1 Korinther 5:13

13 Gott aber wird, die draußen sind, richten. Tut von euch selbst hinaus, wer da böse ist.

1 Korinther 5:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:13

But them that are without God judgeth
Or "will judge", in the great day of judgment; wherefore though such persons did not fall under the censures and punishment of the apostle, nor of a church of Christ, yet they shall not go unpunished; God will call them to an account for their fornication, covetousness, idolatry, extortion and will judge, condemn, and punish them, according to their works; and therefore since they do not fall under the cognizance of the churches of Christ, they are to be left to the tribunal of God; and all that the saints have to do is to watch over one another, and reprove, rebuke, and censure, as cases require, and as the case of this church did.

Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person;
not that wicked thing, as some read it, but that wicked one; meaning not the devil, who is sometimes so called; a sense of the words proposed by Calvin, not asserted; but that wicked man, that, incestuous person, whom the apostle would have removed from among them, by excommunication; which was what became them as a church to do, and which lay in their power to do, and could only be done by them, and was to be their own pure act and deed: reference seems to be had to those passages in ( Deuteronomy 17:7 ) ( 21:21 ) ( 22:21 ) ( 24:7 ) where the Septuagint render the phrase, (exareiv ton poneron ex umwn autwn) , "thou shalt put away that wicked one among yourselves".

1 Korinther 5:13 In-Context

11 Nun aber habe ich euch geschrieben, ihr sollt nichts mit ihnen zu schaffen haben, so jemand sich läßt einen Bruder nennen, und ist ein Hurer oder ein Geiziger oder ein Abgöttischer oder ein Lästerer oder ein Trunkenbold oder ein Räuber; mit dem sollt ihr auch nicht essen.

12 Denn was gehen mich die draußen an, daß ich sie sollte richten? Richtet ihr nicht, die drinnen sind?

13 Gott aber wird, die draußen sind, richten. Tut von euch selbst hinaus, wer da böse ist.