And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have gone into mourning(A) and have put out of your fellowship(B) the man who has been doing this? For my part, even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit.(C) As one who is present with you in this way, I have already passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus(D) on the one who has been doing this. So when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, hand this man over(E) to Satan(F) for the destruction of the flesh,[a][b] so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 5:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
  2. 1 Corinthians 5:5 Or of his body

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