²¹ You cannot share with us in this work since your heart is not right before God.

Wickedness in the Church

5 It is actually being said that there is sexual sin among you. And it is a kind that does not happen even among people who do not know God. A man there has his father’s wife.

⁷ But now you should forgive him and comfort him to keep him from having too much sadness and giving up completely.

²⁰ Hymenaeus and Alexander have done that, and I have given them to Satan so they will learn not to speak against God.