1 Corinthians 5:2

1 Corinthians 5:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
• New International Version (NIV)And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have gone into mourning and have put out of your fellowship the man who has been doing this?
• English Standard Version (ESV)And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you.

Context of 1 Corinthians 5:2

1It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife. And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this? 3Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present. 4When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of the Lord Jesus,

1 Corinthians 5:2 word by word

καὶ ὑμεῖς πεφυσιωμένοι ἐστὲ καὶ οὐχὶ μᾶλλον ἐπενθήσατε ἵνα ἀρθῇ ἐκ μέσου ὑμῶν ὁ τὸ ἔργον τοῦτο πράξας;Read the interlinear

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• youσύsu · youG4771
• areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• proudφυσιόωphusioō · to inflateG5448
• Shouldn’t youοὐχίouchi · not!G3780
• ratherμᾶλλονmallon · more: ratherG3123
• have been stricken with griefπενθέωpentheō · to mournG3996
• ·ἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• have removedαἴρωairō · to take upG142
• fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• ·μέσοςmesos · midstG3319
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• didπράσσωprassō · to do/requireG4238
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• thisἔργονergon · workG2041

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 5:2

• 1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
• 1 Corinthians 4:6Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.
• Numbers 25:6Just 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 22:19because 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 9:2Indeed, 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 10:1While 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 119:136My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
• Jeremiah 13:17But 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.
• Ezekiel 9:4“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
• 2 Corinthians 7:7and 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.
• 2 Corinthians 12:21I 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.
• 1 Corinthians 5:5hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.
• Revelation 2:20But 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.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 5:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Ye are puffed up - Ye are full of strife and contention relative to your parties and favourite teachers, and neglect the discipline of the Church. Had you considered the greatness of this crime, ye would have rather mourned, and have put away this flagrant transgressor from among you. Taken away from among you - ̔ . This is supposed by some to refer to the punishment of death, by others to excommunication. The Christian Church was at this time too young…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2And ye are puffed up - See the note at 1 Corinthians 4:18. You are filled with pride, and with a vain conceit of your own wisdom and purity, notwithstanding the existence of this enormous wickedness in your church. This does not mean that they were puffed up, or proud on account of the existence of this wickedness, but they were filled with pride notwithstanding, or in spite of it. They ought to have been a humbled people. They should have mourned; and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The Corinthian Christians were proud (see 1 Corinthians 4:8, 10, 18; 5:6), but they should have felt sorrow and shame for the sin among them. have removed from your fellowship the man: This instruction suggests that the man ignored their requests, or that such obvious sin needed immediate discipline (compare Matthew 18:15–18).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. puffed up--with your own wisdom and knowledge, and the eloquence of your favorite teachers: at a time when ye ought to be "mourning" at the scandal caused to religion by the incest. Paul mourned because they did not mourn (2Co 2:4). We ought to mourn over the transgressions of others, and repent of our own (2Co 12:21) [Bengel]. that--ye have not felt such mourning as would lead to the result that, &c. taken away from among you--by excommunication. The…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 5:2

• Adultery
• Backsliders
• Church
• Pride

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• Pauline Theology
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings