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1 Corinthians 5:3 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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, "
1 Corinthians 5:3
Verse in Context
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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.
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,
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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.
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1 Corinthians 5:1
"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."
1 Corinthians 5:2
"And ye are puffed up, and have ➔ not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you."
1 Corinthians 5:4
"In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,"
1 Corinthians 5:5
"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."
1 Corinthians 5:6
"Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?"
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