17 That is why (A)I sent[a] you Timothy, (B)my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ,[b] (C)as I teach them everywhere in every church. 18 Some are (D)arrogant, (E)as though I were not coming to you. 19 But (F)I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power. 20 For (G)the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power. 21 What do you wish? (H)Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?

Sexual Immorality Defiles the Church

It is actually reported that there is (I)sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, (J)for a man has his father's wife. And (K)you are arrogant! Ought you (L)not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.

For though (M)absent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing. When you are assembled (N)in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus, you are (O)to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so (P)that his spirit may be saved (Q)in the day of the Lord.[c]

(R)Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that (S)a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 4:17 Or am sending
  2. 1 Corinthians 4:17 Some manuscripts add Jesus
  3. 1 Corinthians 5:5 Some manuscripts add Jesus

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