CONCERNING CHURCH DISCIPLINE

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.
2 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,
5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?
13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

1It is reported commonly, that there is fornication among you, and such fornication, as is not so much as named amongst the Gentiles, that one should haue his fathers wife.

2And yee are puffed vp, and haue not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed, might bee taken away from among you.

3For I verily as absent in body, but present in spirit, haue iudged alreadie, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,

4In the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ, when yee are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Iesus Christ,

5To deliuer such a one vnto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saued in the day of the Lord Iesus.

6Your glorying is not good: know ye not that a little leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe?

7Purge out therefore the olde leauen, that ye may be a new lumpe, as ye are vnleauened. For euen Christ our Passeouer is sacrificed for vs.

8Therefore let vs keepe the Feast, not with old leauen, neither with the leauen of malice and wickednesse: but with the vnleauened bread of sinceritie and trueth.

9I wrote vnto you in an Epistle, not to company with fornicators.

10Yet not altogether with the fornicatours of this world, or with the couetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must yee needs goe out of the world.

11But now I haue written vnto you, not to keepe company, if any man that is called a brother bee a fornicator, or couetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner: with such a one, no, not to eate.

12For what haue I to doe to iudge them also that are without? doe not ye iudge them that are within?

13But them that are without, God iudgeth. Therefore put away from among your selues that wicked person.

I == Deut 22:30 ; 27:20

III == Col 2:5

IV == 2nd Thess 3:6

V == Job 2:6 ; Matt 4:10 ; 1st Cor 1:8 ; Ps 109:6

VI == Gal 5:9 ; 2nd Tim 2:17 ; James 4:16

 

VII == Isa 53:7 ; John 1:29 ; 19:14 ; 1st Cor 15:3

VIII == Ex 12:15 , 19 ; 13:6-7 ; Matt 16:6 , 12

IX == 2nd Cor 6:1 , 14

X == 1st Cor 10:27

XI == Matt 18:17 ; Rom 16:17 ; 2nd Thess 3:6 ; 1st Cor 10:7 , 14 , 20-21

XII == Col 4:5 ; 1st Thess 4:12 ; 1st Tim 3:7 ; Mk 4:11

XIII == Deut 13: 5 ; 17:7 ; 21:21 ; 22:21 , 22 , 24 1st Cor 5:2

1 It is widely reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of a kind not found even among pagans—a man living with his father’s wife. 2 And you are inflated with pride.* Should you not rather have been sorrowful? The one who did this deed should be expelled from your midst. 3 I, for my part, although absent in body but present in spirit, have already, as if present, pronounced judgment on the one who has committed this deed, 4 in the name of [our] Lord Jesus: when you have gathered together and I am with you in spirit with the power of the Lord Jesus, 5 you are to deliver this man to Satan* for the destruction of his flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord. 6 Your boasting is not appropriate. Do you not know that a little yeast* leavens all the dough? 7 Clear out the old yeast, so that you may become a fresh batch of dough, inasmuch as you are unleavened. For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed. 8 Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 9 I wrote you in my letter not to associate with immoral people, 10 not at all referring to the immoral of this world or the greedy and robbers or idolaters; for you would then have to leave the world. 11 But I now write to you not to associate with anyone named a brother, if he is immoral, greedy, an idolater, a slanderer, a drunkard, or a robber, not even to eat with such a person. 12 For why should I be judging outsiders? Is it not your business to judge those within? 13 God will judge those outside. “Purge the evil person from your midst

V 1-13 The first disorder in the Church is incest and lack of discipline,

v1,2. Paul wrote this book to the believers in Corinth  from Ephesus at the end of his two and a half to three year stay there, but he speaks to believers everywhere. He confirms his authority as an apostle, and the church there had many problems which he addresses. Acts 18:17 indicate Sosthenes had been the chief ruler of the Corinth synagogue before being saved, and he perhaps carried the letter from Paul.  Some form of the name of Christ appears in nearly every verse in this chapter and many of the other chapters.

v1. His stepmother, Lev. 18:8. Certainly a gross immoral sin even in the sight of most unsaved. The tense, I understand, indicates this was not once but ongoing.

v2.  Perhaps pride in their favorite teachers of 1:12, more than abuse of Christian liberty. The church ignored or was indifferent.

v3-5.  With no need of further evidence, Paul declares with the authority given by Christ, that this incestuous offender should be excommunicated from the church. If we assume he was a believer, he was not delivered to Satan for eternal condemnation, but for present affliction or death. The desire would be that he would repent before the Judgment Seat of Christ. This is not the Day of The Lord in the Tribulation.

v3-6. Continues the salutation and gives praise for what Christ has done for them

v6-8.  This “leaven” could permeate and destroy the whole church. The comparison is with the Feast of Passover when all leaven must be removed from their houses. Leaven was a type of sin, and that is to be replaced in our lives by an entirely new standard of sincerity and truth.

v 7 In spite of problems, God withheld no gifts. Paul encourages them in waiting for the coming of Christ for believers.

v 8-9 establishes that there will no charge be placed upon them for sin. We can depend on God to keep His word, and He is the one who called us to Christ. Day of our Lord Jesus Christ refers to the Rapture, not Tribulation.

v9-13.  We have no record of the epistle mentioned, v9. Obviously we can not be completely away with the evil people of the world, although some have tried by going to monasteries etc. Notice the evil practices that are all lumped together to be avoided. We may be forced to eat in the same cafe with these, but that is no problem. God will deal with those without. However we are not to eat in Christian fellowship with them as part of our church. They are to be excommunicated and avoided. (Except to witness) Do our churches obey this command? Our government?

v10.  Divisions: Urging them to be united.

v11  Chloe, perhaps on business brought his word of the divisions.

v12 Some favored Paul, the initial missionary; some Apollos for his excellent oratory; some for Peter who tended more to Jewish ceremonies; others with pride proclaimed they were of Christ. None of them taught false doctrine.

v13-17 Paul does not renounce baptism, but only that it is not necessary for salvation. Chloe’s family told him of the contentions,’ but the fornication was common knowledge, 5:1.    

v17 has wisdom of words; v19 wisdom of the wise;

v20 wisdom of scribes and disputers, 2:4,5 wisdom of men.

v18-25  CONTRAST THE WISDOM OF MAN OR THIS WORLD WITH THE WISDOM OF GOD. V18, It seems foolish to unbelievers  that the preaching and Christ’s death on the cross could save anyone.

v19 is a quote from Isaiah 19:12; 33:18. God will destroy the wisdom of the wise. Jews sought a sign, Jn. 2:18, and the Greeks thought they excelled in knowledge.

v23-25  But salvation in Christ is available to both Jews and Gentiles if they believe on the crucified Lord.

v26-28.  But  God has chosen to use a simple gospel instead of all the world’s intellectualism. Neither believers or unbelievers should take pride in ourselves.

v28-31.  But  Christ becomes the wisdom of believers. He also provides righteousness, sanctification and redemption, so we glory in Him, not ourselves.