1 Corinthians 5
| 1 Corinthians 5 | |
|---|---|
 1 Corinthians 7:33–8:4 in Papyrus 15, written in the 3rd century. | |
| Book | First Epistle to the Corinthians |
| Category | Pauline epistles |
| Christian Bible part | New Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 7 |
1 Corinthians 5 is the fifth chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle and Sosthenes in Ephesus. In this short chapter, Paul deals with an issue of sexual immorality in the Corinthian church.
Text[]
The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 13 verses.
Textual witnesses[]
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:
- Codex Vaticanus (AD 325–350)
- Codex Sinaiticus (330–360)
- Codex Alexandrinus (400–440)
- Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (~450)
- Papyrus 11 (7th century; extant verses 5, 7–8)[1]
Sexual immorality and exclusion[]
"The censure of the party-divisions [addressed in the previous chapters] is concluded",[2] and Paul moves on without transition to a "widely" [3] or "universally" [4] reported issue of a member of the Corinthian church living with his father's wife and the church failing to remove this man from their fellowship.[5] Paul criticises the church for its arrogance in not taking action, which might have been due to the factional nature of the church or to a false understanding of Christian liberty. [6] In 2 Corinthians 2, Paul commands the church in Corinth to forgive and restore a certain brother to fellowship, apparently the same person.[7]
Verse 6[]
- Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?[8]
- "Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?": This refers to a well-known proverb, much used by the Jews,[9] and other cultures as well, with the meaning that false doctrine increases to more ungodliness, when not immediately corrected, will endanger the whole community.[10]
Paul's previous letter[]
Verse 9 refers to an earlier letter written by Paul to the Corinthians, sometimes called the "warning letter" or the "pre-canonical letter".[11] Paraphrase versions like J. B. Philips' translation and the New Testament for Everyone explicitly call this a "previous" letter, supplying a word which is not in the original text.[12] The previous letter had warned members of the church not to associate with people living immoral lives.
Verse 13[]
- But those who are outside God judges. Therefore “put away from yourselves the evil person.”[13]
Cross references: Deuteronomy 17:7; 19:19; 22:21, 24; 24:7
See also[]
- Leaven
- Mesirah, the Jewish practice of handling conduct among themselves and avoiding outside legal authorities
- Other related Bible parts: Exodus 3, Deuteronomy 17, 19, 22 and 24; Mark 8, 2 Corinthians 2, Galatians 5, Revelation 2, Revelation 3
References[]
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 46.
- ^ Meyer's NT Commentary on 1 Corinthians 5, accessed 24 March 2017
- ^ 1 Corinthians 5:1 – Holman Christian Standard Bible
- ^ 1 Corinthians 5:1 – Darby Translation
- ^ 1 Corinthians 5:2 – New Living Translation
- ^ Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Corinthians 5, accessed 24 March 2017
- ^ Gill's Exposition on 2 Corinthians 2, accessed 25 July 2021
- ^ 1 Corinthians 5:6 NKJV
- ^ Neve Shalom apud Caphtor, fol. 41. 1.
- ^ "1 Corinthians 5:6 - Commentary & Verse Meaning - Bible". Bible Study Tools. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
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- ^ 1 Corinthians 5:9; 1 Corinthians 5:9
- ^ 1 Corinthians 5:13
External links[]
- 1 Corinthians 5 King James Bible - Wikisource
- English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate
- Online Bible at GospelHall.org (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English)
- Multiple bible versions at Bible Gateway (NKJV, NIV, NRSV etc.)
- First Epistle to the Corinthians chapters