1 Corinthians 5:12-13
New American Standard Bible
12 For what business of mine is it to judge (A)outsiders? (B)Do you not judge those who are within the church? 13 But those who are outside, God [a]judges. (C)Remove the evil person from among yourselves.
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- 1 Corinthians 5:13 Or will judge
1 Corinthians 5:12-13
New International Version
12 What business is it of mine to judge those outside(A) the church? Are you not to judge those inside?(B) 13 God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked person from among you.”[a](C)
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- 1 Corinthians 5:13 Deut. 13:5; 17:7; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21,24; 24:7
1 Corinthians 5:12-13
Contemporary English Version
12 Why should I judge outsiders? Aren't we supposed to judge only church members? 13 (A) God judges everyone else. The Scriptures say, “Chase away any of your own people who are evil.”
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1 Corinthians 5:12-13
The Message
9-13 I wrote you in my earlier letter that you shouldn’t make yourselves at home among the sexually promiscuous. I didn’t mean that you should have nothing at all to do with outsiders of that sort. Or with criminals, whether blue- or white-collar. Or with spiritual phonies, for that matter. You’d have to leave the world entirely to do that! But I am saying that you shouldn’t act as if everything is just fine when a friend who claims to be a Christian is promiscuous or crooked, is flip with God or rude to friends, gets drunk or becomes greedy and predatory. You can’t just go along with this, treating it as acceptable behavior. I’m not responsible for what the outsiders do, but don’t we have some responsibility for those within our community of believers? God decides on the outsiders, but we need to decide when our brothers and sisters are out of line and, if necessary, clean house.
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