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in your church is living in sin with his stepmother. 2 You are so proud of your
selves, but you should be mourning in sorrow and shame. And you should
remove this man from your fellowship.
3 Even though I am not with you in person, I am with you in the Spirit. And
as though I were there, I have already passed judgment on this man 4 in the
name of the Lord Jesus. You must call a meeting of the church.
in spirit,
I will be present with you
and so will the power of
our Lord Jesus.
Then you must throw this man out and hand him over to Satan so that his
sinful nature will be destroyed and he himself will be saved on the day the
Lord returns.
6 Your boasting about this is terrible. Don’t you realize that this sin is like a
little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough? 7 Get rid of the old
“yeast” by removing this wicked person from among you. Then you will be
like a fresh batch of dough made without yeast, which is what you really are.
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Christ, our Passover Lamb,
has been sacrificed for us.
So let us celebrate the festival, not with the old bread of wickedness and evil,
but with the new bread of sincerity and truth.
9 When I wrote to you before, I told you not to associate with people who
indulge in sexual sin. 10 But I wasn’t talking about unbelievers who indulge in
sexual sin, or are greedy, or cheat people, or worship idols. You would have
to leave this world to avoid people like that. 11 I meant that you are not to as
sociate with anyone who claims to be a believer yet indulges in sexual sin, or
is greedy, or worships idols, or is abusive, or is a drunkard, or cheats people.
Don’t even eat with such people.
12 It isn’t my responsibility to judge outsiders, but it certainly is your respon
sibility to judge those inside the church who are sinning. 13 God will judge
those on the outside; but as the Scriptures say, “You must remove the evil
person from among you.”
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Avoiding Lawsuits with Christians
When one of you has a dispute with another believer, how dare you file
a lawsuit and ask a secular court to decide the matter instead of taking it
to other believers! 2 Don’t you realize that someday we believers will judge the
world? And since you are going to judge the world, can’t you decide even these
little things among yourselves? 3 Don’t you realize that we will judge angels?
So you should surely be able to resolve ordinary disputes in this life. 4 If you
have legal disputes about such matters, why go to outside judges who are not
respected by the church? 5 I am saying this to shame you. Isn’t there anyone
in all the church who is wise enough to decide these issues? 6 But instead, one
believer sues another—right in front of unbelievers!
7 Even to have such lawsuits with one another is a defeat for you. Why not just
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