1 Corinthians 5:1

There goeth a commen sayinge that ther is fornicacion amonge you and soche fornicacion as is not once named amonge the gentyls: that one shuld have his fathers wyfe.

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In The King James Version

It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.

In Context

2And ye swell and have not rather sorowed that he which hath done this dede myght be put from amonge you.

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Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 5:1

In this chapter the apostle, I. Blames them for their indulgence in the case of the incestuous person, and orders him to be excommunicated, and delivered to Satan, ver. 1-6 . II. He exhorts them to Christian purity, by purging out the old leaven, ver. 7, 8 . And, III. Directs them to shun even the common conversation of Christians who were guilty of any notorious and flagitious wickedness, ver. 9 to the end . Read the whole commentary →

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