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1 Corinthians 5:3

1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.

2 And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?

Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present.

4 When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of the Lord Jesus,

5 hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.

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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.

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BSB
Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present.
KJV
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,
WEB
For I most certainly, as being absent in body but present in spirit, have already, as though I were present, judged him who has done this thing.
ASV
For I verily, being absent in body but present in spirit, have already as though I were present judged him that hath so wrought this thing,
DARBY
For *I*, [as] absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged as present,
BLB
For I indeed, being absent in body but being present in spirit, have already judged the one having thus carried this out, as being present,
ÅB
For jeg for min del, som vel er fraværende med legemet, men nærværende med ånden, har allerede, som om jeg var nærværende, felt den dom over den som har gjort dette,
OTB
For jeg, på min side, selv om jeg er fraværende i kroppen, men til stede i ånden, har allerede dømt ham som har begått dette, som om jeg var til stede.
B1930
For jeg for min del, som vel er fraværende med legemet, men nærværende med ånden, har allerede, som om jeg var nærværende, felt den dom over den som har gjort dette,

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Cross references

  • Colossians 2:5

    For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:17

    Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.

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  • 2 Corinthians 13:2

    I already warned you the second time I was with you. So now in my absence I warn those who sinned earlier and everyone else: If I return, I will not spare anyone,

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  • 2 Corinthians 10:11

    Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.

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  • 2 Corinthians 10:1

    Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.

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