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1 Corinthians 5 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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Paul Condemns Spiritual Pride

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:1 - 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.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:2 - You are so proud of yourselves, but you should be mourning in sorrow and shame. And you should remove this man from your fellowship.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:3 - Even though I am not with you in person, I am with you in the Spirit.[fn] And as though I were there, I have already passed judgment on this man

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:4 - in the name of the Lord Jesus. You must call a meeting of the church.[fn] I will be present with you in spirit, and so will the power of our Lord Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:5 - Then you must throw this man out and hand him over to Satan so that his sinful nature will be destroyed[fn] and he himself[fn] will be saved on the day the Lord[fn] returns.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:6 - 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?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:7 - 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.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:8 - So let us celebrate the festival, not with the old bread[fn] of wickedness and evil, but with the new bread[fn] of sincerity and truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:9 - When I wrote to you before, I told you not to associate with people who indulge in sexual sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:10 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:11 - I meant that you are not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer[fn] 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:12 - It isn’t my responsibility to judge outsiders, but it certainly is your responsibility to judge those inside the church who are sinning.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:13 - God will judge those on the outside; but as the Scriptures say, “You must remove the evil person from among you.”[fn]
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NLT Footnotes
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.
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