Holding sinful Christians to account
1 It is common knowledge that there is immorality among you, and of a kind not even seen among the other nations: A man has his father’s wife. 2 And you are proud! Should you not instead mourn, so that the one committing this act is removed from among you? 3 I may not be there in person, but I am with you in spirit, and I have already judged the one who has done this just as I would if I were there. 4 When you are assembled together in the Name of our Master Jesus, and I am with you there in spirit along with the power of our Master Jesus, 5 hand this one over to Satan for the extermination of the flesh, so that the spirit may be saved on the Day of the Master.
6 Bragging is the opposite of what you should do. Don’t you know that it only takes a little yeast to make the whole loaf rise? 7 Then purge the old yeast, so that you can be a “fresh loaf” without yeast to go along with our Passover Sacrifice (Christ). 8 Let us observe the Festival, not with the old yeast of evil and malice, but with the bread without yeast, with sincerity and truth.
9 When I wrote to you before, I told you not to mingle with immoral people, 10 but I didn’t mean those of the world— the greedy, extortioners, and idolaters. In that case you’d have to completely leave the world. 11 But what I’m saying is that you must not mingle with anyone who is called a sister or brother that is promiscuous, or greedy, or an idolater, or a mocker, or a drunkard, or an extortioner. Do not even eat with people like that! 12 After all, what business is it of mine to judge outsiders? Are you not to judge those on the inside? 13 God will judge the outsiders. So expel the evil one from among you!