1 Corinthians 5:11 — Community Reflections

1 CORINTHIANS 5:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 1

“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.”

But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a person do not even eat — 'anyone who calls himself a brother' (ei tis adelphos onomazomenos) is the key: the prohibition targets professing believers engaged in serious sin. 'Not even eat' (mēde synesthienai) means no table fellowship, the mark of community. Excommunication is signal that the person has severed themselves from the body.

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