1 Corintios 5:3

3 Yo ciertamente, como ausente con el cuerpo, mas presente en espíritu, ya como presente he juzgado al que esto así ha cometido.

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 De cierto se oye que hay entre vosotros fornicación, y tal fornicación cual ni aun (se nombra) entre los gentiles; tanto que alguno tiene la mujer de su padre.

2 Y vosotros estáis envanecidos, y no tuvisteis duelo, para que fuese quitado de en medio de vosotros el que hizo tal obra.

3 Yo ciertamente, como ausente con el cuerpo, mas presente en espíritu, ya como presente he juzgado al que esto así ha cometido.

4 En el Nombre del Señor nuestro Jesús, el Cristo, juntaos vosotros y mi espíritu, con la facultad del Señor nuestro Jesús el Cristo,

5 el tal sea entregado a Satanás para muerte de la carne, para que el espíritu sea salvo en el día del Señor Jesús.