1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 5 ©

1 Paul reproveth a scandalous incest committed and protected from censure in the church at Corinth; 3 and by his authority in Christ excommunicateth the offender. 6 The necessity of purging out the old leaven. 9 Christians guilty of notorious crimes are not to be consorted with.

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IT is reported commonly that there is afornication among you, and bsuch fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his cfather's wife.

a ch. 6.18. 2Co. 12.21.
b Ep. 5.3. Le. 18.8. De. 22.30; 27.20.
c 2Co. 7.12.
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dAnd ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

d ch. 4.8,18. Le. 20.11. 2Co. 7.7,10; 12.21. Ga. 5.10,12.
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eFor I *verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have 1judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,

e Col. 2.5. v.5. 2Ki. 5.26.
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fIn the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, gwith the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

f Mat. 16.19; 18.18; 28.18. Jn. 20.23. 2Co. 2.9,10.
g 2Co. 13.3,10.
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hTo deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in ithe day of the Lord Jesus.

h 1Ti. 1.20. 2Co. 2.7; 10.6,8; 13.9. v.7,13. ch. 11.32.
i ch. 3.13. 2Co. 1.14.
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jYour glorying is not good. Know ye not that ka little *leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

j v.2. ch. 3.21; 4.18,19. Ja. 4.16.
k Mat. 16.6. Lu. 13.21. Ga. 5.9. ch. 15.33. 2Ti. 2.17.
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lPurge out therefore the old *leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. mFor even Christ our passover 2is sacrificed for us:

l v.5,13. Ep. 4.22. Col. 3.5,9,10. Ex. 12.15; 13.6,7.
m Ex. 12.5,6. De. 16.2. Is. 53.7,10. Jn. 1.29,36; 19.36. Ac. 8.32,35. ch. 15.3,4. 1Pe. 1.19,20. Re. 5.6,9,12.
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Therefore let us keep 3the feast, nnot with old *leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

n Ex. 12.15; 13.6. De. 16. Le. 23.6. Mat. 16.12. Ja. 1.21. 1Pe. 2.1,2.
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I wrote unto you in an epistle onot to company with fornicators:

o Ro. 16.17. Ep. 5.7,11. 2Th. 3.6,14. 2Co. 6.14. v.2,7,13. Ps. 1.1.
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pYet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.

p ch. 10.27; 12.2. Ep. 2.3; 4.17. 1Pe. 4.3. 1Jn. 5.19. Jn. 17.15.
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But now I have written unto you qnot to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a *railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

q Ps. 101.5. Mat. 18.15-17. Ro. 16.17. 2Th. 3.6,14. 2Jn. 10.
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For what have I to do to judge rthem also that are *without? do not ye judge sthem that are within?

r Mar. 4.11. 1Th. 4.12. 1Ti. 3.7. Col. 4.5.
s ch. 6.1-4. He. 3.1.
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But them that are *without tGod judgeth. Therefore uput away from among yourselves that wicked person.

t Ex. 20.7. He. 13.4.
u De. 13.5,7; 17.7; 21.21; 22.21-24. Nu. 5.2. Mat. 18.17.