1 Corinthians 5

1 Corinthians 5 is the fifth chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle and Sosthenes in Ephesus. In this short chapter, Paul deals with an issue of sexual immorality in the Corinthian church.

1 Corinthians 5
1 Corinthians 7:33–8:4 in Papyrus 15, written in the 3rd century.
BookFirst Epistle to the Corinthians
CategoryPauline epistles
Christian Bible partNew Testament
Order in the Christian part7

Text

The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 13 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:

Sexual immorality and exclusion

"The censure of the party-divisions [addressed in the previous chapters] is concluded",[2] and Paul moves on without transition to a "widely"[3] or "universally" [4] reported issue of a member of the Corinthian church living with his father's wife and the church failing to remove this man from their fellowship.[5] Paul criticises the church for its arrogance in not taking action, which might have been due to the factional nature of the church or to a false understanding of Christian liberty.[6] In 2 Corinthians 2, Paul commands the church in Corinth to forgive and restore a certain brother to fellowship, apparently the same person.[7]

Immorality defiles the church (5:1–8)

Verses 4–5
See also: Olethros

4When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus, 5you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

— 1 Corinthians 5:4–5, English Standard Version[8]
  • "Our Lord Jesus" from the Greek τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν ᾿Ιησοῦ, tou kuriou hēmōn Iēsou (following ancient manuscripts B D* 1175 1739).[9] Some variants are found in some extant ancient manuscripts:
    • ἡμῶν, hēmōn, 'our', is not found in א A Ψ 1505.[9] The phrase "the Lord Jesus" is found as often as "our Lord Jesus" (cf. 1 Corinthians 11:23; 16:23; 2 Corinthians 4:14; 11:31; Ephesians 1:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:2; 2 Thessalonians 1:7; Philemon 5).[9]
    • Ancient Greek: Χριστοῦ, romanized: Christou, lit. 'Christ', is found after Ancient Greek: ᾿Ιησοῦ, lit. 'Jesus', in P46 א D2 F G 33 1881 M co and before ᾿Ιησοῦ in 81.[9] The expression "our Lord Jesus Christ" is often found in Paul's writings (cf. Romans 5:1, 11; 15:6, 30; 1 Corinthians 1:2, 7, 10; 15:57; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Galatians 6:14, 18, Ephesians 1:3, 17; 5:20; 6:24; Colossians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 5:9, 23, 28), more commonly than just "our Lord Jesus" (cf. Romans 16:20; 2 Corinthians 1:14; 1 Thessalonians 2:19; 3:11, 13; 2 Thessalonians 1:8, 12).[9]
    • The only witnesses that have τοῦ κυρίου ᾿Ιησοῦ, tou kuriou Iēsou, 'the Lord Jesus' (without "our" or "Christ") are A Ψ 1505.[9]
  • "[The days of] the Lord": from the Greek κυρίου, kuriou, 'Lord', is found in P46 B 630 1739; other variants are
    • κυρίου ᾿Ιησοῦ, kuriou Iēsou, 'Lord Jesus' is found in P61vid א Ψ M
    • κυρίου ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ, kuriou Iēsou Christou, 'Lord Jesus Christ', is found in D
    • κυρίου ἡμῶν ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ, kuriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou, 'our Lord Jesus Christ', is found in A F G P 33 al.[10]

Verse 6

Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

— 1 Corinthians 5:7, New King James Version[11]
  • "Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?": This refers to a well-known proverb, much used by the Jews,[12] and other cultures as well, with the meaning that false doctrine increases to more ungodliness, and when not immediately corrected, will endanger the whole community.[13]

Paul's previous letter

Verse 9 refers to an earlier letter written by Paul to the Corinthians, sometimes called the "warning letter" or the "pre-canonical letter".[14] Paraphrase versions like J. B. Philips' translation and the New Testament for Everyone explicitly call this a "previous" letter, supplying a word which is not in the original text.[15] The previous letter had warned members of the church not to associate with people living immoral lives.

Immorality must be judged (5:9–13)

Verse 13

But those who are outside God judges. Therefore "put away from yourselves the evil person."

— 1 Corinthians 5:13, New King James Version[16]

See also

References
  1. Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 46.
  2. Meyer's NT Commentary on 1 Corinthians 5, accessed 24 March 2017
  3. 1 Corinthians 5:1 – Holman Christian Standard Bible
  4. 1 Corinthians 5:1 – Darby Translation
  5. 1 Corinthians 5:2 – New Living Translation
  6. Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Corinthians 5, accessed 24 March 2017
  7. Gill's Exposition on 2 Corinthians 2, accessed 25 July 2021
  8. 1 Corinthians 5:4–5 ESV
  9. Note [a] on 1 Corinthians 5:4 in NET Bible
  10. Note [b] on 1 Corinthians 5:5 in NET Bible
  11. 1 Corinthians 5:6 NKJV
  12. Neve Shalom apud Caphtor, fol. 41. 1.
  13. "1 Corinthians 5:6 - Commentary & Verse Meaning - Bible". Bible Study Tools. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  14. Jerusalem Bible, note [e] on 1 Corinthians 5:9
  15. 1 Corinthians 5:9; 1 Corinthians 5:9
  16. 1 Corinthians 5:13 NKJV
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