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1 Corinthians 5, Handling Unrepentant Sin

There is a great temptation to simply ignore sin, doing nothing and saying nothing. But we must address unrepentant sin. Jesus tells us that it ...

As long as we are still flesh and blood, we will never be absolutely perfect—we will never free ourselves completely and totally of sin. This constant struggle ...

1 Cor 5:1-13 chiastic structure: 1a) 1 Cor 5:1-2, [S-x]ual immorality present and tolerated in the church;. 1b) 1 Cor 5:3-5, Paul has judged him ...

Believers must have new hearts, and lead new lives. Their common conversation and religious deeds must be holy. So far is the sacrifice of Christ our Passover ...

In 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 Paul teaches that being “in Christ” results in a person becoming a “new creation”! God has provided salvation and ...

Book of First Corinthians Overview

... Corinthian people (see 1 Corinthians 5:9). We know that the Corinthians misunderstood an earlier letter from Paul (5:10–11), though that letter has not survived ...

People should “weigh carefully what is said” (v. 29; cf. 1 Thess. 5:21). Paul notes that “the spirits of the prophets are subject to the control of the ...

1 Corinthians 5: Why it is Necessary and Loving Not to Associate or Eat with Certain 'Christians' · The application of this passage in 21st ...

Do not be deceived ! The sexually immoral , idolaters , adulterers , passive homosexual partners , practicing homosexuals , 10 thieves , the greedy , drunkards ...

1 Corinthians 5: 17 · Paul's dramatic declaration, that we have become a new creation in Christ with all things becoming new, has vast implications. · Before ...

1 Corinthians - Free Bible Commentary in easy English

5. The letter to show that the Christians at Corinth and Paul were friends again. Paul was so worried about his 'severe' letter that he went to meet ...

Excommunicating a person from the church is not something one can do in his own power. In verse 4 it says that it needs to be done “with the ...

So, what Paul is saying here in 1 Corinthians 5:4-5 is to leave it up to the Holy Spirit. There is nothing we can do that will save this man ...

Indeed, “to live is Christ and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21). Paul was “always of good courage” (2 Corinthians 5:6) in the face of death.

The passage, 1 Cor 5:6, is often considered crucial. First Corinthians 5:6 is a crucial text. If you are using one Bible version throughout the paper, note the ...

1 Corinthians 5 King James Version

5 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 ...

Michael S. Heiser says, “Paul is insisting that the unrepentant person be dismissed from the church to live in his or her sin and endure the ...

Read 1 Corinthians 5 at Bible Gateway. When Paul says, let us keep the feast (vs. 8), he is referring to the Feast of Passover and ...

Until we leave the world completely (when Christ returns and takes us home), we will be surrounded by sinful people. Separating from immoral people might make ...

7 Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new paste, as you are unleavened. For Christ our pasch is sacrificed. 8 Therefore let us feast, not with the old ...

8. Church Discipline: Taking Sin Seriously (1 Cor. 5:1-13)

God's work is making sinners holy, to His glory. When a leader continues in sin, the church should discipline him publicly, as an example to all ...

What should the church do? From the beginning the believers in the church should try to keep active in Bob and Jill's life. They should ask questions. Brothers ...

First Corinthians 5 begins with the final step in Matthew 18 because (1) the church already knows about the incestuous man's sin; (2) he is ...

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.

Explanation and Commentary on 1 Corinthians 5:11. This verse means that you should not associate with people who claim to be Christians but who ...