1 Corinthians 5:12

For what right have I to judge those who are without? Do you not judge those who are within?

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?

In Context

11but now I write to you, not to associate with any one professing to be a brother, if he is lewd or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner: with such a one not even to eat.

13But God will judge those who are without. So then judge, and put away that wicked man from among you.

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Cross References

Mark 4:11And he said to them: To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are without, all things are done in parables;

John 18:36Jesus answered: My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I might not be delivered up to the Jews. But now my kingdom is not hence.

1 Corinthians 6:1Does any one of you that has a matter of dispute with another, presume to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

1 Thessalonians 4:12in order that you may walk with propriety toward those who are without, and may have need of nothing.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 5:10-13

Advice to Shun Scandalous Professors. ( a. d. 57.) 9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: 10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. 12 For what have I to do… Read the whole commentary →

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