# 1 Corinthians 05 đź“–: Discipline in the Church
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> [!info] Table of Contents
> [[#đź“ś Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#đź“– Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
> [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]]
> [[#🧠Chapter Summary]]
> [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]]
> [[#đź’¬ Discussion Questions]]
> [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#đź”— Related Passages]]
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#đź“‚ Internal Notes]]
## đź“ś Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
### Church Discipline
**Principle**: Treat unrepentant sin as serious.
[[#Verse 01.]] It is actually reported that sexual immorality exists among you, the kind of immorality that is not permitted even among the Gentiles, so that someone is cohabiting with his father’s wife.Â
[[#Verse 02.]] And you are proud! Shouldn’t you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this from among you?
[[#Verse 03.]] For even though I am absent physically, I am present in spirit. And I have already judged the one who did this, just as though I were present.Â
[[#Verse 04.]] When you gather together in the name of our Lord Jesus, and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of our Lord Jesus,Â
[[#Verse 05.]] hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.
[[#Verse 06.]] Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast affects the whole batch of dough?
[[#Verse 07.]] Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough—you are, in fact, without yeast. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.Â
[[#Verse 08.]]Â So then, let us celebrate the festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of vice and evil, but with the bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.
## Church Discipline
**Principle**: Don't associate with people who claim Christianity, but live like non-Christians.
[[#Verse 09.]]Â I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.Â
[[#Verse 10.]]Â In no way did I mean the immoral people of this world, or the greedy and swindlers and idolaters, since you would then have to go out of the world.Â
[[#Verse 11.]] But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls himself a Christian who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.Â
[[#Verse 12.]]Â For what do I have to do with judging those outside? Are you not to judge those inside?Â
[[#Verse 13.]] But God will judge those outside. _Remove_ _the evil person from among you_.
## đź“– Verse-by-Verse Commentary
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###### Verse 05.
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## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
1. A man living with his father's wife was forbidden in the law of Moses (Leviticus 18:8) and was also a crime under Roman law.
2. The Roman orator Cicero described a similar case of a woman marrying her son-in-law as an almost unbelievable crime.
3. "Hand this man over to Satan" (5:5) likely means removing him from the church's fellowship and protection so he would come to repentance (compare 1 Timothy 1:20).
4. Before Passover, Jewish families searched their homes to remove all yeast (Exodus 12:15).
5. Paul may have written this letter near Passover, since he mentions staying in Ephesus until Pentecost (16:8).
6. Paul mentions an earlier letter to Corinth (5:9) that has not survived.
7. "Remove the evil person from among you" (5:13) is a refrain in Deuteronomy (17:7; 19:19; 22:21).
8. In Scripture yeast often pictures something that spreads quietly, such as sin or false teaching (Matthew 16:6; Galatians 5:9).
9. Some scholars think 2 Corinthians 2:5-8 describes the restoration of this same man, though others disagree.
10. The sins listed in 5:10-11 include greed and verbal abuse alongside sexual sin, showing discipline was not about one kind of sin only.
## 🧠Chapter Summary
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## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is our Passover Lamb who has been sacrificed (5:7). Because He was slain, His people remove the old yeast of sin and celebrate with sincerity and truth (John 1:29; 1 Peter 1:18-19).
## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application
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## đź’¬ Discussion Questions
1. The church was proud while tolerating serious sin (5:1-2). Why is it dangerous to ignore sin in the church?
2. A little yeast affects the whole batch of dough (5:6). How does tolerated sin spread in a person or a community?
3. Paul distinguishes between judging those inside and outside the church (5:12-13). How should that shape the way we relate to unbelievers?
## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember
- đź“– verse 6: A little yeast affects the whole batch of dough.
- đź“– verse 7: Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
- đź“– verse 8: Celebrate with the bread of sincerity and truth.
- đź“– verses 12-13: The church judges those inside; God judges those outside.
## đź”— Related Passages
- đź”— [[Leviticus 18#Verse 08.|Leviticus 18:8]] - The law against a man taking his father's wife (5:1).
- đź”— [[Deuteronomy 22#Verse 30.|Deuteronomy 22:30]] - The law against a man taking his father's wife (5:1).
- đź”— [[1 Timothy 01#Verse 20.|1 Timothy 1:20]] - Handed over to Satan to learn (5:5).
- đź”— [[Galatians 05#Verse 09.|Galatians 5:9]] - A little yeast leavens the whole lump (5:6).
- đź”— [[Exodus 12#Verse 03.|Exodus 12:3-15]] - The Passover lamb and unleavened bread (5:7).
- đź”— [[John 01#Verse 29.|John 1:29]] - The Lamb of God (5:7).
- đź”— [[Exodus 13#Verse 07.|Exodus 13:7]] - No yeast found among you (5:8).
- đź”— [[2 Thessalonians 03#Verse 06.|2 Thessalonians 3:6, 14]] - Keep away from the unrepentant brother (5:11).
- đź”— [[Matthew 18#Verse 15.|Matthew 18:15-17]] - Church discipline (5:12-13).
- đź”— [[Deuteronomy 17#Verse 07.|Deuteronomy 17:7 and 22:21-24]] - Purge the evil from among you (5:13).
## 🙏 Devotional Reflection
đź“ť SOAP: [[1 Corinthians 05 - SOAP|Choose Your Friends Wisely]]
## đź“‚ Internal Notes