“And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.”
And you are proud! Shouldn't you rather have gone into mourning and have put out of your community the man who has done this? — 'Proud' (physioō, puffed up) reveals misplaced values: the Corinthians boast in wisdom while tolerating sin. Appropriate response is 'mourning' (penthos, grieving the church's defilement). 'Put out' (airō, remove) means excommunication. The failure to discipline is spiritual negligence masquerading as grace.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 5:2
When he was discoursing about their divisions, he did not indeed at once address them vehemently, but more gently at first; and afterwards, he ended in accusation, saying thus, 1 Corinthians 1:11 “For it has been signified unto me concerning you, my brethren, by them which are of the household of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.” But in this place, not so; but he lays about him immediately and makes the reproach of the accusation as general as possible. For he…
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