1 Corinthians 5:4-6

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⁴In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you are assembled, and I am with you in spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, ⁵you are to ^[a]hand over this man to Satan for the destruction of his body, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

⁶Your boasting [over the supposed spirituality of your church] is not good [indeed, it is vulgar and inappropriate]. ^[b]Do you not know that [just] a little leaven ferments the whole batch [of dough, just as a little sin corrupts a person or an entire church]?

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Footnotes

1 Corinthians 5:5 Probably a call for the man to be excommunicated and removed from the safety and blessing of the church.
1 Corinthians 5:6 See note 3:16.