1 Corinthians 5:10
Not at all, [meaning] the fornicators of this world, or the covetous and extortioners, or idolaters,—else had ye been obliged, in that case, to go out of the world!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
9I wrote unto you in my letter—not to be mixing yourselves up with fornicators;—
Cross References
Matthew 5:14Ye, are the light of the world: it is impossible for a city to be hid, on the top of a mountain, lying.
John 15:19If, of the world, ye had been, the world, of its own, had been fond; but, because, of the world, ye are not, on the contrary, I, chose you out of the world, therefore, the world, doth hate you.
John 17:9I, concerning them, make request: not, concerning the world, do I make request, but concerning them whom thou hast given me, because, thine, they are,—
1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
2 Corinthians 4:4In whom, the god of this age, hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, to the end they may not discern the radiance of the glad-message of the glory of the Christ—who is the image of God.
Philippians 2:15In order that ye may become faultless and inviolate, children of God, blameless amidst a crooked and perverted generation, amongst whom ye appear as luminaries in the world,
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 5:10-13
Advice to Shun Scandalous Professors. ( a. d. 57.) 9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: 10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. 12 For what have I to do… Read the whole commentary →