1 Corinthians 5:2

2 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?

1 Corinthians 5:2 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
English Standard Version (ESV)
2 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)
2 You are so proud of yourselves, but you should be mourning in sorrow and shame. And you should remove this man from your fellowship.
The Message Bible (MSG)
2 And you're so above it all that it doesn't even faze you! Shouldn't this break your hearts? Shouldn't it bring you to your knees in tears? Shouldn't this person and his conduct be confronted and dealt with?
American Standard Version (ASV)
2 And ye are puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he that had done this deed might be taken away from among you.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
2 You're being arrogant when you should have been more upset about this. If you had been upset, the man who did this would have been removed from among you.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
2 And you are inflated with pride, instead of filled with grief so that he who has committed this act might be removed from among you.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
2 And you are proud! Shouldn't you be filled with sadness instead? Shouldn't you have put the man who did that out of your church?

1 Corinthians 5:2 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:2

And ye are puffed up
Either with the gifts, learning, and eloquence of their preachers, and particularly of this man, who, by some, is thought to be one of their teachers; and though he was guilty of so foul a crime, yet they still applauded him, and cried him up for a wonderful preacher: or one party was puffed up against another; that which was opposite to the party this man belonged to, boasting over the other as free from the scandal that was exposed unto; or the other were puffed up with their lenity and forbearance, boasting of it as an act of humanity and good nature, and an instance of charity, showing that they were not severe upon one another, for mistakes in life: or else were puffed up and gloried in the thing itself, as an instance of Christian liberty, and their freedom from the law, through a sad mistake of it; and in which they might be strengthened by a notion of the Jews, that it was lawful for proselyted Gentiles to do such things, for so says Maimonides F2.

``The sentence of the law is, that it is free for a Gentile (wma avyv) , "to marry his mother", or his sister that are made proselytes; but the wise men forbid this thing, that they may not say we are come from a holiness that is heavy, to one that is light.''

But this writer concludes that a proselyte might marry his father's brother's wife, and his father's wife; and so says his commentator {c}, and observes, that it was the opinion of R. Akiba, which Rabbi was contemporary with the Apostle Paul: so that this notion prevailed in his days, and does in some measure account for the commission of such a sin by a church member, and the church's negligence about it:

and have not rather mourned;
not only personally, and separately, but as a body; they ought to have met together as a church, and humbled themselves before God for this scandalous iniquity done in the midst of them, and pray unto him,

that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you;
not by excommunication, for that they could and ought to have done themselves; but by the immediate hand of God, inflicting some visible punishment, and taking him away by an untimely death, which the Jews call (tyrk) , "cutting off", by the hand of God; and such a punishment, they say, this crime deserved; according to them, there were six and thirty cuttings off in the law, or so many things which deserved death by the hand of God; and the two first that are mentioned are these, he that lies with his mother or with his father's wife F4.


FOOTNOTES:

F2 Hilchot lssure Bia, c. 14. sect. 12, 13.
F3 Auctor Ceseph Misna in ib.
F4 Misn. Ceritot, c. 1. sect. 1.

1 Corinthians 5:2 In-Context

1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father’s wife.
2 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?
3 For my part, even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit. As one who is present with you in this way, I have already passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus on the one who has been doing this.
4 So when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present,
5 hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.

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