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For even though I am absent physically,[a] I am present in spirit. And I have already judged the one who did this, just as though I were present.[b]

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  1. 1 Corinthians 5:3 tn Grk “in body.”
  2. 1 Corinthians 5:3 tn Verse 3 is one sentence in Greek (“For—even though I am absent in body, yet present in spirit—I have already judged the one who did this, as though I were present”) that has been broken up due to English stylistic considerations.

For my part, even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit.(A) As one who is present with you in this way, I have already passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus(B) on the one who has been doing this.

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