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Remove Sexually Immoral People From Your Church: A Little Leaven Leavens The Lump
5 Sexual-immorality is actually being heard-of among you— and such sexual immorality which is not even among the Gentiles, that someone has[a] the wife of his father. 2 And you are puffed-up, and did not mourn instead, in order that the one having done this deed might be taken out of your midst. 3 For indeed I, being absent in the body but present in the[b] spirit, have already judged— as-though being present— the one having thus committed this thing. 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus, you and my spirit having been gathered-together, with[c] the power of our Lord Jesus, 5 you are to hand-over such a one to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, in order that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord. 6 Your boast is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7 Clean-out the old leaven, in order that you may be a new lump, just as you are unleavened. For indeed, our Passover [Lamb] was sacrificed[d]— Christ. 8 So then let us celebrate-the-feast not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of badness[e] and evilness, but with the unleavened loaves of purity[f] and truth.
Do Not Even Associate With So-Called Brothers Who Continue To Disobey God
9 I wrote you in the letter[g] not to associate-with[h] sexually-immoral ones— 10 not at-all meaning with the sexually-immoral ones of this world, or with the greedy and swindlers[i], or with idolaters, because then you would have to go out of the world! 11 But now[j], I wrote[k] to you not to associate-with them if anyone being named a brother should be a sexually-immoral one, or a greedy one, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler— not even to eat with such a one. 12 For what do I have to do with judging the ones outside? Are you not judging the ones inside? 13 But God judges[l] the ones outside. Remove[m] the evil one from-among you yourselves.
Take Your Disputes With Brothers To Wise Judges In The Church, Not To The World’s Courts
6 Does any one of you, having a matter against the other, dare to go-to-court[n] before the unrighteous ones, and not before the saints? 2 Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy of the smallest cases[o]? 3 Do you not know that we will judge angels? Shall I not-indeed mention things-pertaining-to-this-life? 4 So indeed, if you have cases pertaining-to-this-life, are you seating[p] these [as judges]— the ones having been of-no-account[q] in the church? 5 I say this to your shame. So is there not among you anyone wise who will be able to discern[r] between his brother and this brother?— 6 but brother is going-to-court against brother, and this before unbelievers?
Better To Be Wronged Than To Wrong Your Brother With a Lawsuit
7 So indeed, it is already actually a defeat[s] for you that you have lawsuits with each other. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded[t]? 8 But you are wronging and defrauding— and this [your own] brothers!
Wrongdoers Will Not Inherit The Kingdom. But You Were Cleansed of Such Things
9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be deceived. Neither sexually-immoral ones, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homo-erotic-partners[u], nor homosexuals[v], 10 nor thieves, nor greedy ones— not drunkards, not revilers, not swindlers— will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And some of you were these things. But you washed-them-away[w], but you were sanctified[x], but you were declared-righteous in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
Do Not Be Sexually Immoral
12 “All[y] things are lawful[z] to me”, but not all things are beneficial[aa]. “All things are lawful to me”, but I will not be mastered by any. 13 Foods[ab] are for the stomach and the stomach for foods. But God will do-away-with[ac] both this and these. But the body is not for sexual-immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body. 14 And God both raised the Lord and will raise us up by His power.
Your Bodies Are Body-Parts of Christ: Flee Sexual Immorality
15 Do you not know that your bodies are body-parts[ad] of Christ? Therefore, having taken-away the body-parts of Christ, shall I make them body-parts of a prostitute? May it never be! 16 Or do you not know that the one joining himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For He says [in Gen 2:24] “the two will be one flesh”. 17 But the one joining himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him. 18 Be fleeing sexual immorality.
Your Body Is The Temple of The Holy Spirit. Glorify God In Your Body
Every sin which a person may do is outside the body. But the one committing-sexual-immorality is sinning against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit in you, Whom you have from God? And you are not your own[ae], 20 for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.
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Concerning Marriage And Singleness: Live According To Your Gift From God
It is good[af] for a man not to touch[ag] a woman. 2 But because of sexual-immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband give-back to his wife her due[ah], and likewise also the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not have-authority[ai] over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise also the husband does not have-authority over his own body, but the wife does. 5 Do not be depriving one another— except perhaps by agreement, for a time, in order that you may devote-yourselves to prayer and [then] be together again— in order that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack-of-self-control. 6 But I am saying this by way of concession, not by way of command. 7 And I wish that all people were as[aj] indeed myself! But each has his own gift from God— one in this manner and another in this manner. 8 And I say to the unmarried and the widows— it is good for them if they remain as I also am. 9 But if they do not have-self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burning[ak].
But Do Not Divorce Your Christian Spouse
10 But to the ones having married I command (not I, but the Lord), that a wife not be separated from her husband— 11 but if indeed she is separated, let her remain unmarried or let her be reconciled to her husband— and that a husband not leave[al] his wife.
Do Not Divorce an Unbelieving Spouse Who Chooses To Stay
12 But to the rest I say, not[am] the Lord— if any brother has an unbelieving wife and this one consents to dwell with him, let him not leave her. 13 And if any woman has an unbelieving husband and this one consents to dwell with her, let her not leave her husband. 14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified[an] by his wife. And the unbelieving wife has been sanctified by the brother. Otherwise then your children are unclean, but now[ao] they are holy. 15 But if the unbelieving one separates, let such a one separate. The brother or the sister has not been enslaved by such[ap] things, but God has called you in peace. 16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife? 17 Except that[aq] as the Lord apportioned[ar] to each one, as God has called each one, in this manner let him be walking. And thus I am directing[as] in all the churches.
In General, Remain With God In The Life Context In Which You Were Saved
18 Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not conceal[at] it. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised. 19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. 20 Each in the calling in which he was called— in this let him remain. 21 Were you called as a slave? Do not let it be a concern to you. But if also[au] you are able to become free, rather make-use-of the opportunity. 22 For the one having been called in the Lord as a slave is a freedperson of the Lord. Likewise the one having been called as a free one is a slave of Christ. 23 You were bought with a price; do not become slaves[av] of people. 24 Each in what he was called, brothers— in this let him remain with God.
Concerning The Unmarried: In General, It Is Good To Remain As You Are In Life
25 Now concerning virgins, I do not have a command from the Lord, but I am giving an opinion as one having been shown-mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy. 26 I think then that this[aw] is good because of the present necessity[ax], that it is good for a person to be so[ay]. 27 Have you been bound[az] to a woman? Do not be seeking a release[ba]. Have you been released[bb] from a woman? Do not be seeking a wife. 28 But even if you marry, you did not sin. And if the virgin marries, she did not sin. But such ones will have affliction in the flesh, and I am sparing[bc] you.
We All Must Keep Our Earthly Life In Eternal Perspective
29 And this I say, brothers— the time[bd] is shortened, so that henceforth even the ones having wives should be as-though not having, 30 and the ones weeping as-though not weeping, and the ones rejoicing as-though not rejoicing, and the ones buying as-though not holding-on-to[be], 31 and the ones making-use-of the world as-though not making-full-use-of it. For the form[bf] of this world is passing away.
Single People Can Be Solely Devoted To God; The Married Have a Dual Concern
32 Now I want you to be free-from-concern. The unmarried man is concerned-about the things of the Lord— how he may please the Lord. 33 But the man having married is concerned-about the things of the world— how he may please his wife, 34 and he has been divided[bg]. And the unmarried woman[bh], and the virgin, is concerned-about the things of the Lord— that she may be holy both in the body and in the spirit. But the woman having married is concerned-about the things of the world— how she may please her husband.
Do What You Think Is Honorable For Your Virgin Daughter
35 Now I am saying this[bi] for the benefit of you yourselves— not that I may throw a noose[bj] on you, but toward good-order and devotion[bk] to the Lord, undistractedly. 36 But if one[bl] thinks that he is behaving-dishonorably[bm] toward his virgin daughter— if she is beyond-the-bloom-of-youth[bn], and it ought[bo] to be so— let him do what he wants. He is not sinning. Let them marry. 37 But he who stands steadfast[bp] in his heart, not having a necessity[bq], and has authority[br] concerning[bs] his own will, and has determined this in his own heart, to keep[bt] his virgin daughter— he will do well[bu]. 38 So then, both the one giving his virgin daughter in marriage is doing well, and the one not giving-in-marriage will do better.
Widows Are Free To Remarry, But May Be Happier Remaining As They Are
39 A wife has been bound for as much time as her husband lives. But if her husband falls-asleep, she is free to be married to whom she wishes— only in the Lord. 40 But she is happier if she remains thus[bv], according to my opinion; and I also think that I have the Spirit of God.
Concerning Food Sacrificed To Idols: Let Love Guide Your Exercise of “Rights”
8 Now concerning the foods-sacrificed-to-idols, we know that we all have knowledge[bw]. Knowledge puffs-up, but love builds-up. 2 If anyone thinks that he has come-to-know anything, he did not-yet know as he ought-to know. 3 But if one loves[bx] God, this one has been known by Him. 4 Therefore concerning the eating of the foods-sacrificed-to-idols— we know that an idol is nothing[by] in the world, and that there is no God except one. 5 For even if-indeed there are ones being called gods, whether in heaven or on earth— as-indeed there are many[bz] gods and many lords— 6 yet for us there is One God the Father, from Whom are all things, and we are[ca] for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through Whom are all things, and we are through Him. 7 But this knowledge is not in all people. But some, by the accustomed-habit[cb] of the idol until now, eat this food as[cc] food-sacrificed-to-an-idol. And their conscience, being weak, is stained[cd]. 8 But food will not bring us[ce] near[cf] to God— neither if we do not eat are we lacking, nor if we eat are we abounding. 9 But be watching-out that this right[cg] of yours does not somehow become an opportunity-for-stumbling to the weak ones. 10 For if someone sees you, the one having knowledge, reclining [to eat] in an idol-temple, will not his conscience, being weak, be built-up so as to eat the foods-sacrificed-to-idols? 11 For the one being weak is being destroyed[ch] by your knowledge— the brother for the sake of whom Christ died! 12 And in this manner sinning against the brothers and striking[ci] their conscience while being weak, you are sinning against Christ.
On The One Hand, I Will Not Do Anything That Hinders People’s Spiritual Advance
13 For-this-very-reason, if food causes my brother to fall, I will never eat meats, ever— in-order-that I may not cause my brother to fall.
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing