1 Corinthians 5:2
1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.
And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,
4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?
- KJV
- And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
- WEB
- You are arrogant, and didn’t mourn instead, that he who had done this deed might be removed from among you.
- ASV
- And ye are puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he that had done this deed might be taken away from among you.
- DARBY
- And *ye* are puffed up, and ye have not rather mourned, in order that he that has done this deed might be taken away out of the midst of you.
- BLB
- And you⁺ are puffed up! And did you not rather mourn, so that the one having done this work might be removed out of your⁺ midst?
- ÅB
- Og dere er oppblåst, mens dere langt heller skulle sørge, så den som har gjort denne gjerning, kunne bli støtt ut fra dere.
- OTB
- Dere har blitt stolte og har ikke sørget i stedet, slik at den som har gjort denne gjerningen, ville bli fjernet fra deres midte.
- B1930
- Og I er opblåst, mens I langt heller skulde sørge, så den som har gjort denne gjerning, kunde bli støtt ut fra eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 2:20–22
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
Read in context2 Corinthians 7:7–11
And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.
Read in context1 Corinthians 5:13
But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:21
And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
Read in contextEzra 10:1–6
Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.
Read in contextEzra 9:2–6
For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
Read in contextEzekiel 9:4
And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
Read in contextEzekiel 9:6
Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
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