1 Corinthians · Bible in Basic English
1 Corinthians 5 Bible in Basic English
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1 It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father's wife.
1 Ὅλως ἀκούεται ἐν ὑμῖν πορνεία, καὶ τοιαύτη πορνεία, ἥτις οὐδὲ ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ὀνομάζεται, ὥστε γυναῖκά τινα τοῦ πατρὸς ἔχειν.
2 And in place of feeling sorrow, you are pleased with yourselves, so that he who has done this thing has not been sent away from among you.
2 καὶ ὑμεῖς πεφυσιωμένοι ἐστέ, καὶ οὐχὶ μᾶλλον ἐπενθήσατε, ἵνα ἐξαρθῇ ἐκ μέσου ὑμῶν ὁ τὸ ἔργον τοῦτο ποιήσας!
3 For I myself, being present in spirit though not in body, have come to a decision about him who has done this thing;
3 ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ ὡς ἀπὼν τῷ σώματι, παρὼν δὲ τῷ πνεύματι, ἤδη κέκρικα ὡς παρὼν τὸν οὕτω τοῦτο κατεργασάμενον,
4 In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you have come together with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,
4 ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ συναχθέντων ὑμῶν καὶ τοῦ ἐμοῦ πνεύματος σὺν τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
5 That this man is to be handed over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may have forgiveness in the day of the Lord Jesus.
5 παραδοῦναι τὸν τοιοῦτον τῷ σατανᾷ εἰς ὄλεθρον τῆς σαρκός, ἵνα τὸ πνεῦμα σωθῇ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ.
6 This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass?
6 Οὐ καλὸν τὸ καύχημα ὑμῶν. οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ;
7 Take away, then, the old leaven, so that you may be a new mass, even as you are without leaven. For Christ has been put to death as our Passover.
7 ἐκκαθάρατε [οὖν] τὴν παλαιὰν ζύμην, ἵνα ἦτε νέον φύραμα, καθώς ἐστε ἄζυμοι. καὶ γὰρ τὸ πάσχα ἡμῶν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐτύθη Χριστός·
8 Let us then keep the feast, not with old leaven, and not with the leaven of evil thoughts and acts, but with the unleavened bread of true thoughts and right feelings.
8 ὥστε ἑορτάζωμεν μὴ ἐν ζύμῃ παλαιᾷ, μηδὲ ἐν ζύμῃ κακίας καὶ πονηρίας, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν ἀζύμοις εἰλικρινείας καὶ ἀληθείας.
9 In my letter I said to you that you were not to keep company with those who go after the desires of the flesh;
9 Ἔγραψα ὑμῖν ἐν τῇ ἐπιστολῇ μὴ συναναμίγνυσθαι πόρνοις,
10 But I had not in mind the sinners who are outside the church, or those who have a desire for and take the property of others, or those who give worship to images; for it is not possible to keep away from such people without going out of the world completely:
10 καὶ οὐ πάντως τοῖς πόρνοις τοῦ κόσμου τούτου ἢ τοῖς πλεονέκταις ἢ ἅρπαξιν ἢ εἰδωλολάτραις· ἐπεὶ ὀφείλετε ἄρα ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου ἐξελθεῖν·
11 But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him.
11 νῦν δὲ ἔγραψα ὑμῖν μὴ συναναμίγνυσθαι ἐάν τις ἀδελφὸς ὀνομαζόμενος ᾖ πόρνος ἢ πλεονέκτης ἢ εἰδωλολάτρης ἢ λοίδορος ἢ μέθυσος ἢ ἅρπαξ, τῷ τοιούτῳ μηδὲ συνεσθίειν.
12 For it is no business of mine to be judging those who are outside; but it is yours to be judging those who are among you;
12 τί γάρ μοι καὶ τοὺς ἔξω κρίνειν; οὐχὶ τοὺς ἔσω ὑμεῖς κρίνετε;
13 As for those who are outside, God is their judge. So put away the evil man from among you.
13 τοὺς δὲ ἔξω ὁ Θεὸς κρίνει. καὶ ἐξαρεῖτε τὸν πονηρὸν ἐξ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν.
Cross references (13)
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- 1 Revelation 21:8; Revelation 2:21; Colossians 3:5; Leviticus 18:8; Ephesians 5:3
- 2 Revelation 2:20–22; 2 Corinthians 7:7–11; 1 Corinthians 5:13; 2 Corinthians 12:21; Ezra 10:1–6
- 3 Colossians 2:5; 1 Thessalonians 2:17; 2 Corinthians 13:2; 2 Corinthians 10:11; 2 Corinthians 10:1
- 4 John 20:23; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; Colossians 3:17; Matthew 18:16–18; Matthew 16:19
- 5 1 Timothy 1:20; 2 Thessalonians 3:14–15; Galatians 6:1–2; James 5:19–20; Job 2:6
- 6 Galatians 5:9; 1 Corinthians 15:33; James 4:16; 1 Corinthians 5:2; Luke 13:21
- 7 1 Peter 1:19–20; Ephesians 4:22; Colossians 3:5–9; John 1:29; Exodus 12:15
- 8 1 Peter 2:1–2; Deuteronomy 16:3; Exodus 12:15; Luke 12:1; Matthew 16:6
- 9 Ephesians 5:11; 2 Thessalonians 3:14; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; 2 Corinthians 6:14; Proverbs 9:6
- 10 1 Corinthians 10:27; John 17:15–16; John 8:23; 2 Corinthians 4:4; 1 Corinthians 1:20
- 11 Romans 16:17; 2 Thessalonians 3:14; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; Matthew 18:17; 1 Corinthians 5:13
- 12 Mark 4:11; 1 Timothy 3:7; Luke 12:14; 1 Corinthians 5:3–5; 1 Corinthians 6:1–5
- 13 Deuteronomy 17:7; Deuteronomy 13:5; Deuteronomy 21:21; Matthew 18:17; Deuteronomy 22:24
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
When he was discoursing about their divisions, he did not indeed at once address them vehemently, but more gently at first; and afterwards, he ended in accusation, saying thus, (c.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 12 (1889)
And we have the precept: "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 go not to eat." And again does the apostle say, "Let no man deceive you with vain words; for because of these things cometh the wrath …
… Master, whom he thought a man, and nothing more, tell him (but He is "good" because He is God)--let Him tell him, that if he would "enter into life" he must "keep the commandments;" let him banish from himself the bitterness of malice and wickedness; let him not kill, nor commit adultery, nor steal, nor bear false witness; that the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… away, or receive more glorious crowns, if the amount of our sins be not so great: hear what Paul says concerning him that had committed fornication, "Deliver ye such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved." "But what is this?" you may say, "for the discourse was about them that were …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… confirmed by the fact that the Apostle uses either word indifferently,--saying at one time "in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God;" at another "when ye are gathered together, and my Spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus," with no idea that it makes any difference to the connexion of the names whether …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)