1 Corinthians 5:12-13 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:9-13

Here the apostle advises them to shun the company and converse of scandalous professors. Consider, I. The advice itself: I wrote to you in a letter not to company with fornicators, 1 Cor. 5:9. Some think this was an epistle written to them before, which is lost. Yet we have lost nothing by it, the Christian revelation being entire in those books of scripture which have come down to us, which are all that were intended by God for the general use of Christians, or he could and would in his... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:9-13

5:9-13 In my letter I wrote to you not to associate with fornicators. You cannot altogether avoid associating with the fornicators of this world, or with those who are greedy and grasping for this world's goods, or with idolaters, for, in that case, you would have to withdraw entirely from the world. But, as things now are, I write to you not to associate or to eat with anyone who bears the name of brother, if he is a fornicator, or a greedy person, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:12

For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? - The term without, τους εξω , signifies those who were not members of the Church, and in this sense its correspondent term: החיצונים hachitsonim , those that are without, is generally understood in the Jewish writers, where it frequently occurs. The word και also, which greatly disturbs the sense here, is wanting in ABCFG, and several others, with the Syriac, Coptic, Slavonic, Vulgate, and the Itala; together with several of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:12

Verse 12 12.For what have I to do to judge them that are without ? There is nothing to hinder us from judging these also — nay more, even devils themselves are not exempt from the judgment of the word which is committed to us. But Paul is speaking here of the jurisdiction that belongs peculiarly to the Church. “The Lord has furnished us with this power, that we may exercise it upon those who belong to his household. For this chastisement is a part of discipline which is confined to the Church,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:13

Verse 13 13.Put away that wicked person. This is commonly explained as referring to the person who was guilty of an illicit connection with his mother-in-law. For as to those who understand the expression to mean — “Put away evil or wickedness, ” they are refuted by the Greek words made use of by Paul, the article ( τὸν) being in the masculine gender, But what if you should view it as referring to the devil, who, undoubtedly in the person of a wicked and unprincipled man, (309) is encouraged to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:6-13

The true Church a feast. "Your glorying is not good," etc. There are numerous Churches, but only one true Church, viz. that community of men who possess the Spirit and exemplify the character of Jesus Christ. These verses lead us to look upon the true Church— I. In its INTERNAL ENJOYMENTS . It is called here a "feast." Truly the association of such Christly spirited men is a "feast" of the sublimest kind, a feast to each and all. A "feast:" 1. Because it contains the choicest... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:6-13

Supplementary views and explanations. Was nothing necessary except to get rid of the offender? That was to be done, but something else was quite as much of an exigency. Here, then, we see the extent to which the enormous evil had spread, for the whole Church had been infected. If the vice had assumed in one man the completest form of social iniquity, what was the state of the atmosphere in which this was possible? Such corruption was not sporadic: the whole air was poisoned; and in this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:9-13

Correction of a mistaken inference which they had deduced from a former letter of St. Paul's. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:9-13

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:9-13

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:13

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:6-13

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:6-13

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:9-13

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