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 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 such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles—that a man has his father’s wife! And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you. 3For I indeed, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged (as though I were present) him who has so done this deed. 4In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
• 1 Corinthians 4:6Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that you may learn in us not to think beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up on behalf of one against the other.
• Numbers 25:6And indeed, one of the children of Israel came and presented to his brethren a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping at the door of the tabernacle 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 inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you,” says the Lord.
• Ezra 9:2For they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed is mixed with the peoples of those lands. Indeed, the hand of the leaders and rulers has been foremost in this trespass.”
• Ezra 10:1Now while Ezra was praying, and while he was confessing, weeping, and bowing down before the house of God, a very large assembly of men, women, and children gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept very bitterly.
• Psalms 119:136Rivers of water run down from my eyes, Because men do not keep Your law.
• Jeremiah 13:17But if you will not hear it, 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, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”
• 2 Corinthians 7:7and not only by his coming, but also by the consolation with which he was comforted in you, when he told us of your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.
• 2 Corinthians 12:21lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and I shall mourn for many who have sinned before and have not repented of the uncleanness, fornication, and lewdness which they have practiced.
• 1 Corinthians 5:5deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
• Revelation 2:20Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things 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

• Fornication
• Glorying
• Leaven
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• Corinthians, Second Epistle to the
• Excommunication
• Hymenaeus
• Jude, the Epistle of
• 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