- I can hardly believe the report about the sexual immorality going on among you—something that even pagans don't do. I am told that a man in your church is living in sin with his stepmother.[1]
- You are so proud of yourselves, but you should be mourning in sorrow and shame. And you should remove this man from your fellowship.
- Even though I am not with you in person, I am with you in the Spirit.[2] And as though I were there, I have already passed judgment on this man
- in the name of the Lord Jesus. You must call a meeting of the church.[3] I will be present with you in spirit, and so will the power of our Lord Jesus.
- Then you must throw this man out and hand him over to Satan so that his sinful nature will be destroyed[4] and he himself[5] will be saved on the day the Lord[6] returns.
- Your boasting about this is terrible. Don't you realize that this sin is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough?
- Get rid of the old "yeast" by removing this wicked person from among you. Then you will be like a fresh batch of dough made without yeast, which is what you really are. Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed for us.[7]
- So let us celebrate the festival, not with the old bread[8] of wickedness and evil, but with the new bread[9] of sincerity and truth.
- When I wrote to you before, I told you not to associate with people who indulge in sexual sin.
- But I wasn't talking about unbelievers who indulge in sexual sin, or are greedy, or cheat people, or worship idols. You would have to leave this world to avoid people like that.
- I meant that you are not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer[10] yet indulges in sexual sin, or is greedy, or worships idols, or is abusive, or is a drunkard, or cheats people. Don't even eat with such people.
- It isn't my responsibility to judge outsiders, but it certainly is your responsibility to judge those inside the church who are sinning.
- God will judge those on the outside; but as the Scriptures say, "You must remove the evil person from among you."[11]
Paul Condemns Spiritual Pride
- Greek 'his father’s wife.'
- Or 'in spirit.'
- Or 'In the name of the Lord Jesus, you must call a meeting of the church.'
- Or 'so that his body will be destroyed;' Greek reads 'for the destruction of the flesh.'
- Greek 'and the spirit.'
- Other manuscripts read 'the Lord Jesus;' still others read 'our Lord Jesus Christ.'
- Greek 'has been sacrificed.'
- Greek 'not with old leaven.'
- Greek 'but with unleavened bread.'
- Greek 'a brother.'
- Deut 17:7.