1 Korinther 5:4

4 in dem Namen unsers HERRN Jesu Christi, in eurer Versammlung mit meinem Geist und mit der Kraft unsers HERRN Jesu Christi,

1 Korinther 5:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:4

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ
These words contain an account of the several things and circumstances, that should attend the awful act of the apostle, in delivering this man to Satan; it would be done "in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ"; by his command, power, and authority, and for his glory; in whose name all miraculous actions, as this was one, were performed:

when ye are gathered together;
as a church, in a public manner, in one place; not to do this business, for this was purely apostolical; but to be witness of this wonderful operation, to acknowledge the justice of God in it, and that they might fear and take warning by it:

and my spirit;
meaning that though he was absent in body, he should be present in spirit; and that the extraordinary gift of the Spirit of God bestowed on him would be visibly exercised upon this man before them all, as if he himself was in the midst of them; and this not by any power of his own, but

with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ;
to which all such miraculous effects, as this hereafter related, are to be ascribed.

1 Korinther 5:4 In-Context

2 Und ihr seid aufgeblasen und habt nicht vielmehr Leid getragen, auf daß, der das Werk getan hat, von euch getan würde?
3 Ich zwar, der ich mit dem Leibe nicht da bin, doch mit dem Geist gegenwärtig, habe schon, als sei ich gegenwärtig, beschlossen über den, der solches getan hat:
4 in dem Namen unsers HERRN Jesu Christi, in eurer Versammlung mit meinem Geist und mit der Kraft unsers HERRN Jesu Christi,
5 ihn zu übergeben dem Satan zum Verderben des Fleisches, auf daß der Geist selig werde am Tage des HERRN Jesu.
6 Euer Ruhm ist nicht fein. Wisset ihr nicht, daß ein wenig Sauerteig den ganzen Teig versäuert?
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