1 Corinthians 5:1

Fornication is truly heard of among you, and such fornication which is not among the heathens, that one should have the wife of his father.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 have you been inflated, and have not rather mourned, that the one having done this work may be taken from your midst?

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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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