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.
I have handed over such a man to Satan for the destruction of his body, that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord Jesus.
6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little yeast leavens the whole loaf?
It is no good thing--this which you make the ground of your boasting. Do you not know that a little yeast corrupts the whole of the dough?
7 Cleanse yourselves of the old yeast so that you may be new dough, so that you may be unleavened bread. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
Get rid of the old yeast so that you may be dough of a new kind; for in fact you are free from corruption. For our Passover Lamb has already been offered in sacrifice--even Christ.
8 So let us then celebrate the festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of bad behavior and wickedness. Instead, let us celebrate with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Therefore let us keep our festival not with old yeast nor with the yeast of what is evil and mischievous, but with bread free from yeast--the bread of transparent sincerity and of truth.
9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.
I wrote to you in that letter that you were not to associate with fornicators;
10 In no way did I mean the immoral people of this world, or the greedy, or swindlers, or idolaters, since to stay away from them you would need to go out of the world.
not that in this world you are to keep wholly aloof from such as they, any more than from people who are avaricious and greedy of gain, or from worshippers of idols. For that would mean that you would be compelled to go out of the world altogether.
11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother but who is living in sexual immorality, or who is greedy, or is an idolater, or is verbally abusive, or is a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat a meal with such a person.
But what I meant was that you were not to associate with any one bearing the name of "brother," if he was addicted to fornication or avarice or idol-worship or abusive language or hard-drinking or greed of gain. With such a man you ought not even to eat.
12 For how am I involved with judging those who are outside the church? Instead, are you not to judge those who are inside the church?
For what business of mine is it to judge outsiders? Is it not for you to judge those who are within the Church
13 But God judges those who are on the outside. “Remove the evil person from among you.”
while you leave to God's judgement those who are outside? Remove the wicked man from among you.