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?
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)You are so proud of yourselves, but you should be mourning in sorrow and shame. And you should remove this man from your fellowship.

Context of 1 Corinthians 5:2

1It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father's wife. And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you. 3For though absent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing. 4When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• puffed upφυσιόωphusioō · to inflateG5448
• haveπενθέωpentheō · to mournG3996
• notοὐχίouchi · not!G3780
• ratherμᾶλλονmallon · more: ratherG3123
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• he that hath doneποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• deedἔργονergon · workG2041
• might be taken awayἐξαίρωexairō · to expelG1808
• fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• amongμέσοςmesos · midstG3319

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 5:2

• 1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
• 1 Corinthians 4:6I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another.
• Numbers 25:6And behold, one of the people of Israel came and brought a Midianite woman to his family, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of the whole congregation of the people of Israel, while they were weeping in the entrance of the tent of meeting.
• 2 Kings 22:19because your heart was penitent, and you humbled yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord.
• Ezra 9:2For they have taken some of their daughters to be wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race has mixed itself with the peoples of the lands. And in this faithlessness the hand of the officials and chief men has been foremost."
• Ezra 10:1While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly.
• Psalms 119:136My eyes shed streams of tears, because people do not keep your law.
• Jeremiah 13:17But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears, because the Lord's flock has been taken captive.
• Ezekiel 9:4And the Lord said to him, "Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it."
• 2 Corinthians 7:7and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted by you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.
• 2 Corinthians 12:21I fear that when I come again my God may humble me before you, and I may have to mourn over many of those who sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and sensuality that they have practiced.
• 1 Corinthians 5:5you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.
• Revelation 2:20But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality 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

In the dictionaries

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• Pauline Theology
• Salvation

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