1 Corinthians 5:9
I have written to you in the letter not to associate with lewd persons;
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
In Context
Cross References
1 Corinthians 5:7Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new mass, as you are without leaven; for Christ, our passover, has been sacrificed for us.
2 Corinthians 6:17For this reason, come out from among them, and separate yourselves, says the Lord, and touch not an unclean person, and I will receive you;
2 Thessalonians 3:6Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother that walks disorderly, and not according to the tradition which he received from us.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 5:8-9
Exhortation to Christian Purity. ( a. d. 57.) 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Here the apostle exhorts them to purity, by purging out the old leaven. In this observe, I. The advice itself, addressed either, 1. To the church in general; and so purging… Read the whole commentary →