1 Corinthians 5:2

And ye are inflated, and have not rather sitten down in grief, that he who hath done this deed might be separated from you.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

1In short, it is reported, there is whoredom among you; and such whoredom as is not even named among the heathen, that a son should even take the wife of his father.

3And I, while distant from you in body but present with you in spirit, have already, as if present, judged him who perpetrateth this deed;

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:18Now some of you are inflated, as though I would not dare come to you.

1 Corinthians 5:13and those without, God judgeth; and remove ye the wickedness 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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