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1 Corinthians 5:2
And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul addresses the Corinthian church regarding a reported case of sexual immorality involving a man living with his father’s wife. He writes at a moment when the community is failing to respond to the sin with appropriate discipline.
The words — The Greek term πεφυσιωμένοι (pephusiōmenoi) literally means "puffed up" or inflated, describing the community's arrogant attitude. Paul contrasts this with ἐπενθήσατε (epenthēsate), meaning "mourned," which he expects them to feel instead.
The thread — The command to remove the offender directly parallels the directive to "Expel the wicked man from among you" in 1 Corinthians 5:13. The warning against tolerating sin aligns with Revelation 2:20, where God condemns the church for tolerating false teaching.
Why it lands — The text explicitly commands the community to replace pride with grief and to remove the unrepentant sinner from their fellowship. It requires readers to prioritize corporate holiness over social comfort or personal pride.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
Cross-references
- Revelation 2:20 But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
- 2 Corinthians 7:7 and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.
- 1 Corinthians 5:13 God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
- 2 Corinthians 12:21 I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.
- Numbers 25:6 Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- 2 Kings 22:19 because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
- Ezra 9:2 Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”
- Ezra 10:1 While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.
- Psalms 119:136 My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
- Jeremiah 13:17 But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.