1 Corinthians 5:2

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

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

3For indeed I, being absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged the one having thus done this, as being present,

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:18But some were inflated, as if I was not coming unto you.

1 Corinthians 5:13Take away the wicked person from you, yourselves.

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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