Forgiveness for the Offender

⁵ If anyone has caused grief,^(A) he has not so much grieved me as he has grieved all of you to some extent—not to put it too severely.

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)

¹² I plead with you, brothers and sisters,^(A) become like me, for I became like you. You did me no wrong.

¹⁰ I am confident^(A) in the Lord that you will take no other view.^(B) The one who is throwing you into confusion,^(C) whoever that may be, will have to pay the penalty.

Dealing With a Case of Incest

5 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father’s wife.^{(A) 2} And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have gone into mourning^(B) and have put out of your fellowship^(C) the man who has been doing this? ³ For my part, even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit.^(D) As one who is present with you in this way, I have already passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus^(E) on the one who has been doing this. ⁴ So when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, ⁵ hand this man over^(F) to Satan^(G) for the destruction of the flesh,^[a][b] so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.^(H)