1 Corinthians 5

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1 Corinthians 7:33–8:4 in Papyrus 15, written in the 3rd century.
Book First Epistle to the Corinthians
Category Pauline epistles
Christian Bible part New Testament
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1 Corinthians 5 is the fifth chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle and Sosthenes in Ephesus. In this short chapter, Paul demonstrates the festivals of Christianity.

Contents

Text

The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 13 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:

Sexual immorality and exclusion

"The censure of the party-divisions [addressed in the previous chapters] is concluded", [2] and Paul moves on without transition to a "widely" [3] or "universally" [4] reported issue of a member of the Corinthian church living with his father's wife and the church failing to remove this man from their fellowship. [5] Paul criticises the church for its arrogance in not taking action, which might have been due to the factional nature of the church or to a false understanding of Christian liberty. [6] In 2 Corinthians 2, Paul commands the church in Corinth to forgive and restore a certain brother to fellowship, apparently the same person. [7]

Immorality defiles the church (5:1–8)

Verses 4–5

4When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus, 5you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 5:4–5, English Standard Version [8]

Verse 6

Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

1 Corinthians 5:7, New King James Version [11]

Paul's previous letter

Verse 9 refers to an earlier letter written by Paul to the Corinthians, sometimes called the "warning letter" or the "pre-canonical letter". [14] Paraphrase versions like J. B. Philips' translation and the New Testament for Everyone explicitly call this a "previous" letter, supplying a word which is not in the original text. [15] The previous letter had warned members of the church not to associate with people living immoral lives.

Immorality must be judged (5:9–13)

Verse 13

But those who are outside God judges. Therefore "put away from yourselves the evil person."

1 Corinthians 5:13, New King James Version [16]

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References

  1. Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 46.
  2. Meyer's NT Commentary on 1 Corinthians 5, accessed 24 March 2017
  3. 1 Corinthians 5:1Holman Christian Standard Bible
  4. 1 Corinthians 5:1Darby Translation
  5. 1 Corinthians 5:2New Living Translation
  6. Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Corinthians 5, accessed 24 March 2017
  7. Gill's Exposition on 2 Corinthians 2, accessed 25 July 2021
  8. 1 Corinthians 5:4–5 ESV
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Note [a] on 1 Corinthians 5:4 in NET Bible
  10. Note [b] on 1 Corinthians 5:5 in NET Bible
  11. 1 Corinthians 5:6 NKJV
  12. Neve Shalom apud Caphtor, fol. 41. 1.
  13. "1 Corinthians 5:6 - Commentary & Verse Meaning - Bible". Bible Study Tools. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  14. Jerusalem Bible, note [e] on 1 Corinthians 5:9
  15. 1 Corinthians 5:9; 1 Corinthians 5:9
  16. 1 Corinthians 5:13 NKJV