1 Corinthians 5 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

Paul Condemns Spiritual Pride

1Co 5:1I 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]

1Co 5:2

1Co 5:2You are so proud of yourselves, but you should be mourning in sorrow and shame. And you should remove this man from your fellowship.

1Co 5:3

1Co 5:3Even 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

1Co 5:4

1Co 5:4in 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.

1Co 5:5

1Co 5:5Then 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.

1Co 5:6

1Co 5:6Your 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?

1Co 5:7

1Co 5:7Get 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]

1Co 5:8

1Co 5:8So 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.

1Co 5:9

1Co 5:9When I wrote to you before, I told you not to associate with people who indulge in sexual sin.

1Co 5:10

1Co 5:10But 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.

1Co 5:11

1Co 5:11I 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.

1Co 5:12

1Co 5:12It isn’t my responsibility to judge outsiders, but it certainly is your responsibility to judge those inside the church who are sinning.

1Co 5:13

1Co 5:13God will judge those on the outside; but as the Scriptures say, “You must remove the evil person from among you.”[fn]