1 Corintios 5:3

3 Aunque no estoy con ustedes en persona, sí lo estoy en el Espíritu;
y como si estuviera ahí, ya emití mi juicio sobre ese hombre

1 Corintios 5:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:3

For I verily, as absent in body
As he really was, being now at Philippi, if any dependence is to be had upon the subscription of this epistle; or rather at Ephesus; however, wherever he was, it is certain he was not at Corinth:

but present in spirit;
in his affection to them, care of them, and concern for their good, and the glory of God:

have judged already;
he had considered of the matter, thought very deliberately about it, and was now come to a point, to a determination concerning it, what to do in it:

as though I were present;
upon the spot, in person, to do what he had resolved upon:

to him that hath so done this deed;
this infamous one, and in so scandalous a manner, and which was continued in: what that was which the apostle, upon mature deliberation and judgment, determined to do with this wicked man, is expressed in ( 1 Corinthians 5:5 ) which is to be connected with this, the whole fourth verse being to be read in a parenthesis, and that was to deliver him to Satan.

1 Corintios 5:3 In-Context

1 Pablo condena el orgullo espiritual
Me cuesta creer lo que me informan acerca de la inmoralidad sexual que hay entre ustedes, algo que ni siquiera los paganos hacen. Me dicen que un hombre de su iglesia vive en pecado con su madrastra.

2 Ustedes están muy orgullosos de sí mismos, en cambio, deberían estar llorando de dolor y vergüenza y echar a ese hombre de la congregación.

3 Aunque no estoy con ustedes en persona, sí lo estoy en el Espíritu;
y como si estuviera ahí, ya emití mi juicio sobre ese hombre

4 en el nombre del Señor Jesús. Ustedes deben convocar a una reunión de la iglesia.
Yo estaré presente en espíritu, igual que el poder de nuestro Señor Jesús.

5 Entonces deben expulsar a ese hombre y entregárselo a Satanás, para que su naturaleza pecaminosa sea destruida
y él mismo
sea salvo el día que el Señor vuelva.