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24 Look beneath the surface so you can judge correctly.”

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24 Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”(A)

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Then you must throw this man out and hand him over to Satan so that his sinful nature will be destroyed[a] and he himself[b] will be saved on the day the Lord[c] returns.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:5a Or so that his body will be destroyed; Greek reads for the destruction of the flesh.
  2. 5:5b Greek and the spirit.
  3. 5:5c Other manuscripts read the Lord Jesus; still others read our Lord Jesus Christ.

hand this man over(A) to Satan(B) for the destruction of the flesh,[a][b] so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.(C)

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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

12 It isn’t my responsibility to judge outsiders, but it certainly is your responsibility to judge those inside the church who are sinning.

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12 What business is it of mine to judge those outside(A) the church? Are you not to judge those inside?(B)

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Let God’s curse fall on anyone, including us or even an angel from heaven, who preaches a different kind of Good News than the one we preached to you.

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But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you,(A) let them be under God’s curse!(B)

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I say again what we have said before: If anyone preaches any other Good News than the one you welcomed, let that person be cursed.

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As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted,(A) let them be under God’s curse!

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Discerning False Prophets

Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world. This is how we know if they have the Spirit of God: If a person claiming to be a prophet[a] acknowledges that Jesus Christ came in a real body, that person has the Spirit of God. But if someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknowledge the truth about Jesus, that person is not from God. Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard is coming into the world and indeed is already here.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:2 Greek If a spirit; similarly in 4:3.

On Denying the Incarnation

Dear friends,(A) do not believe every spirit,(B) but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.(C) This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh(D) is from God,(E) but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist,(F) which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.(G)

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10 If anyone comes to your meeting and does not teach the truth about Christ, don’t invite that person into your home or give any kind of encouragement.

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10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them.(A)

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