Psalms 110; Psalms 111; Psalms 112; 1 Corinthians 5

1 The Lord said to my lord, "Sit here at my right side until I put your enemies under your feet."

2 From Zion the Lord will extend your royal power. "Rule over your enemies," he says.

3 On the day you fight your enemies, your people will volunteer. Like the dew of early morning your young men will come to you on the sacred hills.

4 The Lord made a solemn promise and will not take it back: "You will be a priest forever in the priestly order of Melchizedek."

5 The Lord is at your right side; when he becomes angry, he will defeat kings.

6 He will pass judgment on the nations and fill the battlefield with corpses; he will defeat kings all over the earth.

7 The king will drink from the stream by the road, and strengthened, he will stand victorious.

1 Praise the Lord! With all my heart I will thank the Lord in the assembly of his people.

2 How wonderful are the things the Lord does! All who are delighted with them want to understand them.

3 All he does is full of honor and majesty; his righteousness is eternal.

4 The Lord does not let us forget his wonderful actions; he is kind and merciful.

5 He provides food for those who honor him; he never forgets his covenant.

6 He has shown his power to his people by giving them the lands of foreigners.

7 In all he does he is faithful and just; all his commands are dependable.

8 They last for all time; they were given in truth and righteousness.

9 He set his people free and made an eternal covenant with them. Holy and mighty is he!

10 The way to become wise is to honor the Lord; he gives sound judgment to all who obey his commands. He is to be praised forever.

1 Praise the Lord! Happy is the person who honors the Lord, who takes pleasure in obeying his commands.

2 The good man's children will be powerful in the land; his descendants will be blessed.

3 His family will be wealthy and rich, and he will be prosperous forever.

4 Light shines in the darkness for good people, for those who are merciful, kind, and just.

5 Happy is the person who is generous with his loans, who runs his business honestly.

6 A good person will never fail; he will always be remembered.

7 He is not afraid of receiving bad news; his faith is strong, and he trusts in the Lord.

8 He is not worried or afraid; he is certain to see his enemies defeated.

9 He gives generously to the needy, and his kindness never fails; he will be powerful and respected.

10 The wicked see this and are angry; they glare in hate and disappear; their hopes are gone forever.

1 Now, it is actually being said that there is sexual immorality among you so terrible that not even the heathen would be guilty of it. I am told that a man is sleeping with his stepmother!

2 How, then, can you be proud? On the contrary, you should be filled with sadness, and the man who has done such a thing should be expelled from your fellowship.

3 And even though I am far away from you in body, still I am there with you in spirit; and as though I were there with you, I have in the name of our Lord Jesus already passed judgment on the man who has done this terrible thing. As you meet together, and I meet with you in my spirit, by the power of our Lord Jesus present with us,

5 you are to hand this man over to Satan for his body to be destroyed, so that his spirit may be saved in the Day of the Lord.

6 It is not right for you to be proud! You know the saying, "A little bit of yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise."

7 You must remove the old yeast of sin so that you will be entirely pure. Then you will be like a new batch of dough without any yeast, as indeed I know you actually are. For our Passover Festival is ready, now that Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

8 Let us celebrate our Passover, then, not with bread having the old yeast of sin and wickedness, but with the bread that has no yeast, the bread of purity and truth.

9 In the letter that I wrote you I told you not to associate with immoral people.

10 Now I did not mean pagans who are immoral or greedy or are thieves, or who worship idols. To avoid them you would have to get out of the world completely.

11 What I meant was that you should not associate with a person who calls himself a believer but is immoral or greedy or worships idols or is a slanderer or a drunkard or a thief. Don't even sit down to eat with such a person.

12 After all, it is none of my business to judge outsiders. God will judge them. But should you not judge the members of your own fellowship? As the scripture says, "Remove the evil person from your group."