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1 Corinthians Chapter 5 (YLT)

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1 Corinthians 5: Dealing With Sin in the Church
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1 Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations -- as that one hath the wife of the father! --

2 and ye are having been puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he may be removed out of the midst of you who did this work,

3 for I indeed, as being absent as to the body, and present as to the spirit, have already judged, as being present, him who so wrought this thing:

4 in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ -- ye being gathered together, also my spirit -- with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

5 to deliver up such a one to the Adversary for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

6 Not good `is' your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven?

7 cleanse out, therefore, the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened, for also our passover for us was sacrificed -- Christ,

8 so that we may keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with unleavened food of sincerity and truth.

9 I did write to you in the epistle, not to keep company with whoremongers --

10 and not certainly with the whoremongers of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, seeing ye ought then to go forth out of the world --

11 and now, I did write to you not to keep company with `him', if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner -- with such a one not even to eat together;

12 for what have I also those without to judge? those within do ye not judge?

13 and those without God doth judge; and put ye away the evil from among yourselves.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is 1 Corinthians chapter 5 about?
Paul addresses a case of sexual immorality the church has tolerated, involving a man with his father's wife, and instructs the Corinthians to remove the offender from the fellowship rather than boast in their tolerance.
What does 'a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump' mean (v6-7)?
Paul warns that tolerating this sin will corrupt the whole church the way a small amount of yeast spreads through dough, urging them to 'purge out therefore the old leaven.'
Who is Paul telling the church to avoid in this chapter?
He clarifies he means fellow believers who are sexually immoral, covetous, idolaters, or abusive, not unbelievers generally, echoing his instruction elsewhere to 'avoid' those causing such trouble in Romans 16:17.

Today's Verse

And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of bird or of beast, in any of your dwellings.

Leviticus 7:26 | ASV

Verse Of The Day

Using the Passover picture of leaven, Paul urges the church to purge out the old leaven of malice since Christ, their true passover, has already been sacrificed, echoing his warning in Romans 16:17 to avoid those who cause offense. This discipline applies to professed believers, not the world outside, setting up the lawsuits discussed in 1 Corinthians 6.