1 Corinthians 5:2

And you are inflated; but should you not rather sit in grief that he who hath wrought this work might be put away from you?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

In Context

1Fornication is commonly reported among you; and such fornication as is not heard among the Heathens, that the son should take the wife of his father.

3But I, while distant from you in body, am near you in spirit, and now judge, as if near you, him who hath done this;

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:18But as if I were not coming to you, some of you are inflated.

1 Corinthians 5:13but those who are without, Aloha judgeth: and put away the wicked one from among you.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 5:2-7

A Case of Gross Criminality; Christian Purity. ( a. d. 57.) 1 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. 2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. 3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, 4 In the name of… Read the whole commentary →

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