1 Corinthians 5

1 Corinthians 5 is the fifth chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle and Sosthenes in Ephesus. In this short chapter, Paul deals with an issue of sexual immorality in the Corinthian church.

Text

The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 13 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:
*Codex Vaticanus (AD 325–350)
*Codex Sinaiticus (330–360)
*Codex Alexandrinus (400–440)
* Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (~450)
*Papyrus 11 (7th century; extant verses 5, 7–8)

Sexual immorality and exclusion

"The censure of the party-divisions ddressed in the previous chaptersis concluded", and Paul moves on without transition to a "widely" or "universally" reported issue of a member of the Corinthian church living with his father's wife and the church failing to remove this man from their fellowship. Paul criticises the church for its arrogance in not taking action, which might have been due to the factional nature of the church or to a false understanding of Christian liberty. In 2 Corinthians 2, Paul commands the church in Corinth to forgive and restore a certain brother to fellowship, apparently the same person.

Immorality defiles the church (5:1–8)

Verses 4–5

*"Our Lord Jesus" from the Greek grc, τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν ᾿Ιησοῦ, tou kuriou hēmōn Iēsou, label=none (following ancient manuscripts B D* 1175 1739).Note on 1 Corinthians 5:4 in NET Bible Some variants are found in some extant ancient manuscripts:
** grc, ἡμῶν, hēmōn, our, label=none, is not found in א A Ψ 1505. The phrase "the Lord Jesus" is found as often as "our Lord Jesus" (cf. 1 Corinthians 11:23; 16:23; 2 Corinthians 4:14; 11:31; Ephesians 1:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:2; 2 Thessalonians 1:7; Philemon 5).
** grc, Χριστοῦ, Christou, Christ, is found after grc, ᾿Ιησοῦ, , Jesus, in P46 א D2 F G 33 1881 M co and before in 81. The expression "our Lord Jesus Christ" is often found in Paul's writings (cf. Romans 5:1, 11; 15:6, 30; 1 Corinthians 1:2, 7, 10; 15:57; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Galatians 6:14, 18, Ephesians 1:3, 17; 5:20; 6:24; Colossians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 5:9, 23, 28), more commonly than just "our Lord Jesus" (cf. Romans 16:20; 2 Corinthians 1:14; 1 Thessalonians 2:19; 3:11, 13; 2 Thessalonians 1:8, 12).
**The only witnesses that have grc, τοῦ κυρίου ᾿Ιησοῦ, tou kuriou Iēsou, the Lord Jesus, label=none (without "our" or "Christ") are A Ψ 1505.
*" he days ofthe Lord": from the Greek grc, κυρίου, kuriou, Lord, label=none, is found in P46 B 630 1739; other variants are
** grc, κυρίου ᾿Ιησοῦ, kuriou Iēsou, Lord Jesus, label=none is found in P61vid א Ψ M
** grc, κυρίου ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ, kuriou Iēsou Christou, Lord Jesus Christ, label=none, is found in D
** grc, κυρίου ἡμῶν ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ, kuriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou, our Lord Jesus Christ, label=none, is found in A F G P 33 ''al''.

Verse 6

*"Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?": This refers to a well-known proverb, much used by the Jews, and other cultures as well, with the meaning that false doctrine increases to more ungodliness, and when not immediately corrected, will endanger the whole community.

Paul's previous letter

Verse 9 refers to an earlier letter written by Paul to the Corinthians, sometimes called the "warning letter" or the "pre-canonical letter". Paraphrase versions like J. B. Philips' translation and the New Testament for Everyone explicitly call this a "previous" letter, supplying a word which is not in the original text.; The previous letter had warned members of the church not to associate with people living immoral lives.

Immorality must be judged (5:9–13)

Verse 13

* Verse 13 cross-references Deuteronomy ; ; ;

See also

* Leaven
* Mesirah, the Jewish practice of handling conduct among themselves and avoiding outside legal authorities
* Related Bible parts: Exodus 3, Deuteronomy 17, 19, 22 and 24; Mark 8, 2 Corinthians 2, Galatians 5, Revelation 2, Revelation 3

References

External links

* King James Bible - Wikisource
English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate''Online Bible'' at GospelHall.org
(ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English)
Multiple bible versions at ''Bible Gateway''
(NKJV, NIV, NRSV etc.)
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