New Testament · Letters

1 Corinthians chapter 5

The word going around is that there’s among you -- and not just any kind, but the sort that even wouldn’t tolerate: a man is sleeping with .And you’re actually of yourselves! Shouldn’t you be instead? The man who did this should have been from your community.Even though I’m not physically there with you, I am there . And I’ve already made my about the man who did this, as though I were right there in the room.When you come together in the name of , Jesus -- and my spirit is with you, along with the of our Master Jesus --hand this man over to for the of his , so that his spirit may be on .Your is not a good look. Don’t you know that just a little works its way through the whole batch of ?Get rid of the so you can be the that you really are. Because who is our has already been for us.So let’s -- not with the old yeast of and , but with the bread made without yeast: and .I wrote to you in my not to associate with .I didn’t mean the people outside your community who are sexually immoral, or , or who , or who . If that were the case, you’d have to !What I actually meant was: don’t associate with anyone who but is sexually immoral, or greedy, or worships created things, or is , or a , or cheats others. someone like that.It’s not my business to . But isn’t it your job to judge those within your own community? those on the outside. .