1 Corinthians 5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:4

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ ,.... These words contain an account of the several things and circumstances, that should attend the awful act of the apostle, in delivering this man to Satan; it would be done "in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ"; by his command, power, and authority, and for his glory; in whose name all miraculous actions, as this was one, were performed: when ye are gathered together ; as a church, in a public manner, in one place; not to do this business, for... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:5

To deliver such an one unto Satan ,.... This, as before observed, is to be read in connection with 1 Corinthians 5:3 and is what the apostle there determined to do with this incestuous person; namely, to deliver him unto Satan; by which is meant, not the act of excommunication, or the removing of him from the communion of the church, which is an act of the whole church, and not of any single person; whereas this was what the church had nothing to do with; it was not what they were to do,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:6

Your glorying is not good ,.... Their glorying in their outward flourishing condition, in their riches and wealth, and in their ministers, in their wisdom and parts when under such an humbling dispensation; and especially if their glorying was in the sin itself, and their connivance at it, it was far from being good, it was very criminal, as the consequence of it was dangerous: know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump ? This, in nature, is what everybody knows; and the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:7

Purge out therefore the old leaven ,.... Meaning either the incestuous person, whose crime might well be compared to sour "leaven", and be called old because of his long continuance in it; whom the apostle would have removed from them; this is properly the act of excommunication, which that church was to perform, as a quite distinct thing from what the apostle himself determined to do. The allusion is to the strict search the Jews made F7 Misn Pesachim, c. 1. sect. 1. 2. Maimon. Hilch.... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:8

Therefore let us keep the feast ,.... Not the feast of the passover, which was now ceased, though this is said in allusion to it; when the master of the house used to say F12 Haggada Shel Pesach, p. 4. Ed. Rittangel. , "everyone that is hungry, let him come and eat; he that hath need, let him come ויפסח , "and paschatize", or keep the feast of the passover:' but rather the feast of the Lord's supper is here meant, that feast of fat things Isaiah prophesied of; in which are the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:9

I wrote unto you in an epistle ,..... Not in this same epistle, and in 1 Corinthians 5:2 as some think; for what is here observed is not written in either of those verses, but in some other epistle he had sent them before, as is clear from 1 Corinthians 5:11 which either came not to hand, or else was neglected by them; and so what he here says may be considered as a reproof to them, for taking no notice of his advice; but continuing to show respect to the incestuous person, though he in... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:10

Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world ,.... By "the fornicators of this world" are meant, such as were guilty of this sin, who were the men of the world, mere worldly carnal men, who were never called out of it, or ever professed to be; in distinction from those that were in the church, that had committed this iniquity; and the apostle's sense is, that his former prohibition of keeping company with fornicators was not to be understood as referring to such persons as were, out... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:11

But now have I written unto you ,.... Which shows, that what he had written before was at another time, and in another epistle; but not that what he was now writing was different from the former, only he explains the persons of whom, and the thing about which he has before written: not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother, be a fornicator; or if any man that is a brother is called, or named a fornicator; or covetous, or an idolater; or a railer, or a drunkard, or an... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:12

For what have I to do to judge ,.... To admonish, reprove, censure, and condemn: them also that are without ? without the church, who never were in it, or members of it; to whom ecclesiastical jurisdiction does not reach; and with whom the apostle had no more concern, than the magistrates of one city, or the heads of one family have with another: do not ye judge them that are within ? and them only? The apostle appeals to their own conduct, that they only reproved, censured, and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:13

But them that are without God judgeth ,.... Or "will judge", in the great day of judgment; wherefore though such persons did not fall under the censures and punishment of the apostle, nor of a church of Christ, yet they shall not go unpunished; God will call them to an account for their fornication, covetousness, idolatry, extortion, &c.; and will judge, condemn, and punish them, according to their works; and therefore since they do not fall under the cognizance of the churches of... read more

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