1 Corinthians 5:13

1 Corinthians 5:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
• New International Version (NIV)God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked person from among you.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)God judges those outside. "Purge the evil person from among you."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But those who are outside God judges. Therefore “put away from yourselves the evil person.”

Context of 1 Corinthians 5:13

11But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. 12For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

1 Corinthians 5:13 word by word

τοὺς δὲ ἔξω ὁ θεὸς κρινεῖ; ἐξάρατε τὸν πονηρὸν ἐξ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν.¶Read the interlinear

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• them that areὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• withoutἔξωexō · out/outside(r)G1854
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• judgethκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
• Thereforeκαίkai · andG2532
• put awayἐξαίρωexairō · to expelG1808
• fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• among yourselvesσύsu · youG4771
• thatαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• wicked personπονηρόςponēros · evil/badG4190

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 5:13

• Psalms 50:6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
• Acts 17:31Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
• Romans 2:16In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
• Hebrews 13:4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
• 2 Peter 2:9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
• 1 Corinthians 5:1It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.
• Deuteronomy 13:5And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from Yhwh your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which Yhwh thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
• Deuteronomy 17:7The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.
• Deuteronomy 21:21And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
• Deuteronomy 22:21Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
• Ecclesiastes 9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
• Matthew 18:17And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the Assembly: but if he neglect to hear the Assembly, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 5:13

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13But them … - They who are unconnected with the church are under the direct and special government of God. They are indeed sinners, and they deserve punishment for their crimes. But it is not ours to pronounce sentence upon them, or to inflict punishment. God will do that. our province is in regard to the church. We are to judge these; and these alone. All others we are to leave entirely in the hands of God. Therefore - Greek “And” ( ̀ kai). “Since it is…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-13Verses 9-13 Christians are to avoid familiar converse with all who disgrace the Christian name. Such are only fit companions for their brethren in sin, and to such company they should be left, whenever it is possible to do so. Alas, that there are many called Christians, whose conversation is more dangerous than that of heathens!Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13Christians should not judge or discipline the sins of non-believers, but they should address the sins of fellow believers.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. put away from among yourselves that wicked--Sentence of excommunication in language taken from De 24:7.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 5:13

• Adultery
• Church
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Fornication
• Glorying
• Leaven
• Corinthians, First Epistle to the
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Excommunication
• Hymenaeus
• Jude, the Epistle of

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